itsbekah

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1. Thinking of psych travel nursing. Need advice!

   itsbekah replied to itsbekah's topic in Travel

   I meant a specialty compared to ICU, NICU, etc which requires more training.

2. Thinking of psych travel nursing. Need advice!

   itsbekah replied to itsbekah's topic in Travel

   Thank you! I've been reading on pantravelers as you suggested and it brought up another question. How exactly would you describe the pre employment testing? Mainly in the psych field of travel nursing. Also is this test required prior to being approv...

3. Thinking of psych travel nursing. Need advice!

   itsbekah replied to itsbekah's topic in Travel

   Thanks you! I will look into that. I have already joined the psychiatric travel nurse group on Facebook and you're right it has recruiters left and right posting.

4. Thinking of psych travel nursing. Need advice!

   itsbekah replied to itsbekah's topic in Travel

   I have searched the site and have not found answers specifically for some of my questions or specific for my situation, hence why I have posted.

5. Thinking of psych travel nursing. Need advice!

   itsbekah posted a topic in Travel

   Hello allnurses! Im currently a psych nurse with almost a year and a half psych experience and almost two years med surg experience prior to psych. I've become very interested in travel nursing in psych as I plan to continue my career as a psych NP o...

6. Psych nurse. Questioning if psych is for me.

   itsbekah posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I've been a nurse for two years on a medical surgical floor and recently transferred to a psych facility. I've always loved psych since I was a kid and did good in school when studying psych. I told everyone getting my first job as a psych nurse was ...

7. What will a bachelors in psychology get me as a nurse?

   itsbekah replied to itsbekah's topic in Professionalism

   thanks wveryone for your feedback. Psych is something I am really interested in even before I took nursing. I'll take into consideration everything and do a little more research into it. Also, I know what psych wards look like but im not phased cause...

8. What will a bachelors in psychology get me as a nurse?

   itsbekah replied to itsbekah's topic in Professionalism

   Thanks. I will check out that forum. Im considering taking bs in psychology as a stepping stone to becoming a psychologist

9. What will a bachelors in psychology get me as a nurse?

   itsbekah replied to itsbekah's topic in Professionalism

   thanks for your feedback. ive been going back and forth between the two. From my research they say you always need to have a bs in psychology to be a psychologist. in your opinion do you think it would be more practical to pursue the mhnp career path...

10. What will a bachelors in psychology get me as a nurse?

    itsbekah posted a topic in Professionalism

    I passed nclex last dec 2013 and I've always considered being a psychologist or even eventually getting into psychiatric nursing. So if I were to take psychology how could I use my degree being a RN? if ever I decide not to pursue being a psychologis...

11. Help with question wording

    itsbekah replied to nypn's topic in NCLEX

    Well your question is kind of hard to answer but here's a tip. Just think "positive" or "negative". For Example: (I'll just make a question up) The newly admitted pt is disoriented, what should the nurse do? (The question is asking for something posi...

12. I dont understand..........

    itsbekah replied to ssk5's topic in NCLEX

    3 weeks is still a lot of time. I say good job for getting at there since Kaplan questions are hard even more so than NCLEX imo. Don't focus so much on scores, just use them as a guide. You should be focusing on the rationales and figure out why you ...

13. Trained outside US and doesn't have local license

    itsbekah replied to angelcl's topic in Registration

    I also graduated in the PH. I didn't take the local board either but I didn't have a problem applying to NCLEX. I also know that it isn't even required. I had lots of people telling me that it was and I even read that it was listed on the requirement...

14. Do we have to know everything???

    itsbekah replied to ssk5's topic in NCLEX

    First off, it's impossible to know everything so don't overwhelm yourself with those thoughts if you can. IMO you only really need an outline. Tiny details won't really help you during NCLEX. You just have to know your basics and work from there.

15. Rachell Allen NCLEX Review Manila

    itsbekah replied to myphone's topic in Philippines

    I was thinking about Rachell Allen when I first started review but chose Kaplan because Rachell Allen is only four weeks I think. I also didn't like the reviews on it. Many said that it felt very rushed and the instructors were boring. Although, my r...