taydian

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1. Which diagnosis?

   taydian replied to nursegreene's topic in Psychiatric

   substance abusers with personality disorders are by far the worst forme. Can't stand those guys. Nothing but grief all day. I'll take an aggressive psychotic over a manipulating addict any

2. Male Psychiatric Nurses

   taydian replied to fiba's topic in Psychiatric

   I appreciate any male staff around, nurse or nurse assistant, depending on the type of patient is involved. I don't depend on a male staff member to deal with patients directly if I'm the first one to...

3. How do you know when it's time to move on?

   taydian replied to NYNursingStudent's topic in Nursing Career

   Maybe because I'm on a psych facility, to me shifts are meaningful....evenings and nights are WAY less stressful than days. You mentioned "night". Do you work night shift? If you're a night shift...

4. It is so hard to be nice sometimes.

   taydian replied to taydian's topic in Psychiatric

   Oops. The last response was in reply to

5. It is so hard to be nice sometimes.

   taydian replied to taydian's topic in Psychiatric

   I'm not so sure I entirely agree. Maybe its because of the type of facilities I've worked at. I've never worked at a private facility before... The types of units I've worked at were rampant with...

6. It is so hard to be nice sometimes.

   taydian posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I'll admit: I have a hard time being cool with the personality folks and substance abusers (the etoh's, however, haven't been bad at all). I hate how dramatic they can be. I hate how manipulative they...

7. Hospital Unit Secretaries

   taydian replied to TheCommuter's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   I love having a unit secretary. I used to work evening shift at my previous job so there was no need for a secretary. But now I work day shift at a new job. Last Friday, we had so many call-outs...

8. I never expected....

   taydian replied to dsb_fam's topic in General Students

   One day during a peds rotation, I was taking care of a little boy, around 6 or 7 yo. I can't remember what he was admitted for, but he was soon to be discharged. So, towards the end of my clinical...

9. How did you get out of getting the Flu shot?

   taydian replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Do you really believe that every single person washes his/her hands after a sneeze or cough? Do you really believe every health care worker washes their hands after contact, period? Not everyone does...

10. "Seasoned Nurses will eat their young"

    taydian replied to taydian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I kind of figured this topic has been worked to death....but, hey, you never know what others have to contribute.....hence the "disclaimer" up

11. "Seasoned Nurses will eat their young"

    taydian replied to taydian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, not me....I am a "new" nurse. My kids' school nurse is the one who worked at my current facility 15 years ago. Sorry for the ambiguity

12. "Seasoned Nurses will eat their young"

    taydian posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Probably a recurring question on here............but........... Is this still generally true? Have any of you seasoned nurses treated new nurses badly? I heard about this often, but I, nor other...

13. psych nurse position second chance!

    taydian replied to britmansf18's topic in Psychiatric

    Fair enough. However, my patients don't know how I interact with people outside of the unit, so, as far as they know, I fist bump everyone. It does fit my personality and they're all very receptive...

14. Frequent Flier Teachers

    taydian replied to Kschaefer90's topic in School

    "You're the nurse. You're the one who is supposed to deal with the crap I'm not hired to deal with. I teach. You deal with the yucky physical stuff.............and if I don't send this kid to you,...

15. Things are not as bad as you think...

    taydian replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    "When it looks like things are not going your way. When it looks like everything is working against you. When it feels like the end of the world." Wow. I feel "blah" at times..........but never...