newrpn

newrpn specializes in Pscy / Mental Health.

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1. Planners

   newrpn replied to mrs.bartlomain's topic in General Students

   I second the Happy Planner. Still use mine now for work!

2. Used books old edition vs. newest edition

   newrpn replied to Pdxstudent's topic in General Students

   I only bought one book in the new edition and only because it was significantly different. The rest I used older editions. Saved so much money.

3. How do you get meal breaks?

   newrpn replied to DawnJ's topic in Correctional

   At one of my jobs, when I am the only nurses on and cannot leave the unit, I am paid for my break.

4. Personality Disorders and Recovery

   newrpn replied to WinterLilac's topic in Psychiatric

   Read the book The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality. It offers great insight from the view point of a person living with BPD and her journey through recovery.

5. Confusion over what psych nursing is really like?

   newrpn replied to PsychNursStudent's topic in Psychiatric

   I'm with at 2 different hospital on acute inpatient wards, in BC.

6. Confusion over what psych nursing is really like?

   newrpn replied to PsychNursStudent's topic in Psychiatric

   I love being a Psyc nurse and for me, it's not just passing meds and charting! Today I did my meds and charted for my patients, but susi did mental status exams on all of them, did iv meds and an in and out catheter for my patient q4 hrs, did medicat...

7. Do you deal with IVs on your unit?

   newrpn replied to Scarlettz's topic in Psychiatric

   We're currently have 2. 1 for q4 hr antibiotics and one that is saline locked, unsure of why..

8. Passed my Canadian Psychiatric Nursing Exam

   newrpn replied to newrpn's topic in CRNE

   I used a couple of Psyc nclex books and my notes from school.

9. Psych Nurse Report Sheet

   newrpn replied to Ndy-RN's topic in Psychiatric

   Thanks!

10. Passed my Canadian Psychiatric Nursing Exam

    newrpn replied to newrpn's topic in CRNE

    It was not as bad as i thought it would be. Common sense scenarios.

11. Passed my Canadian Psychiatric Nursing Exam

    newrpn posted a topic in CRNE

    Woo hoo! Got my exam results letter a week early! I passed. Looks like my cohort has a 100% pass rate.

12. How many hours is your shift?

    newrpn replied to motor_mouth's topic in Psychiatric

    My site has both 8 and 12 hr shifts on the 3 units .

13. Do your Doctors wear lab coats?

    newrpn replied to Jules A's topic in Psychiatric

    Ours all wear business casual as well.

14. Should I learn martial arts for psych nursing?

    newrpn replied to Wanderer RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Martial arts cannot not and should not ever be used on any patient, psyc or not. Learning how to verbally de-escalate a patient and how to get out of grabs, hairballs, etc is useful, but martial arts will get you into trouble. Try looking for non-...

15. Nurses who've had LASIK

    newrpn replied to Ruger8mm's topic in General Nursing

    I had mono vision for and had to have a correction done 45 days later as I could not adjust to it. I had really bad headaches and couldn't see clearly. Apparently this happens to a small percentage of people.