New grad with a job in a psychiatric facility

[naenaenurse]

Hi guys, I'm new on here and I am 2 weeks away from completing my degree! Since my first psych placement I've felt that it was for me and I'm stoked to say I have a job ready and waiting for me in a long term facility! So pls expect to see me on here asking advice or just expressing/venting my new experiences.

[Autymn]

:yeah:Naenae - so awesome; grats on your upcoming position!

[Enthused RN, BSN, RN]

Congrats! It's awesome that you got an offer as a new grad in the specialty you want! That's very rare nowadays so it's nice to see it still happening from time to time.

[phillycpnp-pc, MSN, RN, NP]

Good luck...that's great! is it CAPU? or adults?

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

Awesome! Welcome to the dark side :)

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

Best of luck and congratulations.

I found psychiatric nursing to be extremely challenging.

It's easy to observe physical disease.. but psychological...requires another insight altogether.

[SUstudent]

Good job!

[jtmarcy12, BSN, RN]

Congratulations!!

[OnlybyHisgraceRN, ASN, RN]

Congrats!!!!

[Nurse Maru]

Congratulations!

So happy that you got the position you wanted! It's always so good to see nurses come into psych with enthusiasm such as yours.

[TerpGal02, ASN]

Congrats! I just started my first job in psych today. Like you, I always felt extremely called to psych and did my practicum in it. I am working in the community on an ACT team, and am looking forward to growing into my new role.

[chevyv, BSN, RN]

Yea!!!! I too was lucky to land a job in BH on a ltc unit. I was surprised during the interview to learn that ltc was different in behavioral health. I have pts from 20 something to 70 something. Much different than when I was a LPN in a ltc facility where most of my residents were over 70. Took some getting used to but I'm still loving it and it's been about 2yrs now :)