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Wow hangon, your story sounds quite similar to mine, except one state over and 2 years earlier LOL. I graduated from University of MD in 02 with a polysci degree and when I started at the tender age...

Yay for the non traditional students! I was 27 when I started prereqs and finished up NS at 31. I was by NO means the youngest in my class, we had quite a few 40 and 50 plus in my class.

My current employer wanted copies of transcripts or your diploma as part of the hiring process. Can't say anything about current employees being asked for this though.

Yup, come on back to the dark side. I will have a year of experience next week. I have worked all that time in psych. First in Tue community then inpt.I will tell you that while child and...

We use Geodon in emergencies, never PO though, always IM. Then ya get around the take with food thing lol. That seems to be our go to IM these days. It works but takes forEVER to mix.

I have become a certified scrub a holic LOL! My first job was in the community, I wore street clothes and we were expected to dress very casually so that when we were out with the clients, people...

My hospital takes care of all ages. We have separate hallways for the adults, the adolescents, and the children. There is a unit nurse for adults and a unit nurse for C&A. That said my background...

Very real phenomena. I work in psych and there are moans and groans when we have pts with any axis II disorder. I really try to remind myself that borderline especially has been a survival...

Both! Life long MD resident and UMD class of '02 BA in polysci

It's sad but I plan on NEVER disclosing again if I can help it. Once the cat is out of the bag things are never the same again. You are under the figurative microscope, employers just expect you to...

Hypomania can be AWESOME. At least in the beginning for me, I feel on top of the world. Then the rage sets it. That's no fun for anyone. My depressions are severe. I have literally laid in bed...

Oh trust me #2 is very true. Maybe not with the mood disorders, but certainly with the psychotic disorders. If only I had a dollar for every time a delusional pt tells me, "No, don't you see, the...

LOL. Wanted to do that while looking for my first job. Want to do it alllllll the time with the laptops on our med carts at work. They are allllll slow. I could probably shave 15 minutes off my...

The rationale behind street clothes is to more "normalize" the experience per se. When someone is in an evironment where the caregivers are wearing scrubs, like on a medical floor, we have been...

When a pt is that upset its really difficult for them to hear what you're saying. Remaining calm despite the ranting and raving, dropping your voice level down are very important. Set limits and...

I worked on an Assertive Community Treatment team for almost a year and did have a caseload for case management. I did nursing stuff like assessments, pouring meds, addressing somatic complaints and...

Our go to for IMs is Geodon and Ativan. Sometimes Zyprexa. If we can get them to take something PO, usually 5 of Zydis and Xanax or Ativan.

My previous job was in the community working with adults. I now work inpt with all ages and have been working mostly c&a recently. I've noticed a disturbing trend with cutting among the teenage...

I work inpt psych at a hospital that treats adults and child and adolescent. What I can tell you is that I can count on my hand the number of admissions I have done (esp with the kids) that...

JU peeps how's it going? I start today!

I use "this writer" also. I have found most social work people use it too. When I worked in the community all the staff shortened this writer to TW. I now work inpt psych and we still do paper...

Yep, inability to make decisions is most definitely a symptom of depression. My advice is dont make any major decisions until you are feeling better mentally. Stay the course at your current job...

It took a month for mine to get posted and I have no criminal record. Hang in there

I do like C&A and I never thought I would. What I like about the kids is that they tend to respond a lot better to non pharmacological techniques than adults do. For instance, I got a very panicky...

Me. And if you like the 1:1, try community based nursing like ACT. I worked in the community first and now inpt and I DO miss all the 1:1 time