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I will be hearing back on interview results soon and want to hit the ground running if I get hired. I have two psych text books on the way from amazon, but suspect they will be filled with the usual...

In my short career (in LTC with up to 37 patients) I can only think of a couple of nurses who didn't care about or make an effort for their patients. The problem I've seen all comes from the profit...

I agree with all the people who say to keep it calm. Getting emotional/angry will only cause problems between the two of you. I like Mamamerlee's suggested approach. Or you could simply say the next...

This may be for further in your career, but when I got one of my ER days, the top ER nurse, the one everyone went to for answers, swore by this book and carried it around with him in his pocket: ...

It sounds to me like your anxiety and depression are coming from your feelings of inadequacy related to your job skills. Would you still have this anxiety and depression if you really knew your job...

Thanks Elkpark, Music in My Heart, Army Wife, Meriwhen, Rhone, Jules, Gooey, and TraumaRUS. Everyone continues to agree about not revealing either the mental health stay, nor the going to...

You can dispute the termination-for-cause issue with the unemployment department. File, and when they call you, just tell your side of the story. If what you said in your post is true, there is a...

Thanks Rhone and Music in My Heart. Everyone seems to agree on the personal info part. Glad I asked here first! I guess I'll also avoid the school issue as well. I'm really disappointed that I...

Thanks Hearts. Very smooth! :)

Thanks Elkpark. It's going to take a long time to become clinical psychologist, so I thought being in psychiatric nursing during those many years would be a win-win situation! Plus, out of all...

Thank you, Hearts. I added a 2nd question about mentioning continuing to go to school to become clinical psychologist. What do you think about bringing that up?

During interview for Psych RN, would it help or hurt to bring up that as a senior in high school 30 years ago I attempted suicide and stayed in a psychiatric hospital for a few days for observation? ...

I ended up going, hoping to be sent home. No such luck! Fortunately, our school doesn't require making up missed days (for yesterday). Interestingly, my symptoms stayed pretty mild throughout day,...

I feel even worse this evening and may have to call in again tomorrow. I'll take the advice of checking my syllabus and calling my clinical instructor first. If necessary I'll just drag my butt in...

Hi, Are there recommendations for when a student nurse should call in sick to clinical (ICU or Med Surg)? For example, a fever of a certain amount? Constantly running nose and uncontrollable...

In our area, a male student got dropped by CI on last day of clinical in second semester. Rumor is that he was extremely bright and had a habit of asking teacher embarrassing/correcting type...