As a mental health nurse!! I'm absolutely ecstatic I've been trying desperately for a psych job since I finished school and kept getting told that I needed a minimum of 2 years experience in an acute ward BEFORE I could work in psych. I was so bummed out by that but now I'm over the moon and still don't have that 2 years acute experience!It's an open psych unit, that can become a lock down unit if necessary. Now I just have to get my psych terminology up to speed.CheersChris :w00t: 0 Likes
Davey Do Specializes in around 25 years psych, 10 years medical. Has 42 years experience. Nov 10, 2010 Congratulations. 0 Likes
chelleanne Nov 10, 2010 Yahoo! Congratulations! I'm a newly hired mental health nurse, too, and also my dream job! Keep us posted how things go. 0 Likes
whodatnurse Specializes in Psych. Nov 11, 2010 I went directly into psych and I too have landed my dream job. I absolutely love it.Congrats to my fellow brand new psych nurses! 0 Likes
bymysoultosqueezeRN Specializes in corrections. Has 1 years experience. Nov 11, 2010 CONGRATS! Im happy for you I can only imagine how it must feel, probably similar to when i got my fist job .period. lol I want to do psych so badly its like im longing for it. I WILL get a psych job sooner or later :) 0 Likes
Guest717236 Nov 12, 2010 Congratulations to you! You will enjoyworking with a variety of patients and their families.Keep safety, yours and your patients a top priority.I listed your safety first, because if you and your team arenot communicating clearly staff safety becomes compromised.Keeping the unit safe involves patients seeing staff as a cohesive team. As my manager stated keeping the environmentsafe for patients is the first priority, it takes the team workingas individuals but with a constant awareness of all of the interactionsto keep a unit safe. In our area Psych NPs are in demand, so there is plenty of roomto grow if psych is your passion.. 0 Likes