I Need some Advice on Psych Nursing...

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Specializes in Geriatric, Psychiatric, Emergency.

Ok, so I am currently in the practical nursing program at my college. I have always wanted to specialize more in the psych field than be on a peds floor or er or or or cardiac, if you understand what I mean. I was just wondering if LPN's are accepted and needed in psych units? I just feel like I have a lot that I can offer to the psych patients and someone told me that LPN's generally are not needed on psych floors....Hopefully that's wrong, because thats what I want to go into when I graduate and get my license and everything....So if someone could please help me out with this one, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Hi,

I guess it depends on your area but around here LPNs are utilized at Psych facilities. In fact they do almost the exact same job as RNs with just a few exceptions. I started as a LPN in psych and loved it, still do. :)

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Specializes in telemetry, med-surg, home health, psych.

in my hospital the LPN's are the medicine nurses and are invaluable....

they also take off the dr's orders and work together with the RN's in pt. care.....also do a group on medicine education with the pts.....

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The hospital where I live is hiring for LPNs on the Psych unit right now. I agree it probably depends on your area. good luck :)

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Specializes in ER, Med Surg,Drug Etoh, Psych.

Hi:smokin:

At my hospital only RNs and techs work psych and that has been pretty much true everywhere I've worked.Best of luck to you, you are needed!

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