psychRN136

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1. What do you do when a patient threatens harm?

   psychRN136 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

   The last 2 hospitals I've worked at "Code Grey" is the code for violent patient/family. In psych we all wear panic alarms and a hit to the button calls the code. Alarms go off all over the unit, security comes running, as well as staff from other ...

2. Success with going back to old career?

   psychRN136 replied to psychRN136's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry guys..I'm trying to get used to posting on Allnurses. Some of my responses are not going under the correct poster. Bear with me :)

3. Success with going back to old career?

   psychRN136 replied to psychRN136's topic in General Nursing

4. Success with going back to old career?

   psychRN136 replied to psychRN136's topic in General Nursing

   @ Nurse Beans...I like the idea of school nursing--hours are great--but it seems hard to get into in my area. They want experience in an acute care setting of at least 2-3 years, which to me means medical nursing of which psych is not since the bigg...

5. Success with going back to old career?

   psychRN136 replied to psychRN136's topic in General Nursing

   I have applied in many different outpatient places with no callbacks, however I am really not interested in staying in psych in any capacity and drug addicts are exhausting to deal with. I may look into wound care where you have only brief patient c...

6. Success with going back to old career?

   psychRN136 replied to psychRN136's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks beekee :) I thought of that, however I'm afraid if they did a background check, they would find out I was an RN because it's a public record.

7. Success with going back to old career?

   psychRN136 replied to psychRN136's topic in General Nursing

   Good point. I'll try posting on another site also. Some may hang around just for giggles...who knows

8. Success with going back to old career?

   psychRN136 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I have been a nurse for only about 4 years and am trying to get out. I hate inpatient nursing, am stuck in psych which I did not choose outright...it chose me after 2 years of looking for a first nursing job. Tons of applications to anything els...

9. New Grad hired in the ER, question.

   psychRN136 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

   I know many nurses, who have only worked in psych straight from school, go right into ED after 2 or 3 years with no prior med/surg experience. No IV, no catheter experience. IM injections only. They will train you on the skills you need. One said...