mary0507

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1. Help Please!New LPNPlease Reply!

   mary0507 replied to katgirl46806's topic in General Nursing

   Right out of school? I would not do this until you were oriented. How would you know what is expected of you? How would you find things you need? This sounds like they are throwing a warm body on to the unit. They know you are out of school and ...

2. psychiatric unit interviw help!!!

   mary0507 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone, I haven't been here for a while. Questions asked. I have done psych for 25 years and have heard a few. What spice would you consider yourself to be? What would you do with a surelly staff member? The last thing they ever want to hear...

3. Are LPN's hired much for psych facilities?

   mary0507 replied to newtress's topic in Psychiatric

   It depends on where you are working. I would think it would be higher than LTC. I was paid a lot lower as and RN in LTC. I would think LPN"s would get more in psych. It also depends how long you have been a nurse. Always, always negotiate your p...

4. I Will Talk, You Just Listen

   mary0507 replied to blt3535's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your post. I cried when I read this. You should send your letter to the nursing journals and nursing spectrum. More nurses need to read your letter. It is so touching. My daughter died one year ago and she lived 1700 miles away from...

5. Are LPN's hired much for psych facilities?

   mary0507 replied to newtress's topic in Psychiatric

   I have never been beat down by a patient except a female patient swung at me and caught my arm. Never turn your back on a patient and be very aware of your surroundings. When I lived in Fla. I had a problem with people walking behind me on the beac...

6. Which wound care certification

   mary0507 replied to lostinal's topic in Wound

   I live in Reading PA. One hour out of Philly. I would like to get certified in wound care. How do you get a position on a burn unit. What do you have to know. I have done psych for 25 years and some of the staff is as sick as the patients. Sad. ...

7. Are LPN's hired much for psych facilities?

   mary0507 replied to newtress's topic in Psychiatric

   I have worked in three states. All psych on locked units. The only thing the LPN"s are allowed to do is pass meds. FLA. OH and PA Philly. I love LPN"s. It is hard to pass meds and charge a unit on acute care.

8. should psych patients be held accountable?

   mary0507 replied to psychnurse01's topic in Psychiatric

   If you have malpractice insurance I would call them and ask one of their attornys their opion. The stae hospital in Wernersville PA have had several nurses press charges against pt.'s. These people are mentally ill they are not stupid. Other facil...

9. Psych Nurse seventeen years

   mary0507 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I am new to this site and I don't even know if this is going to appear. To answer a few of the questions I have seen on this BB. As far as giving injections of psych meds. If you are giving a Decanoate which last 3-4 weeks. You draw up the med wi...