KYPsych

KYPsych has 6 years experience and specializes in Psychiatric.

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1. Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute

   KYPsych posted a topic in Virginia

   I'll be relocating to Northern Virginia at the end of this month and I have an interview for NVMHI for a RN position. Just wondering if anyone is familiar with this facility or is currently working there. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

2. Help! I need perspective.

   KYPsych replied to Bunny RN's topic in Psychiatric

   Hi Bunny. Sadly, your facility sounds strikingly similar to mine. The trend over the past 5 years has been for group homes and smaller psych facilities to close and their patient populations are stuffed into the larger, long-term psych hospitals. ...

3. No You Can't (Long)

   KYPsych replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Psychiatric

   I worked with a nurse who was Bipolar (and a rapid cycler) on my ward. She was an excellent nurse with lots of empathy for the patients and usually had fabulous rapport with them. She was always quite honest with her coworkers and the management ab...

4. State institutions/hospitals

   KYPsych replied to RNoholic's topic in Psychiatric

   In private hospitals you're typically going to find patients with health insurance. In my experience, the diagnoses most seen in private institutions were depression, substance abuse, anxiety disorders, a few bipolars, and a couple personality disor...