Wondering if someone can educate me on the various types of loan repayment options. I am a new psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner working at a community mental health clinic (where I have worked as a nurse for the past 4 years). These are...
Hi there. I am a psych nurse working in a clinic setting. One of my doctors let me borrow a book of his called "Without Conscience" by Robert Hare. It describes in depth the challenges of working with psychopaths/sociopaths. While it may not give...
Thanks for all of the advice everyone. I do tend to be a little naive, even though I am a psych nurse and worked at our state prison prior to this job. I will certainly be getting nursing insurance, most likely through NSO. Thanks!!
One of the members of our risk management team stated that in some instances, a private policy would not even cover the work incident. Has anyone else found this to be true?
Going on with this same thread, my hospital assures me that I do not need any extra insurance, and that they will cover me. This is a large Catholic hospital that I would like to believe would cover me. Has anyone else heard this from their hospita...
Does anybody know what certifications are available for psychiatric nurses? I have recently taken the ANCC certification and passed, but am wondering if there are any more from any other certifying organizations.
I recently took and passed the ANCC exam. I did use the book provided by ANCC, but another nurse suggested the review manual by springhouse publishers. It is quite a bit cheaper than the ANCC manual, and I felt it was very useful. I ordered it thr...