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1. How can I get a job as a psychiatric nurse?

   albanystudent replied to albanystudent's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds good and oh I'm sure it is like God's work. I sort of know the type of kids who end up in those places cause I was in a psych hospital too as a teen and I was one of the better off kids. It makes a big difference if there is a person who und...

2. How can I get a job as a psychiatric nurse?

   albanystudent replied to albanystudent's topic in General Nursing

   Oh I hope I didn't come off as saying psych nursing is easy. I know it's a very difficult field and an art in itself, but as a person who has never worked as a nurse, I'm very intimidated by all the 'skills' related stuff acute care nurses have to p...

3. How can I get a job as a psychiatric nurse?

   albanystudent replied to albanystudent's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks. I guess I'll be hitting the books again, maybe. You know it scares me because I feel like my memory is not up to par with my former classmates for example. I always felt like I had to study harder and even with that I couldn't not retain a...

4. How can I get a job as a psychiatric nurse?

   albanystudent replied to albanystudent's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks. I think I'll try that. Btw, what did you like about working there, how was the pace, the environment, the types of patients?

5. How can I get a job as a psychiatric nurse?

   albanystudent replied to albanystudent's topic in General Nursing

   Drug addiction, ok, that sounds like something I can do, but med/surg, telem, etc, I don't feel that I am up to par to even attempt in those fields. Maybe I'm being chicken, but really, I don't want to screw up on something and end up causing someth...

6. How can I get a job as a psychiatric nurse?

   albanystudent posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi. I got my license about 2 years ago and have never worked in the nursing field. Right now I am working a very low paying job that anyone with only a high school diploma can get. I want to get back into nursing because I'm so sick of being poor ...