tricia1

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1. New RN feeling burned out, stressed

   tricia1 replied to NurseBettyRN's topic in Psychiatric

   I read your post this am and have been thinking about it. I have been working in psych about 13 years. To answer some of your questions. Some of what your role is is to be the resposible person on the unit. You set the tone for how compassionate and ...

2. Burnout and career indecision

   tricia1 replied to filer157's topic in Psychiatric

   I can SO relate to the burnout. I agree it is feeling more and more unsafe in psych. I am thinking to change area of practice. I am thinking Hospice as it would be lower medical type nursing and heavily still using my psych skills. My biggest issue i...

3. Banning smoking for psychiatric patients

   tricia1 replied to Bjo's topic in Psychiatric

   I work as a RN in a State Psychiatric Hospital that went smoke free about two years ago.The hospital consists of forensic as well as adult and geri patients.There was exstensive groundwork to prepare for the change ie. smoke cessation groups, patches...

4. What is your experience as RN/Family Member during a Hospitalization?

   tricia1 posted a topic in General Nursing

   My Husband was in the Hospital for 3 weeks in September. I started out very low key/low profile and discovered that I should have been far more assertive and alot sooner. Medical care was OK but the Nursiing care was terrible. I spent everyday day at...

5. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   tricia1 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   The husband that DOSE'NT listen to you 'cause he is more use to ignoring you :)

6. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

   tricia1 replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

   My Husband was recently in the Hospital for 3 weeks with what started as a biopsy with a 24 h observation but turned into the afore mentioned 3 weeks which included 3 days in ICU.and in that entire time I can only give you 2 names of nursing stafff a...

7. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

   tricia1 replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

   I am so sorry for your lose.I too had very close relationships with both my grandmothers. I belive you can use this to give the kind of care you would want to have seen your MawMaw receive.

8. Do I NEED Med-Surg training to be a psych nurse?

   tricia1 replied to EarthChild1130's topic in Psychiatric

   The only thing I would add to all the great replies is if you do only Psych. Nursing first I have seen several RNs that personally felt limited when they wanted to make a change out of psych nursing. I had the experience of needing to assure an inter...

9. hospice training???

   tricia1 replied to psychRN@ash's topic in Hospice

   I also am a Psych. RN interested in changing over to Hospice.I specifacaly want free- standing unit as I have done home health for psych before and do not like the driving/ the isolation from colleeges. I did training for Hospice volunteer in Virgini...