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Thank you. I'm a worrier for sure and have a hard time letting go of that anxiety

Thank you. I guess I worry because I would be responsible regardless of what the pharmacy does. I do struggle with a lot of anxiety and it's been spilling over into work

This happened months ago but it still bothers me......I was passing meds and the Pyxis called for 8 tablets of x med, I had never heard of the med (I'm in psych and this was a non-psych med) so I googled it and it was a high but normal dose, I scanned them with the MAR opened, and everything was fine. Later I started to get worried that 8 seemed like a lot and I regretted not calling the pharmacy. The patient has long since been discharged and I can't even remember what the med was but I have guilt that maybe I made a mistake. I'm not working at the same place anymore. And obviously there is no way I can track down the patient and ensure they're OK. I have lots of anxiety about passing meds and I worry I accidentally did something wrong (even though I followed the orders and nothing ever came back to me). How do I deal with the second-guessing everything and fear that I made a horrible mistake and hurt the patient?

I work 36 hours per week and occasionally work OT. I have not taken PTO in at least a year because I've had to take off work for health reasons that didn't count at short term disability. This is my first job out of school but I know I have a passion for psych. I think it's very much going to come down to boundaries. I feel like I carry the burdens and stories of each child. I definitely absorb the feelings and vibes of others. I should have mentioned in my previous post that I do have struggles in my past and I think that definitely affects me. But I know that I always need to work on myself in order to help others Thank you for letting me vent ❤️

I've worked at an inpatient peds psych facility for the last 3 years and I want to preface saying I LOVE working with the kids and my coworkers. However, I've been feeling burnout emotionally. I tried talking to my nurse manager but she always has an excuse of not being able to meet with me. She just took on the role so I get that she is very busy. I feel like I need a whole day just to recover and sleep after a shift. I do see a therapist and psychiatrist for anxiety and I don't have depression. I've always tried pushing through but now I'm questioning everything. I LOVE my job but how do you know if it's just not mentally healthy to stay in that position?

What's your favorite site for acquiring CEU's? Everything I'm looking at seems expensive. I'm willing to pay for a membership but I want it to be from a legit website.

Last November I tried to end my own life. In December I was contacted by the Virginia BON that I had been assigned a case number. I'm assuming that somehow my treatment team reported me. I was then in contact with my investigator in January and did an interview. I have been focusing on my mental health and wellbeing ever since. I am finally preparing to return to work later this month. According to the VBON website, my license IS still active but I never heard anything back from the BON. I've attempted calling and was told my case was sent to the BON. This was 9 months ago. What do I do? Am I legally allowed to practice considering my license is still active?

I think I'm going with the new grad position. It seems to be a better fit since I'm transitioning into this role as a new nurse! I kind of wish I could start working sooner but I know I need to focus on passing NCLEX too. Plus I know the additional training can only help me :)

I'm crossing my fingers that they will respond tomorrow but I have doubts that they will so quickly. This is all great advice, thank you!

Hi all, so I'm about to graduate in 2 weeks and I had an interview for a general adult psych RN position on 4/7. HR called me yesterday to offer me the job OR to offer me a position in the new grad psych residency program. Everything is basically the same (pay/benefits/shift) except for the training is longer for the residency program (includes 1 classroom day per week and cross-training in medical psych) and it starts in June instead of May. Of course I'm thrilled! But I have no idea what to choose!! My gut wants to say the new grad program would be a better fit (since I am a new grad haha) but my instructor suggested I jump right in to the RN position. And to make things even harder, I had an interview this morning for a peds psych position and loved it! The HR lady told me to let her know by tomorrow about the general psych position but now I'm feeling like I would rather work peds psych. I'm not sure how long it will take to hear back from today's interview but I also can't leave the other lady waiting. How do you handle multiple job offers or when you are waiting to hear back from a second interview? And would it be wise to choose the residency program instead of the regular RN position?

Thanks to both of you!! It's hard not to get down when you haven't heard back from anyone and other people are accepting offers. I'm applying to more positions and trying to keep my hopes up that something will work out as I get closer to graduating.

Yes all of them have BSN preferred but willing to hire ADN. I'm actually in VA! I'm not too sure I want to do med-surg. I'm much more interested in psych but I suppose I will look more at med-surg if that is all that is available.

I've applied to 2 positions in new nurse grad programs for NICU and psych. Then I applied to 3 positions (2 psych jobs, 1 peds) that said they were new grad friendly. I'm running into the issue of either needing a bachelors or experience.

I'm preparing to graduate in May and some of my peers have already accepted job offers pending graduation/passing NCLEX. I put in applications about 10 days ago to 7 positions but haven't heard anything back. They all say "in review" or "pending". I was starting to get worried but I don't know if it's normal for people to already be applying to jobs when they haven't graduated yet? I'm assuming many places won't even call you for an interview if you haven't graduated yet. Is that common or should I be more aggressively applying to more positions?

They offer so many new grad programs though! I'm not interested in med-surg but I thought an admin job might be cool. I applied to their peds and nicu programs but haven't heard back yet