sarmedic70

sarmedic70

med-surg, post-partum, ER, psychiatric

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  1. Why Do Nurses Quit?

    I left nursing for all the reasons (well most) of what this article shared. I was a RN for quite awhile (nearly 10 years) before I opted to go LOA. Right now I am working in my Criminal Justice degree; however, I don't have the satisfaction as I di...
  2. Why Do Nurses Quit?

    Totally agree on pretty much all of the points made as to why RNs quit. I lasted for a few years till I had it. I spent 39 years in the military (combined active duty and reserves), became a RN (while serving in the Reserves afforded me to go back ...
  3. I cannot say that I am surprised. I have had the same thing happen to me. Same sort of response of not being RN experience, yet they will hire newly graduated RNs with ZILCH emergency medical experience right out of nursing school. Go figure. I wo...
  4. Legal nurse consultant

    Clarification on LNC: Do NOT have to have certification (LNCC) to work as LNC nor take a formal course; however, word to the wise, I personally feel it is best one does take a formal course. To have the LNCC certification, per the Association for L...
  5. Corrections and Psych enough experience to be LNC?

    I am in the LNC course right now, through CLS, as recommended to me by a good friend who is a LNC. The key requirement(s) to do LNC is a strong background in nursing and a thorough understanding of the standards of care, etc. The more experience an...
  6. Violence in Psychiatric Nursing

    Thank you, YosemiteRN I am quite passionate, hello duh, about this topic of violence in the work place. You are so very correct as to how we ALL must be ever vigilant about those who are cavalier about the violence inflicted upon those of us who wo...
  7. Violence in Psychiatric Nursing

    Great and interesting/informative posts from all. Elkpark, I wish I could same was true where I work reference the decrease in violence. We are quite the opposite. In fact, it is a constant topic as to how our numbers have increased in seclusions a...
  8. "Medic" to replace the term "nurse"

    No offense, but absolutely NOT! I am both a medic and RN (both civilian and military and as both medic and RN). I run with a county EMS, work in a hospital, and then medic/RN in the military. There is a major distinct difference in the professions...
  9. Targeted by psychotic, manipulative patient

    Yes, most definitely document everything in addition to having your staff document......this is a hard situation to say the least in that you are at a disadvantage with regardless to skills set in dealing with a possible psychiatric dx. I am utterly...
  10. Violence in Psychiatric Nursing

    Great posts I have been reading.......As I stated in an earlier post, I work on one of THE most violent units in the hospital, and since that posting, it has become worse..........unbelievable. :uhoh3:The thing that comes to hurt us as staff is that...
  11. will nursing ever be in demand again?

    Yes, it is true from what the predictions are, once the economy stabilizes, that "baby boomers" will plan to retire and there will be a return to the major nursing shortage; however, the real question comes into play as to WHEN? For now, it is not v...
  12. Such a bad rap

    JulesA writer is so right. Yeup, tell that to my staff too who have also had countless injuries due to our patients (again, I have one of the most violent units in our state psych facility). There are times, staff just didn't approach the patient i...
  13. Such a bad rap

    Best of luck to you. Everybody posted some really great advice and so very true. Depending upon your facility, as long as proper traning is given to you all and good policy and procedures in place, yes, psych is a very violent career area; however,...
  14. New Grad RN Going Into Psych

    I, too, have to agree with Elkpark. When I read that new grad's post, I shuttered. Having worked psych for quite awhile, in a major psych hospital, and on one of the most violent and active units of the hospital........and being an experienced RN (...
  15. psychiatric nursing magazines?

    I belong to the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and we get the journal with it. It is more of a research-centered based sort of "technical" magazine. Unless you are into statistics, et al, it is a "heavy hitter".........I have not checked o...
  16. What is psych nursing like exactly?

    I have been in psych/mental health nursing for awhile now, having come from Med-Surg, ER, L&D (and still working EMS as medic/RN). I was working, till about a month ago, day shift. I am on one of the most violent and active units of our entire ...
  17. Violence in Psychiatric Nursing

    I am on one of the most violent and active units in our psych hospital. People who get hurt are those who generally are not using approved verbal or physical SIT procedures. As the charge nurse, I have watched staff many times approach a patient who ...
  18. What do you do in the nursing station in your down time?

    I work on one of the most violent and busy units of our entire psych hospital. I switched to night shift recently to get a break from day shift (of which we average 10-15 PIRS/day and it's become much more active since), and it has become way too st...
  19. will nursing ever be in demand again?

    Like one individual posted, nursing (like with a lot of other jobs) has had its ups and downs. In the 80's (If memory serves me correctly), new grads had as difficult time in finding jobs as new grads are facing now. Then for whatever reasons, the ...
  20. Psych Travel Nurses

    It was two years ago I had posted inquires about travel agencies for Psych RNs. Thank you for the posts as to agencies. So from what I saw with one of the posts is to remain away from Supplemental? Primarily of the housing issues? Does anybody ha...
  21. You Got to Know When to Hold 'Em

    Amen.........I work at a state psychiatric hospital.........it is so frustrating in that come nearly every Thursday of every week (and always on Fri/Sat/Sun) there are staffing issues. It NEVER EVER fails. Thereby, staff (on their days off) are calle...
  22. Anyone unhappy with their nursing school program?

    It's hard to determine if a school has really challenged you or if it is a good school. The reality check of it all is what the student puts into it and gets out of. The posts are very true in that NCLEX-RN is based on ensuring that you are going t...
  23. How to get psych experience??

    I would put in a few months in med/surg, and the reason I say that is psych patients will have med/surg issues at some point. It is prudent that a RN be strong in med/surg, realistically, in order to be able to deal with these non-psych issues. Beli...
  24. He, he, he................that is truly something that you actually read the entire thing. I didn't mean to get on such tangents. But the ole brain got to going, and the fingers became happy fingers on the ole keyboard:typing.........and you know "t...
  25. A little bit of both.................Yeah, you are most correct with regards to CA and being in EC prior to the 2003 date and accepting EC grads. After you have been an RN and worked for awhile, for the most part, places don't even look from where on...