CharlieFoxtrot

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  1. Worried about PTSD

    CharlieFoxtrot replied to NurseNinja1990's topic in Psychiatric

    ^^^ This. Depending on your place of employment, some facilities offer an employee assistance plan that offers free brief mental health counseling sessions, or linkage to free behavioral health...

  2. How safe to you feel working in mental health sector?

    CharlieFoxtrot replied to northmississippi's topic in Psychiatric

    To bastardize Forrest Gump: "Psych is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." That being said, while working in outpatient psych services (not as a nurse) at a CMHC that had...

  3. How old were you when you started nursing school?

    CharlieFoxtrot replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    This will be my second bachelors degree. I was accepted into nursing school at 40. Thanks to a dual enrollment program with KU and my community college, I will be 42 when I graduate with an ADN and...

  4. Complicated background, should I go to nursing school?

    CharlieFoxtrot replied to 2012bar's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I know that nursing school and being a nurse is an admirable career choice. However, I do second the previous posters concerns about being around narcotics in the hospital. Nursing is stressful, and...

  5. Why the high turnover in behavioral health?

    CharlieFoxtrot replied to northmississippi's topic in Psychiatric

    Caveat: I have not done psych nursing, but have worked in outpatient psych services. The facility in which I worked was a CMHC in Oklahoma, which is fiscally upside-down when it comes to funding due...

  6. School choice dilemma

    CharlieFoxtrot replied to mmwaters81's topic in General Students

    Congrats on being accepted! If you're going to a community college, they often have scholarships for non-traditional or returning students. Check with your college's foundation / aid office, and...

  7. Older Students - 40 +

    CharlieFoxtrot replied to rabiamirou's topic in General Students

    I'm 41, and am doing a dual enrollment program that allows me to get my ADN from a local community college while taking my bridge to BSN classes at a university. I have a background in various fields...