Scooter59

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1. Canceled! Jerks!

   Scooter59 replied to Scooter59's topic in General Nursing

   I understand what you're saying, but facilities can also burn bridges. For example, in my city, there's a large clinic which has a bad reputation for firing nurses right and left. It is so bad that the two large local nursing schools here do NOT po...

2. RN's are you happy with your career, why or why not?

   Scooter59 replied to anjoku13's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing is a second career for me. I made waaaaay more $$ in my first career, but am totally happy as an RN. I work in behavioral health and the satisfaction of helping someone through a psychotic break or a suicidal depression is beyond descriptio...

3. Canceled! Jerks!

   Scooter59 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Early one morning recently, I was on the way to my PRN job on a behavioral health unit. I was literally in my car, and it was 30 min before the shift was to start. I got a text telling me I'd been canceled. Not even the courtesy of a phone call. ...

4. Why the high turnover in behavioral health?

   Scooter59 replied to northmississippi's topic in Psychiatric

   In my time as a psych nurse, I've seen far more nurses ENTER the specialty than leave it. I work on a behavioral health unit at a huge hospital, and I honestly can't recall even one nurse who's left the specialty because they disliked it. If anythi...

5. Thinking of psych nursing?

   Scooter59 replied to Elizabeth1414's topic in Psychiatric

   I've worked in Behavioral Health for two years. Prior to that, I worked on medical-surgical units. There is, I think, a common belief among nurses that if you transition to BH, you're going to ''lose your skills.'' Sure, you won't be doing IV stic...