areason4stars ASN, RN

areason4stars has 16 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in Pediatric Private Duty AND Child/Adolescent Psych.

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1. Unsure of what my options are

   areason4stars replied to sw0495's topic in Psychiatric

   If you are the nurse with the least amount of seniority I would think you might just be stuck but it also doesn't hurt to talk to your supervisor and request avoiding a unit or working a particular...

2. Covid-19 Bonus

   areason4stars replied to NursePelican's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I work at a 140 bed residential ( the program is supposed to be 90 days but several clients end up here longer sometimes for over a year) psych facility for children and teens. We received a $300...

3. Taking time off to take care of my new baby? Bad for career?

   areason4stars replied to nurseinthecity11's topic in General Nursing

   I personally was able to work full time until they were 4 and starting vpk it was a good balance that way. Follow your mommy instinct. How easy/hard it will be to get back into it is...

4. Am I being unreasonable about my concerns regarding safety/hygiene?

   areason4stars replied to Emmeline22's topic in General Nursing

   Wow that's really sad. I cant imagine regularly having to wait that long to use a bathroom. That sounds dangerously understaffed. I mean if it takes that long to get an available staff to unlock a...

5. Am I being unreasonable about my concerns regarding safety/hygiene?

   areason4stars replied to Emmeline22's topic in General Nursing

   I just wanted to say at my facility the bathrooms are locked as well. And clients must have staff unlock it as needed. But there is ALWAYS staff on the floor that will unlock it at clients request....

6. How do you ensure the right INSULIN pen for the right patient?

   areason4stars replied to KTakami25's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   At my facility which is a residential psych facility for children and teens we have a few diabetics and they all have their own pens. We keep the current pen(s) in a pencil box like this see image...

7. New to psych

   areason4stars replied to Grande_latte04's topic in Psychiatric

   Also ask what the usual census is plus what the max # of clients/patients you could be responsible for. Look to see if there are enough staff/ MHT ( here call DCPs) for patient/client safety ask what...

8. New to psych

   areason4stars replied to Grande_latte04's topic in Psychiatric

   " Are u responsible for finding staff when there are call ins? We were mandated when staff called in. (If we couldn't find staffing.)" I second that. I work overnight at a residential psych...

9. There IS HOPE on the horizon!

   areason4stars replied to Name9335's topic in General Nursing

   Happy for you that you found your niche. Nursing IS amazingly full with abundant diversity in

10. BBC says Joe Biden has won

    areason4stars replied to Silverdragon102's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I work night shift and was very happy that I happened to still be awake at 1115 am when I go the news alert ding on my phone saying that the AP finally called the race and Biden won. I am so...

11. RN jobs options after declining health

    areason4stars replied to medical_zebra's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I worked through an agency mostly it was called PSA Healthcare they were in several cases a few years ago they were bought out/merged with and our now called Avenna healthcare. Around here they are...

12. Is there a Stigma with a Male working in Nursing?

    areason4stars replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    There are 25 nurses total at my facility 4 of them are males. I don't see them treated differently well based on the basis of gender anyways. One of them has major seniority differential treatment but...

13. Low Stress Specialties

    areason4stars replied to Hayleyjc26's topic in General Specialties

    Some of my shift are stressful , few are very stressful, but overall I think on average my shifts are pretty low stress for a nursing job but of course this is all subjective. I have been at this...

14. covid related job questions

    areason4stars replied to Itsjustaride's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes those secretions can get some distance. Back when I was doing private duty- I spent several mins looking for a passy muir valve that popped off my patient's trach .. looking all over the...

15. covid related job questions

    areason4stars replied to Itsjustaride's topic in Disaster Preparation

    At my residential pediatric psych facility even when we had clients that were positive we could recommend they wear a mask but we are/were unable to "make" them wear