areason4stars

areason4stars ASN, RN

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

  16. Be honest, when do you start working on your CEUs?

    areason4stars replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Well it takes me a few hours . But yes its usually done the night before and day of my renewal I am in Florida. Using the CEUbroker makes things easier for

  17. Being written up

    areason4stars replied to Springdaisy04's topic in General Nursing

    I am pretty sure the only record would be when and how long the conversation was. Normally that's all the records the cell phone company would

  18. Experience with Pro-Filer

    areason4stars posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone else at a facility that uses Pro-Filer for EHR ? Or have experience with the program? I feel like its super outdated and not very user friendly the amount of drop down boxes you most select...

  19. Being written up

    areason4stars replied to Springdaisy04's topic in General Nursing

    Gotcha. Sorry I thought you were implying that if she knew it was false that it shouldn't have been reported , but now I see how you were just saying that she should have included the information...

  20. New grad first job as Clinic RN?

    areason4stars replied to GOAL2BRN's topic in General Nursing

    I always pictured working in the hospital, but it wasnt in the cards for me. When I graduated no hospitals in my area were hiring without some hospital experience ( at least as a pt care tech) I too...

  21. Nurse Saturation

    areason4stars replied to implathszombie9's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry if you always see caps as yelling , I understand that is the meaning some/most of times but I know sometimes caps are used for clarification and to help place emphasis (esp with the lack of...

  22. Nurse Saturation

    areason4stars replied to implathszombie9's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't read that tone as "mean" I believe they were just trying to make it clear that they were only making an example to show that "3x higher" without ANY context doesn't mean necessarily that...

  23. Being written up

    areason4stars replied to Springdaisy04's topic in General Nursing

    An allegations would still need to be reported and investigated regardless of knowing its false. There is no choice/discretion at least not at my

  24. Being written up

    areason4stars replied to Springdaisy04's topic in General Nursing

    I am a little confused did you have to hold the phone for her the whole time? Or did you place it in her hands and left the room? Besides the major issue of lying, maybe they now think...

  25. Driving 1.5 hrs (one way) to work. Good idea?

    areason4stars replied to NewRN_SW's topic in General Nursing

    I currently work 2 11p-7a shift and 2 7p-7a a week. I live 35 mins away. I couldn't imagine working farther. It seems to me that lots of the other nurses at my job live closer. But its ridiculous...