peblevins

peblevins has 32 years experience and specializes in Community Mental Health.

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1. Distraught

   peblevins replied to Shaniece's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Shaniece, If you stick with it, all your skills and knowledge will return. I went from hospital bedside nursing (for 24 years) to a nurse in a mental health practice (for 6 years)-enough time to...

2. Raising Awareness of Nurse Suicide | Life of a Nurse

   peblevins replied to peblevins's topic in Health, Stress Management

   LaZarca, This must have been very difficult for you to share. It means a lot. Yes you are invaluable! You are so right in saying that these issues should have been addressed decades ago....

3. Raising Awareness of Nurse Suicide | Life of a Nurse

   peblevins posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

   Recently I was looking for information on the effects of the pandemic on those with mental health disorders. MULTIPLE articles referred to a mental health crisis among nurses leading to an increase in...

4. Nursing Judgement vs Physician Orders

   peblevins replied to renewyou62's topic in Nursing Career

   Kudos to you for doing what you knew was right as the doctor chose to believe a different story. A lot can change in 24 hours! In that setting, with your thorough charting, no one would have faulted...

5. Nursing Judgement vs Physician Orders

   peblevins replied to renewyou62's topic in Nursing Career

   I've learned that working in community/home health involves greater chance of using nursing judgement. There's situations that would make nursing judgement safer in a particular instance. Time of day...

6. Empathy and Framing Messaging to Change the Tide

   peblevins posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

   In spite of the gravity of the pandemic, the unvaccinated continue to hold a strong conviction that it is not the right decision for them. As of May 2021, 37% of the US had not received one vaccine...

7. 6 Tips for Success for New Nurse Graduates

   peblevins replied to dareese's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with all of these tips. When doing clinicals in nursing school, I witnessed the "nurses eat their young" adage. Then I was lucky enough to have clinicals at a small community hospital that was...

8. Inpatient Nurses Answered the Call

   peblevins posted a topic in General Nursing

   As I watched the spread of COVID-19 across Asia and Europe in late 2019, I recall a sense of shock and disbelief but held on to a sense of hope that the effects on the U.S would somehow be less...