edchunt BSN, RN

edchunt has 22 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Psych.

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1. Tell me how a nurse with no psych experience and no psych certification get picked o?

   edchunt posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hey all, I currently work at the VA medical center here. I interviewed along with two others from our acute psych unit and 4 other internal candidates from the med-surg and ER. None of us three...

2. VA Hospital in Martinsburg

   edchunt replied to fin0814's topic in General Nursing

   Who pays more than the

3. VA Hospital in Martinsburg

   edchunt replied to fin0814's topic in General Nursing

   No, because the 48 hours and 32 equal 80. Overtime is paid for time over the 80 hours for the pay

4. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

   edchunt replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

   I concur with the above statements. I was just not brave enough to put it that way. Thank

5. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

   edchunt replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

   One important aspect to this is that the escort must be from our unit. We work with a max of three a shift. The majority of us do not smoke. I guess sometimes you have to do what you are told to do...

6. Escort patients outside to smoke

   edchunt posted a topic in General Nursing

   I wrote a new note about escorting patients ouside to smoke at the VA. Please read on that and provide some input. This would be over in the general discussion. To make a long story short, We nurses...

7. Is it me or are Social Workers running the show?

   edchunt replied to ShayRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Oh yes, our setting is different. We are acute psych; however, much of the same type of things happenig with our

8. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

   edchunt replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

   With all do respect to Gerry1888, all of these Vets are not old. In have patients that are 25 or even younger. They may live forever, or what seems like forever right there on our supposedly acute...

9. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

   edchunt replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

   We cannot find anything that suggests that we should be exposed to seconhand smoke. The patients believe it is their God given right to smoke so they get to go out accompanied by nursing to smoke in...

10. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

    edchunt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was just wanting to get some feedback concerning escorting patients to smoke shelters and the need to remain with them in the smoke rooms. I work for the Veteran's Administration on the acute...

11. Elkins WV says HI!

    edchunt replied to WV_heart_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am in Clarksburg. At work right now. I hate getting 2 feet of

12. Time for a Title Change

    edchunt replied to breastfeed's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind being known as a nurse and getting paid very well for what I do. I wonder if we should change doctor's titles because they do more than the first doctors did? There are stereotypes to...

13. Time for a Title Change

    edchunt replied to breastfeed's topic in General Nursing

    I am a NURSE who just happens to be male and I am proud of the title and proud of the heritage as well as the modern profeciencies that nurses possess. I am just making a comment and do not wish to...

14. WVU RN-BSN program, how is it?

    edchunt replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    So... it's not totally

15. VA Hospital

    edchunt replied to 2003rn's topic in General Nursing

    I work at the VA in Clarksburg. It definately is a different way of doing things. I wish I could go back to my old state job. Pay is the issue though. So here I will