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At my hospital, if a patient is in a DBT program outpatient, we are not supposed to even have 1:1 with the patient. We are just supposed to pass meds, address immediate needs, and encourage the patient to refer to their workbooks. I think they are ...

The patients in my hospital wear ID bands, but often take them off or they are otherwise made illegible. We are supposed to check 2 forms of ID with the patient, but sometimes they are so psychotic, that they don't give the correct information, then...

It gets used a lot on our units for anxiety (like 25-50 mg doses). We usually give higher doses (100 mg+) for sleep.

Wow! I feel very blessed to work where I do! The usual assignment is 3 patients plus meds on 1 or 2 others, on a day or evening shift. On night shift, it's another story, you could get 8 patients on our least acute unit, but for the most part they ar...

:yelclap: Exactly, it's unfortunate, however, that the mentally ill who ARE violent are the ones that are the representatives for all the other gentle, kind souls who happen to suffer from the same disease. If John Wayne Gacy had diabetes (I don't...

Go for it! I am a relatively new grad (June '06) and started in August working in the psych units at my hospital. They didn't have any problem hiring me, in fact, I think I was hired over a few med/surg experienced nurses. I haven't had a great ne...

We have 3 units at the hospital I work at, 2 of them have lockers in which pt's belongings are stored, the third has a drawer for each patient (pretty small one, too) and then any 'overflow' gets put in a bag and labeled with the patients name and lo...

what do you love about psych nursing? what was your motivation for choosing psych nursing as a specialty? :monkeydance:

I am interviewing for a job as a new grad on an inpatient acute crisis unit...I had a clinical rotation there and loved it, but I am just curious about what the downfalls to a career in psych could be. What are some of the things you don't like abou...

What you don't like is a good question...I wonder how much is similar to what med-surg nurses don't like? I think I'll start a new thread.

Morgan314: Thank you for your reply! Your response is very compassionate, a quality all psych nurses should have! I am a new grad, and I REALLY loved my psych rotation, and I have an opportunity to interview for a part time psych position...so I gu...

We did ATI in school too, and had access to non-proctored tests as well as having 3 or so proctored tests. As a learning tool, it was great (my program used the proctored tests as mid-terms and finals...in that way they had no idea what would be on ...

I am so sorry you didn't pass this time, but don't give up! I would REALLY REALLY recommend the Kaplan NCLEX study guide, they teach you strategies to help identify the correct answer and dismiss the distractors. After reading this book, it was alo...

Emilyerin-do we go to the same school? I had this very same assignment, VERBATIM! Thanks, by the way, I posted under 'nursing student forum' and got no bites

Hi! I am a student at Clackamas community, and graduate soon, I am very excited about that, and the next big step...NCLEX! I am working on getting my applications out there and getting a job lined up...if anyone has and info re: internships PLEASE fe...

next term is my 10 week precepted experience. we get to choose what type of unit to be on for our experience. i know from my rotations that i do not like med/surg. i had a brief rotation in critical care, working with cva's, and i loved that. i a...

Thanks, everyone for you input. One more question (that might seem kinda dumb, but I'm still a student :>) The hospital I did my critical care rotation in also had an ICU, do most hospitals have this ICU step-down sort of situation?

To everyone who posted prospective interview questions - thank you! I will be entering the job market this summer, and it is helpful to think about and answer these questions for yourself, before you are asked in an interview!

I don't feel that it is my job to do any investigation. It is my job, however, to protect patients. If I believe that any patients may be harmed as a result of a nurse who claims to use drugs, it is my duty to report that, whether I have evidence or...

That is correct, you possess knowledge that she claimed to use drugs. If someone gave you information on, let's just say a murder they had committed, would you feel ethically/morally/legally bound to report that? And, if you live in another state, ...

The nurse practice act for Oregon states: Nurses, regardless of role, whose behavior fails to conform to the legal standard and accepted standards of the nursing profession, or who may adversely affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public, m...