catcoon

catcoon has 12 years experience and specializes in psychiatric, longterm care.

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1. New Grad -- Reference Books?

   catcoon replied to adamNYC's topic in Psychiatric

   hey there, new grad! i recommend the pocket guide called "psych notes" put out by the people that put out other pocket guides. i got mine off amazon.com. i usually recommend it to all new psych nurses. it has info on the differential dx, s/s, interve...

2. how do you guys do it?

   catcoon replied to june2009's topic in Psychiatric

   The following was quoted a few times in this thread: "You just know that most of those kids are never going to have productive, fulfilling lives no matter what anyone does. They're already destroyed." I am very sorry that many of you feel that way cu...

3. Mental Health Acute Wards

   catcoon replied to wnoise's topic in Psychiatric

   i work in an acute mental health hospital and we allow patients to smoke. one of the reasons is because if you give meds to psych patients and they are not smoking while on the unit and the med is successful one gets the impression that the dose of...

4. What you get for nurses week

   catcoon replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

   i work at a psych hosp and this year the nurses got zippo-nothing! seems last year the nurses who worked there complained about what they got so this year administration decided to celebrate hospital week. i asked "what about nurses' week?" and was t...

5. I am a nurse, but I dream of....

   catcoon replied to Elisheva's topic in General Nursing

   I am not a nurse, I am a... Nurse Educator (working on that) Millionaire raising "little" dogs (chihuahua mixes) Living in the Caribbean with no monetary needs Therapist helping others who have suffered childhood abuse b/c I have been helped by ...

6. Calling All Nurse Managers/Clinical Directors

   catcoon replied to RNPATL's topic in Management

   Hi y'all! I'm a new weekend supervisor for a LTC/Rehab facility. I am also an RN-MSN student. We are currently studying leadership and managing in nursing. I am looking for any internet sites or online journals that have info on these subjects. I am ...

7. Any Ocala, Florida nurses here??

   catcoon replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in Florida

   Hi all! I lived in Ocala for 20 years, then moved to Citrus county and now work at a rehab center. I'm working on my RN-MSN degree with UCF. It's a lot of work. Still don't like this online thing, I'm an auditory/verbal learner. I'm having a difficul...

8. Eating your young

   catcoon replied to abq rn's topic in Educators

   I have read this entire thread and am impressed by the thoughts of the nurse educators and replies of those currently practicing nurses. I am an RN-MSN Nurse Educator student in my second semester. I recall in my ADN classes one instructor that was t...

9. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

   catcoon replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Hi, I've been a nurse since 1994, graduated with an ADN. Currently enrolled in an RN-MSN program which is mostly online, got A's in my first two courses. I did not get to go this summer. My major is Nurse Educator. I was a Math & Science teacher ...