MSN Student

I'm starting Western Governors in December. Looking for others who are also going to be doing BSN to MSN in Education. I'm a serious student and would like to talk to other like minded people. Excited to get started!

Fabulous! Money has kept me back for a while too. Here's hoping it'll will be a great program, and we'll get our moneys worth.

I work for a large Magnet hospital. As nursing becomes more popular, and nurses not in short supply, I have noticed something ominous has being going on lately. Several of our older and very seasoned ADN nurses are being fired. The excuses for firing...

I've a Bachelors in Nursing from an American university. I'd like to move back to UK. My passion in nursing in psychiatric/mental health, and I've worked in that field for a long time. However, from what I understand, I would not be able to register ...

As much as I love my psych nursing job, I would never say it was not stressful or in any way easy. You have to be thinking ahead of your patients, some who are always looking for a sneaky way to kill or harm themselves, or someone else. You have to b...

Our doctors are consistently accepting elderly dementia patients on our psych unit. These patients are then in amongst other patients with psychosis and other psych problems. The dementia patients often become violent towards the nurses. We are not a...

That's the problem with our unit. We are not a geripsych unit and we don't have the resources to keep them safe.

Oh yes, I see people with mental quirks all over the place too. All I have to do is look in the mirror and I see someone with whose kids describe as hypomanic, irrational and totally out of touch with reality. And that's all in the hour BEFORE they...

Thanks for your help. I appreciate the ideas you gave me! I will be presenting probably for 30-45 minutes. I will definately try to dispel some of the urban myths. I did think about playing a recording of auditory hallucinations, and am still wond...

I've to go to my kid's high school and give a presentation on psychiatric/mental health nursing. Needless to say, the thought of standing before a bunch of 17-18 year olds makes me very nervous! Does anyone have any ideas as to what/how I should pr...

I feel too stupid to ask anyone this question but can someone please tell me what I do with my CEU's? Do I post them to the Board of Nursing? Or do I just call them and say I've completed them?

Thanks for the answers! I appreciate not having to ask anyone at work, LOL.

I'm finding many, many psychiatric patients are addicted to benzos. I'd like to do an educational group suitable for patients in an acute care inpatient setting. They only stay about 5 days. Can anyone give me ideas on materials I can use. Are th...

I'm a new psychiatric nurse and could use some help. I'm trying to make a one page assessment sheet that I can use to help me with my assessment and charting. Being new at this, however, I'm not really sure what I'm looking for. Can anyone give me...

How many CEU's do we need to get by the end of our first year of nursing? I thought we needed about 30, but my friend said we don't need any at all this year. Can anyone shed any light? Thanks.

I'm a new nurse. If you have a patient say on Ativan tid and PRN q6h, can you give the PRN Ativan one or two hours after you've given the scheduled dose of Ativan, if the scheduled dose isn't doing the job. Sorry if this is a dumb question.

Thanks so much for the help!

Thank you for your very quick reply. It is very appreciated.

Buttercup, I found that there were plenty of posts available in psych. Strangely, the posts don't seem to be advertised the way they are for med-surg RN's. Like you, I thought I'd never be hired right out of school so when I applied online for a n...

I'm a new nursing graduate and am working as an RN in a short term psych unit. We are very busy and I don't get as much time as I would like to ask questions. Is there anyone who would be a mentor for me? I come home at night wondering if I did the...

Edorn, thank you very much for offering to help me out. I have sent you an email. Pam C

I too have wondered about this. My unit doesn't have filter needles and I hate to give meds from an ampule without one. My pharmacy said they don't have them.

You'll do fine. I got 900 and passed with 75 questions. Don't freak out though because you WILL think you flunked the NCLEX when you take it.