Jelli_Belli replied to luckylucyrn's topic in Emergency
I think that in order to pick up your welfare check every month you should have to get a Depo shot. No Depo shot...no free money. I don't know about you guys but I am sick to death of paying for other...
Jelli_Belli replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing
Oh honey, so sorry! No this is not, I repeat, NOT normal. If it was I believe I would have to look for a new job. Thankfully my unit is actually usually very well staffed. We usually have 2-3 licensed...
Jelli_Belli replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing
My meltdown moment came about 2 weeks after I got my license. I was working as a nurse on the same psychiatric unit that I had worked on as a tech through school. Actually I was still orienting (I had...
Jelli_Belli replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing
I was a tech at my prn job not to long ago (like 3 mon.!), so when I am the charge nurse it can feel a little weird. Lucky for me though, the techs and LPN's I work with are great, we work together...
When I took my NCLEX I had at least 10 SATA, 2 med calcs, one question with several pages of documentation you might find in a patient chart, and one one with a picture that you had to type in the...
Why should your boyfriend have to prove anything to your father about his health issues? Maybe he is embarrassed to discuss his testicular issues with your father, especially if your father has made...
You are absolutely right about this one. I NEVER allow my techs to pre-pour meds and advise them against giving the residents anything that they did not pop out of the blister packs themselves. No one...
Actually it is perfectly legal for "med techs" to give ROUTINE meds to residents in assisted living or group home settings. I work as a community outreach psychiatric nurse and I supervise the...
I'm a new graduate that started orientation on a behavioral health unit about 2 weeks ago. Things are going pretty well and I am actually enjoying my new position. My preceptor is great, my reviews...
Hi all, I'm a new grad and I have been orienting to my new RN position this week and something just keeps bothering me. As a student I spent so much time in school working on critical thinking and the...
I'm graduating with my RN in 3 weeks and have accepted a job at a psychiatric inpatient facility as a graduate nurse. I also have a BA in psychology, but that really has no bearing on psychiatric...
Jelli_Belli replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing
I'm going to say something not so popular but here goes anyway. I graduate in 3 weeks from nursing school and I just accepted a position at an acute care psychiatric facility on a unit that only...
Jelli_Belli replied to 2blackcats's topic in Nursing Career
Do you have any schools around you that accept students from a wait list and not by GPA? If not you may just have to buckle down and retake some courses to get a higher grade. Check with your school...
Hi all!!! I am graduating nursing school in 3 weeks and just received the great news that I have been hired as an RN on the same psych unit that I have worked on for 3 years as a tech. Although I am...
Jelli_Belli replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing
I work on a psychiatric unit too, and we also those "nifty" little grievance reports and we now have an interim manager that has no psychiatric experience. So now we keep getting called in to her...