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nursekathi

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  1. travel with family???

    nursekathi posted a topic in Travel

    Hi, I'm new around here. I have a year experience as a psych nurse supervisor, and am currently working as a m/s tele float nurse. Once I have my year in, next spring, I really want to travel. I have...

  2. Funny Doctor Situations

    nursekathi replied to Ubernurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I worked with a Lebanese doctor who was very extremely arrogant, and also quite defensive about cultural issues, very defensive. His coloring was dark, and he had a good bit of an accent. One day he...

  3. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

    nursekathi replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked child/adol. residential psych, my all time telephone order from a doc, when I described 8 of our under 12 year old boys beating the living tar out of each other & staff, "pick the 4...

  4. Animal Cruelty ' Therapy'?

    nursekathi replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    Is this boy going home to live with the naive father? That is a scary thought. It is even more scary to me to think that the treatment team is aware of this behavior and allowing it to continue; very...

  5. will somone enlighten me?

    nursekathi replied to sweetface18's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: Sometimes I b**** & moan, too. But I love my job, and am better off than most around me. I am a nursing supervisor in a child/adolescent psych hospital, making $21/hr (very small, low...

  6. 1:1 Vigilance is sooo boring....

    nursekathi replied to BoogiePop's topic in Psychiatric

    we have 1:1s pretty often at my facility. It is rough. As the nursing supervisor, when I am working, I will only allow the same MHT to watch a 1:1 for 2 hours, then switch with someone else. This...

  7. Uninsured: Dual Diagnoses

    nursekathi replied to jadespirro's topic in Psychiatric

    Definitely, speaking out to gov officials, of your city, county and state about the importance of treatment and encouraging others to do the

  8. borderline-help: 2 different nurses/2 different approaches

    nursekathi replied to gcja's topic in Psychiatric

    I have worked in psych for 1 1/2 years, and also love it! I was just promoted to evening supervisor in a child/adolescent residential facility. We have had a few borderline adolescent females, and...

  9. Make up...?

    nursekathi replied to ails's topic in General Nursing

    I am in shock In my LPN program, they were very strict about NO makup In my Rn transition, it was allowed, but very light, and they were scrutinizing that. I think I would go to the school admin....

  10. worried

    nursekathi posted a topic in Cardiac

    Hi. I'm pretty new around here, and hope to gain from everyone's vast wisdom. I've been a LPN working in psych for the last 1 1/2 years, while finishing my RN. Happily, I passed my boards yesterday,...

  11. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    nursekathi replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, I hadn't thought about most of these tales in a long time, boy do they seem so silly now! How about: A "high" belly means a boy, "low" girl (or is it the other way around??) A draft (especially...

  12. Just passed the NCLEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    nursekathi replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in First Year After Licensure

    congradulations!!! i just found out i passed yesterday, and boy was i sweating, too. i am an awesome test-taker, and was shocked by how uncertain i was. almost all prioritizing questions! yuck! i shut...

  13. Med education

    nursekathi replied to MN2MSrn's topic in Psychiatric

    At our facility, which is child/adolescent, we give each child some med education at every med pass. It only takes a matter of several extra seconds. First we teach them the med names, pointing to...

  14. 900 mg's of Seroquel????

    nursekathi replied to NurseCard's topic in Psychiatric

    I have given 1200mg to teens in my residential facility as a hs dose, with smaller doses throughout the

  15. GN status? so confused

    nursekathi replied to LAnewgrad's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The way I've been doing it (in Ohio), is simply applying for RN jobs. Most interviews begin with a nurse recruiter, and they know the ropes as far as facility as well as state policy, regarding GN...