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docpsychrn42 ASN, RN

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  1. I cry all the time.......what next??????

    docpsychrn42 posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    :crying2:I am really embarassed to have to ask for help for my problem but I am at the end of my rope. All I could think of at midnight was other nurses that might be able to help me. Funny thing...

  2. Jobs for us "old" nurses.....employers not willing to train

    docpsychrn42 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am having a lot of difficulty finding a job at 44 yrs of age. Granted I specialize in psych but most facilities that I have applied to or interviewed with are not willing to train me. They will...

  3. I cry all the time.......what next??????

    docpsychrn42 replied to docpsychrn42's topic in Health, Stress Management

    What hotline are you referring to that I can call? I live in a very small town so I would have to call the next big city. I know that there is a place near me that is a clinic based on income but...

  4. I cry all the time.......what next??????

    docpsychrn42 replied to docpsychrn42's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Jahra and all my nursing family, Things are no better than they were I am sorry to say. I have spent countless hours on the computer, filling out applications, sending resumes and going to...

  5. How does a nurse pick HERSELF up when everyone keeps kicking her down?

    docpsychrn42 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i lost my job this week. i put in almost 4 1/2 years and was let go in less than 15 minutes. i wasn't told why. i had another job that wanted me to interview and even had a unit that i was to...

  6. How does a nurse pick HERSELF up when everyone keeps kicking her down?

    docpsychrn42 replied to docpsychrn42's topic in General Nursing

    I understand about the speaking English part, I just added that to my list of problems. They did have a policy that we were to speak only English though. We had so many doctor's that came from...

  7. How does a nurse pick HERSELF up when everyone keeps kicking her down?

    docpsychrn42 replied to docpsychrn42's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse75, I will look into that! Thanks for the information. I was complaining constantly to the corporation about discrimination because the boss and her secretary were constantly speaking spanish...

  8. How does a nurse pick HERSELF up when everyone keeps kicking her down?

    docpsychrn42 replied to docpsychrn42's topic in General Nursing

    BrokenRN and Smithbc1: Thank you for such kind and compassionate responses. BrokenRN, you brought tears to my eyes and really touched my heart with your words. You are right, nurses are being...

  9. How does a nurse pick HERSELF up when everyone keeps kicking her down?

    docpsychrn42 replied to docpsychrn42's topic in General Nursing

    Purplemyst, Thank you for your suggestions and believe it or not, I have the reference of one of the upper management people at the company I was just fired from! I also have several physicians that...

  10. How does a nurse pick HERSELF up when everyone keeps kicking her down?

    docpsychrn42 replied to docpsychrn42's topic in General Nursing

    I was given a written warning for something that a bunch of us girls had done. I didn't think it was right that I be written up for something that we had already been talked to about. My HR person...

  11. How does a nurse pick HERSELF up when everyone keeps kicking her down?

    docpsychrn42 replied to docpsychrn42's topic in General Nursing

    They are suppose to here too, but they have nothing. I just got my notice of a raise the day after they let me go! They had just typed it up the day before they let me go? I have nothing in my file...

  12. Inmates and lawsuits!

    docpsychrn42 posted a topic in Correctional

    i was just checking to see if anyone else is constantly being threatened with a lawsuit by an inmate if they don't get the medication they want? i am baffled that one offender we had several years...

  13. What to do?? IM won't come out of the hole!

    docpsychrn42 posted a topic in Correctional

    i have a question....we have an inmate that is on suicide watch in our facility. he does not want to come off suicide watch because he will have to go to the hill. so, everytime we see him (the...

  14. Subcontracted in the Prisons?

    docpsychrn42 posted a topic in Correctional

    does anyone work for a contracted company under correctional medical services? in our state we were contracted by cms to provide mh care to the offenders and then lost that contract last year. what...

  15. Corrections Nurses: Have You Been Hit Like This?

    docpsychrn42 replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

    i know that working for doc is much safer for a nurse than working in a state forensic hospital. for one thing, an offender can get 5 years added to their time for assault against a doc employee....

  16. Corrections Nurses: Have You Been Hit Like This?

    docpsychrn42 replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

    having worked in a maximum security forensic hospital for the criminally insane, that type of assault was an everday occurrence for the staff. i just wish we were able to get video out to the public...

  17. Working for State Corrections vs Contracted Company

    docpsychrn42 replied to 2003rn's topic in Correctional

    I use to work for the State and now work for CMS. HUGE difference! Working for the State gives you better benefits, more resources and in my opinion, a decreased amount of errors in the pharmacy...

  18. Mystery illnesses

    docpsychrn42 replied to Lpark27's topic in Correctional

    Unfortunately, we do have to do all that we can do to address their issues. We call these people "borderlines and histrionic personalities". They will "fake" over and over and then there is the ONE...

  19. Facilities for Young Offenders

    docpsychrn42 replied to Shawnina's topic in Correctional

    We have one camp that is geared towards the juveniles and they are kept seperate from the adults. Juveniles are a whole diffent type of nursing being as they are in the "tween" stage of being a child...

  20. Corrections Vs. Psych Institution for the Criminally Insane

    docpsychrn42 replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

    i worked in a maximum security forensic hospital for 7 years and i am working for a prison now. i can't tell you how much better it is in the prison! i suffered many concussions, broken nails, human...