Mary Dover

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I've been working for a hospice agency for about a month. Had a VERY brief orientation and off I went. I LOVE it. So far I only have a caseload of 10. I have found it pretty easy to bond with most, exept for the family of one pt with severe dementia,...

"Welcome to the Jungle"

My husband got the news the other day that there's a good possibility that he'll be deployed. He is active duty Air Force. I always kind of assumed that his particular job would keep him here and that we would be immune to that stressor, but guess no...

OK, but let me add this - with 12+ years of psych experience, I can usually know within 5 minutes of conversation with someone if they're borderline.

In Fayetteville here to and LOVIN' it. Office just closed so I got to come home. Yeah, snow day!

Had a dream last night that I'm sure is a manifestation of my recent career quandry. I dreamed that I was one of several nurses on a bus (maybe the allnurses bus?). Don't know where we were going or why we were all on the bus together. We happened u...

Hey Hoolio, lol. You are right about doing things sometimes to meet the needs of the family. That's why I took my current (managed care) job. It fit perfectly with my family's needs. But I HATE it so bad, I've dropped back to part time. I think that'...

My question is, why do you ask?

From: Santa Claus I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer serve the States of Georgia, Florida, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, and Arkansas on Christmas Eve. Due to the overwhelming...

Anaclaire, Your reply to NannaNurse was beautifully put. NannaNurse - from one military wife to another, my heart goes out to you. I live in a military town and have seen lots of families endure deployment situations over the past several months. I...

Military wife here, Air Force, for the past year. I love it. I now work for Tricare and my job brings me in close contact with Army and Air Force service members. I just have the utmost respect and appreciation for all military folks and there famili...

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margnurse, I can relate to everything you last said, but also to jnette that you should follow your heart. Someone (a medical nurse) once said to me that she thought psych nurses "march to the beat of a different drummer", but I took that to mean in...

In a community mental health center, entry level nursing positions can involve administering and monitoring the effects of depot neuroleptics for chronically mentally ill pts (as well as doing your best to try to get them to remain compliant which is...

Specifically, what is it that you're nervous about? If it's the fact that it's a state hospital, I can relate. In NC, state psych facilities are not fairing so well right now. But I don't know the situation in Virginia. As far as psych nursing thou...

This might sound kind of weird, but I read it a long time ago, and when I get foot/leg cramps I do it - pinch together that little area of skin between the top of your lip and the bottom of your nose. It's supposed to be an accupressure thing I guess...

Community mental health centers. Home health agencies.

Truth be known?......most likely for billing purposes. Docs can't bill for a comprehensive evaluation unless they cross all the t's and dot all the i's. (They at least have to ask I suppose to show they made the effort.) Even so, shay, I support ya d...

It never ceases to amaze me..... (I liked your joke pt nurse)

Hi Kyle's Mom, I'm not a student, but read your post and wanted to wish you the best. My sister (who is now 40), was dx with Crohn's disease at age 12. She has had an ileostomy since then. I wish she could have had a nurse like it sounds like you WI...

When my oldest (who's now 14) was still a baby, I caught the babysitter leaving him and 4 other kids she kept (all under the age of 5 at the time), in her car while she was in the grocery store. Needless to say, I very tactfully asked her not to do t...

My sis worked one summer as the slow person. She got a great tan and later graduated to roller person, you know rolling the concrete on the new highway.

.....can you please educate a po' ignunt southern belle SHAAAAAAYY!!! My husband and I have been talking about doing the same thing, only in about 2 years from now. I've got lots of the inside scoop on Australia from my very dear friend, Aus Nurse....

Just for clarification, my job DOES require being a nurse. And I AM NURSE. I do not perform bedside nursing but I'm still a nurse.