TsavarenaRN

TsavarenaRN

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  1. Mississippi nurses roll call!!! (be known)

    Hi All! Graduated Meridian Community College's ADN program May 2008. I've been working adolescent mental health ever since (private facility then changed to state
  2. Fainting in Surgery Clinical...

    2nd semester, OB rotation. I was watching a C-section (first actual surgery experience) not five minutes into the procedure I start sweating horribly, shaking, feeling like that surgery mask was...
  3. Privacy and Covering My Arse.

    Just in short, had a doc treat one of the psych inpatient children with blatant disreguard to apropriate restraint and seclusion technique. We use CPI, not sure if many other facilities do. Pt was...
  4. Am I in trouble?

    The only thing I could guess based on what you have written would be a med error due to lack of order for med given. This is usually (and this is based just on MY personal experience) handled by a...
  5. Love and prayers for you, you're team, and the boy. :redpinkhe:redpinkhe:redpinkhe No real suicide attempt on my peds ward since I've been there, (Thank God) but a few fights and some superficial self...
  6. Advice for soon-to-be graduate???

    All I can really say is...dive right in! Nursing school did not prepare me for psych, but it was what I really wanted to do. I was able to be hired right out of school I believe because of the lack of...
  7. How are MS nurses amidst recession?

    Last I checked, central MS is still in need of nurses. Especially in long term care and psychiatric facilities. The medical hospitals in my area are still posting nurse openings
  8. I seriously need HELP in Psych Documentation!

    Sorry this is a little long, but I had an awesome psych instructor in nursing school that taught me this train of thought for mental health assessment. Also inservice at work was slightly helpful....
  9. As a new nurse in psych I was already anxious/stressed. Also suffering from marriage problems. Started seeing a therapist 3 months ago, using my company's insurance plan. I am even taking some...
  10. Can child and adolescents psych be mixed on same unit?

    My facility keeps them on the same floor, adolescent girls on north wing, children age 5-12 on south wing. It does seem to pose more difficulties as there is only one elevator for all to share, one...
  11. Need some ideas..adol psych

    I work with female adolescents on a pych ward, everyday the nurse is required to give a one hour nursing group related to the patient's probs, meds, etc. I've been doing this for about 4 months and...
  12. Hurt on job, no pay?

    I work at a psych hospital with assaultive adolescent females, needless to say I get beat up on occasion. After one such incident of being pushed down by a pt. twice my size, my lower back started to...
  13. I really AM the nurse!

    First job as an RN, at a very nice nursing home, been there about 3 weeks now; I'm learning fast and I feel like things are going well, except for this one silly thing, which I may be getting a...
  14. I know how you feel. I got out of school and got my NCLEX results almost the same as you. I went applying like crazy and got pretty discouraged when I didn't hear anything back immediately. I was...
  15. ATI Testing is BS!

    Why is it that I can make A's and B's on all of my unit exams but then at the end of the semester I have to take an ATI Fundamentals test on the same material and then I fail? Not to mention the fact...
  16. How Nursing Students spend their summers?

    I am going into 3rd semester this fall. I am working as a student nurse at a local hospital. Although I do not get to do anything beyond the scope of an aid, the nurses I work with are always...
  17. How is a pharmacist unique in the care of patients?

    The pharmacist prepares and distributes physician prescribed medications. Pharmacists work closely with nurses, physicians, and other health care providers to evaluate the efficacy of clients'...
  18. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    I started college when I was 19, I will graduate from the nursing program when I am 24; two semesters to go! (took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do heh
  19. Dirty Needle Stick....

    I'm in first semester ADN, I just got to do my first few IM injections today during clinical, on my fourth injection I accidentally stuck myself after I had stuck the patient. Of course all of my...
  20. ATI Testing is BS!

    I know...I do agree that the books are pretty helpful with my regular nrsg classess, but I also strongly agree that I am becoming more freaked about them than my unit tests and my upcoming final. I...
  21. Dirty Needle Stick....

    I was going to activate it after I had finished taping the cotton ball to patient's shoulder....bad decision I should have done that first. I was concerned about putting pressure on injection site. I...
  22. Dirty Needle Stick....

    Thanks so much all; I feel a bit better :heartbeat What happened: I was in clinical at a nursing home. It was a flu vaccine, 21g, 1 inch needle. All had gone well until I with drew syringe (it...