jpRN84

jpRN84 BSN, RN

Psychiatric, Detox/Rehab, Geriatrics

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  1. Psychiatric CNS in Pennsylvania

    jpRN84 posted a topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Hello all, I was wondering if there were any Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialists on here from PA? I live in PA and am interested in getting my MSN as a Psych CNS, but when I search for jobs for it,...

  2. psych job 3-11 shift?

    jpRN84 replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in Psychiatric

    When I worked 2nd shift at a State Hospital we barely ever got admissions and most of the orders were taken off on dayshift. Most of the time was spent passing meds, treatments, interacting with...

  3. What does a chemical dependency RN do?

    jpRN84 replied to LocalGal's topic in Addictions

    I've worked in a drug and alcohol detox/rehab for about 4 years now and we give Phenobarbital for people coming off of benzo's, methadone or suboxone for opioid addicted people, and librium for people...

  4. Canadian Psychiatric Nurse wants to go to USA

    jpRN84 replied to 2525's topic in International Nursing

    I think almost all of the states require you to sit for the NCLEX. Good luck to

  5. Drug Seekers

    jpRN84 replied to al7139's topic in Addictions

    It sounds like she was drug seeking. One thing to always remember is, that patients should know all the medication they are taking by name, it's their right. Just because someone asks for their med by...

  6. Ever Killed Someone?

    jpRN84 replied to Bug Out's topic in General Nursing

    You can't control what people are going to say, just ignore the ones that feel the need to talk down to people. They have the right to voice their opinion, and we have the right to ignore

  7. Psych. RNs

    jpRN84 replied to lion09's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree with Nialloh, you are a New Grad, with not much experience I'm guessing. You will need someone to lean on for advice and help and mentoring. I wouldn't take it if that wasn't available to you....

  8. Behavioral Unit anyone?

    jpRN84 replied to Smitty08's topic in Psychiatric

    I like the term Psychiatric Nursing, not Behavioral Health Nursing or Mental Health Nursing. It is Psychiatry after all, I never heard of a Psychiatrist call themselves anything

  9. Psychiatric CNS in Pennsylvania

    jpRN84 replied to jpRN84's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Thank you for your reply elkpark. It's very sad that they would hire people with less education to do the therapy. But as the say, money makes the world goes around, and companies are gonna pinch...

  10. still a good idea to get med/surg experience first?

    jpRN84 replied to HowserDoogie's topic in Psychiatric

    I ALWAYS knew I wanted to be a psych nurse, and when I graduated nursing school, there were no psych jobs available, so I did medical nursing for 6 months, which now that I did that, Im glad that i...

  11. Right to defense against violence on adolescent unit

    jpRN84 replied to CrashVector's topic in Psychiatric

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  12. Help!! I failed clinical due to medication error

    jpRN84 replied to yan2006's topic in General Students

    she said she did check the arm band, but got it mixed up after getting interrupted, and wasnt sure who was supposed to get what med...Now at that point, if you wasnt sure, you should have went back to...

  13. Waiting for NP job, working as RN

    jpRN84 replied to ChapterTwo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know when I was in nursing school, one of our instructors who's an NP worked in the hospital as an RN, and didnt come across any problems. She only did the RN thing PRN though for a summer before...

  14. Pa hospital system won't hire smokers

    jpRN84 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    It's discrimination- plain and

  15. Any Advice for a new nurse starting in a.c.d.u?

    jpRN84 replied to GLORN's topic in Addictions

    I work in a drug and alcohol detox/rehab. We use methadone and suboxone to treat opiate withdrawal, except they cant have suboxone if they have been on benzos or using alcohol. We use phenobarbital to...

  16. if you plan on going for your masters, what do you want to specialize in?

    jpRN84 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    Psychiatric clinical nurse specialist or psychiatric nurse practitioner for

  17. Job market prefers BSN , turns away ADN

    jpRN84 replied to aromarn's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have no problems with either having an ASN or BSN. I am glad I got my ASN when I did and wouldn't have done it any other way. I am going to be starting an RN-BSN program soon as I want to get my MSN...

  18. Job market prefers BSN , turns away ADN

    jpRN84 replied to aromarn's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    ALSO, the point of my original post was to show that each individual is different, and shouldn't be judged solely on whether they have an ASN or

  19. Job market prefers BSN , turns away ADN

    jpRN84 replied to aromarn's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I SAID people should be evaluated on more than just the degree they have. Meaning, they should take other things into consideration than just the person's degree. YES having a degree is necessary, BUT...

  20. Job market prefers BSN , turns away ADN

    jpRN84 replied to aromarn's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I am an ASN grad, my sister is a BSN grad, I KNOW for a fact I had more clinical time than her. Some programs have more, some have less. I took the NCLEX-RN one time and passed, my sister the BSN grad...

  21. substance abuse nursing

    jpRN84 replied to jennmariePR's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in an inpatient detox/rehab, you would get plenty, plenty, plenty of psych nursing experience working in

  22. old school vs. new school

    jpRN84 replied to camjones's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a RN for a little over 3 years, and have worked in health care for 11 years, and in my past experiences, more often than not I have seen the more experienced nurse bully the new

  23. adult psychiatric cns ancc test- Passed

    jpRN84 replied to deb18's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Thanks Deb, I really don't want to prescribe meds, and I am way more interested in doing therapy. But in Pa, where I live, most of the jobs out there are for Psych NPs and not Psych CNSs, as most...

  24. Relocating to Harrisburg, PA

    jpRN84 replied to nyteshade's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    What free standing psych units are in

  25. adult psychiatric cns ancc test- Passed

    jpRN84 replied to deb18's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Congratulations! Right now I'm torn between going for Psych CNS or Psych NP. In my state, PA, Psych CNS's cant prescribe meds, and therefore there doesn't seem to be many job offerings because of it....