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  1. Privilges and other policies in adult in-pt acute care units

    epg_pei replied to epg_pei's topic in Psychiatric

    I just wanted to thank everyone for their input. We certainly seem to deviate from policy too often. I'm glad I have some options as far as what to do in some of these

  2. Privilges and other policies in adult in-pt acute care units

    epg_pei replied to epg_pei's topic in Psychiatric

    Somewhere I may not be for much longer

  3. Health Care Myths

    epg_pei replied to leosrain's topic in International Nursing

    That movie is giving me cause to seriously re-consider my plans for moving to the US. I hate the winter here, but I hate the idea of profit from human misery even more. I thank God that I've lived in...

  4. Mass resignation

    epg_pei replied to Mito's topic in International Nursing

    I hadn't heard of any mass resignations happening anywhere, do you have a news link or

  5. confused psychiatic nurse

    epg_pei replied to nya2000RN's topic in Psychiatric

    I thought it was just my unit that did that,

  6. In-patient Mental Health. Staff shift times.

    epg_pei replied to Loray's topic in Psychiatric

    We have day 12 7:30am to 7:30pm; night 12 7:30pm to 7:30am; eve 12 10-10; day 8 7:30 to 3:30. I hate eve because your whole day is shot and it's dark when you get home, dark and very cold if it's...

  7. Umm, 16 hour shifts anyone??

    epg_pei replied to olol765's topic in Psychiatric

    I'd do a 16, that 7-11 sounds okay, but if it's a bad day, it's a looooong bad

  8. Day in the life?

    epg_pei replied to mikethern's topic in Psychiatric

    I do 12hr shifts. Anywhere from 5 to 8 patients per shift. Typically I go in for 7:30 on a day, take report, do a round on pts, start meds (if I'm on morning meds). That takes me to first break around...

  9. Patient searches

    epg_pei replied to Ruthbud19's topic in Psychiatric

    We do intake checks on all patients, but we use levels, so most patients get to keep shoes (shoelaces) belts etcs. Other higher risk patients are restricted to pjs and no belongings. It isn't perfect,...

  10. Need a change....any suggestions?

    epg_pei replied to Nurseonwheels's topic in International Nursing

    The recruiter from the Northwest Territories was in town last week. She made outpost nursing sound very

  11. Inpatient Visitation Times

    epg_pei replied to p0969's topic in Psychiatric

    Our unit has weekday visiting from 1630-2030, weekends from 1130-2030. The other posted have identified some problems we've had, smoking on the unit, illegal substances brought onto unit, alcohol...

  12. Staffing levels

    epg_pei replied to epg_pei's topic in Psychiatric

    Our unit is a combined adolescent/adult acute care unit within the hospital. We have 17 adult, 3 adolescent, and 3 emergency assessment beds. We have 2 seclusion rooms for the entire population....

  13. Assault Response Training for ER Staff

    epg_pei replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Emergency

    We have Non Violent Crisis Intervention, which often becomes Violent Crisis Intervention. This is an area of psych I hate. I'm not a big guy, but I am tasked to deal with aggressive patients without...

  14. Help Please!! Psychiatric Care in your country.

    epg_pei replied to Thoc_123's topic in International Nursing

    LOL ok, I work in psych in Canada. We have socialized care, which really means we pay health insurance premiums as parts of our taxes, but we never see what the individual premiums are, it's hidden,...

  15. Saying Hello & Needing Much appreciated Help

    epg_pei replied to Canadian13's topic in International Nursing

    I understand exactly what you mean....I have a program called Med-Surg Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, it's part of a series of programs and books for US students, but I use it because it "keeps me...

  16. Saying Hello & Needing Much appreciated Help

    epg_pei replied to Canadian13's topic in International Nursing

    I'm sorry to hear things turned out this way for you....I can't offer any suggestions as to how to study, but I am curious about your experience with the NCLEX...I am planning on writing it as well...

  17. Difficulty finding psych nursing positions

    epg_pei replied to epg_pei's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm a Canadian-trained RN and fairly new grad, so language skills shouldn't be an issue....I even have a little French and Chinese under my belt!...I'm very close to finishing my mental health...

  18. Difficulty finding psych nursing positions

    epg_pei posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I have been doing a lot of web searching for psych positions in the Pacific Northwest and find it very difficult to locate any opportunities. Is this a common finding among others who are also...

  19. Difficulty finding psych nursing positions

    epg_pei replied to epg_pei's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks Halinja!! I think I crossed this page once before. I'm a Canadian citizen, so I'd have to see whether I qualify to

  20. Adult nursing better paid etc than Mental Health/psychiatric?

    epg_pei replied to Haviva's topic in International Nursing

    She's kinda right. Stress on the "kinda." I'm Canadian, graduated 6 months ago, and took a contract position in psychiatry because I didn't think I could cut it on the floor. I didn't stick it out and...

  21. Job Postings....senority vs performance

    epg_pei replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Given two candidates, one with less education but significantly greater seniority, the other with specialty education but little experience, seniority will win. Life

  22. Oct. 2006 Exam!

    epg_pei replied to alrightmate's topic in International Nursing

    To be concise, no. There is no way to write the CRNE without having first graduated. It sounds like you're trying to fast-track the process, which is something many would like, but as it stands right...

  23. Canada???

    epg_pei replied to jewelsg627's topic in International Nursing

    What suzanne4 said is correct. But I am wondering, when you capitalize Native do you mean to say you are a member of a First Nation? I think there is dual-citizenship which allows for the same tuition...

  24. this place is teeming with Atlantic Canadians!

    epg_pei replied to IslandtrainedRN's topic in International Nursing

    I actually have a question...I check out postings from various provinces and facilities, and they usually specify "Current registration with....." meaning licensed to practice with the appropriate...

  25. this place is teeming with Atlantic Canadians!

    epg_pei replied to IslandtrainedRN's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Stacey, I'm an RN in Charlottetown, just came from the provincial website for postings, it's here...there are no sites for individual institutions, everything is located at the provincial...