bekindtokittens

Hello! It's been a long, long time since I've been here. Life got in the way, and I'm currently an unemployed RN who is a SAHM. My daughter goes to daycare part time. The center asked if I would be interested in performing physicals for the employ...

As long as the underwear don't somehow tie in to the reasons why he is there on your unit, I don't see the problem. I wonder if the parents or caregivers have made this request? If so, the boss and the patient advocate have gone about the situation...

I'm a psych nurse who works on both adult and adolescent acute units. I completely agree with Davey; working with adolescents is like herding cats. I won't lie; I prefer the adult patients to the child/adolescent. I find that 90% of my time workin...

To the OP--I understand. I've had similar problems with some of the therapists who lead groups on my unit. We as staff don't sit in group, but we listen as we work so we can anticipate any changes in the "vibe" of the milieu afterwards. If the patie...

I'm another employee of a PSI owned facility who is in the dark. All I've heard is that the changes will be starting with the new year? What changes? No idea.

Originally Posted by mspontiac Maybe you need to get a friend who is a little more bright. I never had to explain that much when I was taking pre-reqs! I agree, I never had any problems either Really, so when quoting that original post, you we...

And that was your experience, not mine. Which is why you decided to stick with the "I'm in pre-nursing", and I decided to say "I'm a nursing student". And are you missing the post above questioning the brightness of my friends, and your agreement wi...

Oh goodness. I guess I figured that since my hypothetical conversation was dripping with sarcasm, people would understand that "Bob" was a random person or far flung acquaintance who started a conversation with me. Of course friends in pre-req clas...

Let me illustrate the conversation I would often get into as a student doing my pre-reqs. Let's say I'm talking to Bob... Bob: What are you in school for? Me: I'm in pre-nursing. Bob: What is pre-nursing? Me: it means I'm taking prerequisite cours...

I only wear the Dickies "W" line.

Buying a beautiful, sleek, black Jaguar. Loved the car, hated the high cost of repairs...and there were many.

I had to revive this thread because this pain scale is HILARIOUS. I now have a new blog to follow. Thank you. :)

My facility has a policy that we are not allowed to have our phones on us while working. That said, myself, and everyone I work with, carry our phones with us. It's not an enforced rule, and it sure comes in handy. I love my drug programs. I use the...

I went into psych as a new grad. I recently felt the urge for a change and spent two weeks at a job in sub-acute. I felt threatened there just as much as I have working on my acute psych unit. I've since returned to psych full time and realize where...

I wore mine for a month or two and then threw them into the back of my closet. They were very heavy and not very comfortable. I didn't see or feel any "shaping up" benefits with them, and nearly ate the floor several times when I didn't pick up my f...

I graduated in May 2009 so I still remember how awkward and in the way I felt almost every day in clinicals. That said, I do have a pet peeve when it comes to nursing students. I work psych, and I understand that not a lot of students are planning t...

In my medium sized Colorado town, if you have less than five years experience, your chance at being hired by a hospital is small, but not hopeless. There are opportunities for new grad RNs and LPNs in sub-acute and LTC. I recommend checking craigslis...

I do things for myself that make me feel good about myself and confident in my appearance. I wear clean scrubs of a uniform color, shower, straighten my hair or pull it back, and put on an appropriate amount of makeup. Sometimes on my days off, I ...

I like both the male and female nurses I work with, but I have been stuck in the middle of gossipy conversations started by both sexes. I don't like to gossip; it always comes back. Here is how I handle it. Coworker: I hate following "Jane", she is s...

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For me, I would have appreciated a simple "I'm sorry for your loss." Everything else that was said sounded trite and insincere. I found myself listening to other stories of miscarriage and feeling put on the spot to say the right thing to these sto...

Well, I live in Colorado, and that's about as much detail as I like to give out on a huge public board like this. I haven't started the job yet, but the ADON who interviewed me said there would be trachs and trach care. I'm pretty excited about it...

I just spent my first year of nursing in psych, and decided I wanted to get a med/surg job because I wanted something new, something to refresh and keep my skills. I've been to so many interviews and been lied to so many times, that once again, I'm ...

I work on an acute care unit in a mental health facility. Here goes... "No, I will not give you any Vicodin, Klonopin, or Ativan "for the road". We're transferring you to the residential chemical dependency program in 15 minutes! What part of "no ...

I perk up when I see posts by these people... The Commuter, Tweety, caliotter3, JulesA, Spidey's mom, sharpeimom, diane227, Donster, VivaLasViejas... That's just off the top of my head; I'm a big fan of so many of the people who post here. (And I lov...