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I would love to hear some experience from anyone who has used a holistic approach in a psych setting. There seems to be such a benefit to that approach yet it is such a rare thing to see in psych settings unless it's a upscale private facility.

I was informed today for my new job that I have to take the NJ civil service exam for RN's for STATE jurisdiction. I tried to search study materials for this exam but can't find anything. Does anyone have information regarding study aids for this exa...

OK I know this is a very odd question but I figured I would throw it out and see if anyone has info about it. I work on a in patient chronic psych unit. We have a variety of juices that we use for our patients. All our juice is kept in the med room s...

Prune juice would be just prune juice if it were only used a cup or two daily. However, we are talking like 5 or more large tumbler type cups and they would drink more if given more. To add to this matter, since this thread started and we have change...

OK we slowly started to implement the changes for the juice this past weekend. I make them drink small cups at the counter vs taking small or large cups. Room sweeps are a little harder to pull off but at least things are moving a little bit in a dif...

Hello everyone. I work on a in pt chronic psych unit in a place that is going smoke free soon. It is my job to do smoking cessation groups with the pts and as a non smoker I am lost on where to go to even begin putting a program together for mental h...

A lot of the patients don't want to quit and I can't say either way if I am for or against the whole no smoking at hospital thing. However, our facility is going smoke free and yes they will provide patches and gum and things like lolly pops to help ...

Gotcha... thanks for catching my typo.

Excellent info thank you so much! I am in NJ and I did find some guidelines regarding groups for MICA pts online from the state so hopefully I can work this out. I am going to check this OASIS book.

Thank you for your reply David. I have fact sheets and such, what I was looking for are guidelines on how to run groups for pts on the topic of smoking cessation. I was hoping that someone had perhaps run a group previously and might be able to give ...

This is a very timely topic for me. Our facility just started a treatment program for our chronic pts who do not have the levels to go off the unit. I am excited at this new opportunity and as a RN I want to offer up some activities beyond the basic ...

You all have given such great insight to my question big thanks to each of you! Last week we were told about a new nursing model rolling out which will actually give me more opportunities to work with patients on various aspects so I am excited about...

I am a recent grad working in psych now. I like psych and it is one of the main reasons I went to nursing school. However, I am finding that there is not a lot of interaction with patients other than answering a question, or passing meds when you don...

Thank you for such a in depth answer. You provided a lot of information that I needed to say the very least . Originally I had planned on becoming a LCSW but after working with so many of them and hearing the reality of the low paycheck I opted for t...

Yeah I understand what you are saying about the safety factor. It's not the warm and fuzzy safe feeling of working in different hospital. Honestly after being there for a few months now I really miss the people at the other place I worked. It just is...

This is just amazing stuff to hear! I hear the hospital where I work is very resistant to change and right now they are going through a flurry of change and there is a lot of staff who are fighting tooth and nail. I would love to hear how your IM dep...

I was hired as a new grad because I only had a few months med/surg as a RN. I have been in the medical field though through all of nursing school primarily on the ED. I don't mind starting as a new grad because it gives me time to move into a charge ...

Yeah I'm not sure whats going on with that 3 day work week issue. Ancora just rolled out the new 3 day work week programs for RNs and it was part of their major selling point so I can't imagine them changing that too soon. I heard there were a lot of...

Congrats on finding a med/surg so close to home! Also thanks for the info on TPH. I had always wanted to work at Ann Klein up that way since the day they opened the doors there. My husband helped program that place and I always wanted to go to work ...

This thread is for any upcoming graduates taking NCLEX in June of 2008. To start off with I would love to hear if anyone is taking Kaplan, or Drexel or other prep courses and why did you choose the one you did? I am looking into them and I am just no...

I forgot to mention that I know several people out there who have been there for like 20-30 years so they have seen the highs and lows and they have all commented that the changes that have come so far have been for the positive. There are now double...

I just started at ancora today with a handful of other nurses. They made it very clear that there are changes that have recently taken place and that the transition is not over by far. I was also worried about the support staff stuff that I heard. I ...

Well that stinks.... I am actually a long time member but I couldn't get my old password/log on to work so I created a new account. I have been on the boards for about 3 or 4 years. Guess I will have to post away then to get to that 15. Thank you for...

So I tried to pm others from here but it isn't letting me do it. I think I have to upgrade my membership to do that. Anyone out there who currently works at Ancora?

How do I sent a pm? I would love to talk off the boards.. just tell me what I need to do. Thanks!