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  1. Any psychiatric NP programs that provide clinicals for students?

    twinkerrs replied to Kitty's topic in General Nursing

    The school I am attending helps place the students in clinicals. But you can find your own if you want, I already have an NP lined out to do mine with, so it didn't really matter to me in my choice...

  2. what color is your ink?

    twinkerrs replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    Blue ink so that the original is very

  3. Psych Pet Peeve

    twinkerrs replied to Mashira's topic in Psychiatric

    Nurses who chart based on dx and don't even know which patient is which. Nurses or techs who escalate instead of

  4. Last 60 or Cumulative? 3.6/3.2 Which one will they take???

    twinkerrs replied to bloree07's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Some schools only count the last 60 hours of course work towards your bachelors. I don't know what your chances are in your area. In my area it would be really close because there is only one...

  5. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    twinkerrs replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Abilify, risperdal, Thorazine, prilosec, and seroquel. I would guess are our top five. Adolescent long term psych

  6. UHS OR PSI PTO?

    twinkerrs replied to Mashira's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in a UHS facility. The way it worked for us was you immediately start earning PTO, but you cant actually use it for 90 days. We accrue something like 7.5 hours per pay

  7. Question re: ED and mental health

    twinkerrs replied to Love911Nursing's topic in Emergency

    My DON worked in a psych ER before transferring to our facility. So it is possible to combine the two. I dont know about in a regular ER though. Most of the certifications in mental health can only...

  8. Future of PSI, Inc and UHS?

    twinkerrs replied to rayfocker's topic in Psychiatric

    UHS employee here who was hoping for a job opening to come along in a PSI facility here until I learned about the merger. Not sure what to tell you to expect

  9. Any happy psych nurses?

    twinkerrs replied to Hsmommy's topic in Psychiatric

    I am a super happy psych nurse. I start my NP in Mental health program in June. There is no job I would rather have, and I think if you dont love your job you should probably move

  10. worst death you've seen

    twinkerrs replied to Darkfield's topic in General Nursing

    I did not witness this death, but it still makes me cry thinking about it. I work psych and we had a 15 year old who had done a stay with us. He was super smart, funny, and we thought of him as a...

  11. Pressing charges on a psych patient?

    twinkerrs replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    It took a couple of nurses and techs calling the police to make a patient believe that they would have to face consequences for her actions. She had a history of abusing staff at every facility she...

  12. Is the universe trying to tell me something????

    twinkerrs replied to RN2B12's topic in General Nursing

    Retake the A & p courses. The school I went to would not take any pre reqs that were more than five years old unless you had been going to school during that five years. If nursing isyour...

  13. Underwear and patients

    twinkerrs posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on an acute pediatric inpatient mental health unit. Today we had an issue with a patient being denied access to his underwear. His underwear are womens "boy shorts" underwear. My boss and...

  14. Underwear and patients

    twinkerrs replied to twinkerrs's topic in General Nursing

    He has his underwear! Took two days but I got it done. I now have a patient who is participating in groups and is smiling. We also have a new level of trust. Thanks

  15. Underwear and patients

    twinkerrs replied to twinkerrs's topic in General Nursing

    I have gotten loud and am probably going to get louder. Thank you guys for your opinions. I am going to bring up the transgender/ crossdressing issue to see if there is a protocol in place. In a...

  16. Underwear and patients

    twinkerrs replied to twinkerrs's topic in General Nursing

    No correlation between why he is there and the underwear. He was very private about asking about them. The patient advocate said no unless he got loud about it then they would revisit the

  17. As good as, Better or Worse than you thought it would be...

    twinkerrs replied to Krazy4pedsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in peds psych. And it is CLOSE to what I imagined. Granted I feel like I spend way too much time doing paperwork instead of interacting with the kids, I still know I am doing what I am...

  18. Nursing schools in Georgia that waive/do not require GRE

    twinkerrs replied to jenniferfnp2b's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Most schools I have looked at waive if you have obtained a certain GPA. University of Alabama Birmingham and University of Central Arkansas are a few that I have looked at. There is a private...

  19. Please be honest!

    twinkerrs replied to kalinka's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly how I feel about it. I love how I feel knowing that I have helped

  20. How to prepare for Psych Interview

    twinkerrs replied to KnpKnp129's topic in General Nursing

    Be prepared to not look surprised at what the patients are like when you first lay eyes on them. I was told I got my job because I didnt flinch when approached by a patient on my walk through who...

  21. Interview wear - summer version?

    twinkerrs replied to lei7's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I wore almost that exact outfit and I got the job too. I also have interviewed in scrubs and gotten a job. So I think it depends on the attire of the place you are interviewing. I would never do...

  22. position 1hr 15 mins away..should I?

    twinkerrs replied to R.NICU's topic in General Nursing

    I say rent a motel room for two nights a week. I know lots of nurses that do that to work at the big children's hospital here. If it is your dream job, then I say go for

  23. Interview for Inpatient Psych Position

    twinkerrs posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I have my first interview for a psych position. The position of my dreams. I went to nursing school to be a psych nurse. I loved my psych rotation. Here is the question: How different is this...

  24. Interview for Inpatient Psych Position

    twinkerrs replied to twinkerrs's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks! I had the interview wed. and got a job offer. I am just waiting on the background check to come through now. If everything comes back ok, I start June

  25. Light of hope for old new grads

    twinkerrs replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Had my first interview and job offer wednesday after a year of kinda looking(applied for about 40 jobs) and working on my BSN