psycorn

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1. from med-surg to psych nursing

   psycorn replied to marthaj1977's topic in Psychiatric

   i really enjoy the psy nursing in geri psy, because you still have some med surgical skills required but you are not on over loead like med RN. i work on a 28 bed psy geri unit there is usually 3 nurses and two tech sometimes 3 tech's. I love th e el...

2. New to Nursing and Psych

   psycorn replied to chr!ssyrn's topic in Psychiatric

   I think documentation is very important and in psy a lot of it is observation, it is important to d cument the patients behavior and effects of medication, or changes in vital signs or behavior in gerneral . Be careful do not diagnois ,just changes ...

3. Suicide in Psych Ward

   psycorn replied to emily_mom's topic in Psychiatric

   I worked in psy for years and every patient is stripped searched coming on to the unit, even if they have been in police custdy, I no this is uncomforatble for the patients but it is safety for all, the staff and the other patients ,we have taken kn...

4. Working at State Psych Hospital

   psycorn replied to margnurse's topic in Psychiatric

   currently at poplar springs hospital in petersburg, va i have been there for over 6 years.....

5. Is it possible for a Bipolar person to become a psych nurse?

   psycorn replied to magaroon's topic in Psychiatric

   i have worked with several bipolar nurses and medication is a key and remebering to take medication, and not being over worked but they make excellant nurses, there is no reason as long as you are stable that you can['t work, just like if a person...

6. Working at State Psych Hospital

   psycorn replied to margnurse's topic in Psychiatric

   i have worked in psy for number of years and work in a private hospital in virginia and i work with a lot of RN who work in a state facilitiy and they say its pretty much the same clients and the same staffing issurees and there are very little horri...