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  1. Graduate Psych Education (Survey)

    VaPsychRN posted a topic in Psychiatric

    What's holding you back from getting an advanced practice degree in psychiatric nursing? I am a research assistant at Catholic University of America School of Nursing. We are conducting research...

  2. Graduate Psych Education (Survey)

    VaPsychRN replied to VaPsychRN's topic in Psychiatric

    When you look at your barriers to grad school, what are you thinking would help? That would be helpful to know as we update our programs.

  3. anyone out there waiting for their NCLEX-RN results?

    VaPsychRN replied to hibiscus57's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you wait a few days and check your state's Board of Nursing website, you can look up your nursing license. If it says "active" it means you passed! The Boards of Nursing get the results weeks...

  4. Setting Limits W/ Pts on Medical Floor Who Also Have Psych Concerns?

    VaPsychRN replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I agree in that "difficult" patients on a medical floor require a case conference and a "united front" (a term we use in psych) from all the staff involved in the patient's care. Sometimes the nurses...

  5. Psychiatric Patient's triaged through ER?

    VaPsychRN replied to retro-active's topic in Emergency

    At my hospital, almost all psych patients are triaged through the ER. Keep in mind that a psychiatric emergency is as important as a medical emergency -- without treatment, a psychiatric patient could...

  6. Why do one year Med surg nursing before going into Psychiatry Nursing

    VaPsychRN replied to PurifiedH2O's topic in Psychiatric

    The notion of doing a year of med-surg before psych is a fallacy to get more nurses to work in med-surg, where the crux of the shortage exists. In reality, your med-surg experiences from school will...

  7. New To Psych

    VaPsychRN replied to kellerpatty's topic in Psychiatric

    Psych nursing is a great career choice! The most important thing is to remember empathy and respect. Read some works by Peplau and Grayce Sills on milieu management and interpersonal theory. Learn...

  8. I need your advice ASAP

    VaPsychRN replied to biafra's topic in Psychiatric

    My advice? Quit that job ASAP! It would be impossible to safely care for patients -- which is heart of psychiatric nursing (and any type of nursing, for that matter). There are better hospitals out...

  9. Detoxing a patient

    VaPsychRN replied to 11202004's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an acute psych & detox unit-- of my daily patient load of 4-7 patients, at least half are detoxing from alcohol, opiates, or benzos. The biggest thing to keep in mind is that...