NYRN08

NYRN08

Pysch, Corrections, MedSurg

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About NYRN08

NYRN08 specializes in Pysch, Corrections, MedSurg.


I live in the Sullivan County/Orange County Border. Mom of 3, enjoy being outdoors, reading

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  1. Staffing Levels in Psych

    On my unit it's been 1 RN and 1 MHA for census of 18. Acuity is high on this unit and staffing has been horrible the past few months. I've been putting 5 to 6 days (12 hr shifts) a week. Sunday night into Monday morning, I was the only nurse with 2 p...
  2. Acute Admission Paperwork Help/Request

    I no longer have forms to fill out. My admission database is on the computer and it's called EPIC. I hope that you find what you are looking for.
  3. Policy on WOWs

    @ 2nd careerchange - hmmm...I wonder if you work at the same facility that I do. :) We use to call them COWS but a nurse asked another nurse where the COW was and the patient thought that the nurse was referring to her. I think she wanted to sue so ...
  4. I lost a good friend

    My condolences to you and your friends family. It's sad to hear when such a young life is taken away to early in life.
  5. Yeah, FB won't tell her that you "denied" her request. I agree with above poster. You should block her so that she cannot find your FB. To request you as a "friend" and she doesn't know you, sounds fishy to me. Something is "off" here, at least that ...
  6. Is EPIC coming to your facility??....

    @ jr west - we are able to see new orders under the proper tabs or on the patient summary. As for the tele-strips, I won't be doing tele-strips. So I can't answer that question for you. Maybe someone here can offer insight on the tele-strips and scan...
  7. My facility is going through the process of training all employees to use EPIC. It's a new system that is on the computer and is replacing all the patients paper charts. They say this new system is suppose to be easier and that it will make the Docto...
  8. Do you wear different scrubs for psych?

    I work in a facility wear we have to wear a collared blue shirt and beige khaki pants. I do not like it at all. I would just rather wear what I wore in my psych rotation in nursing school. I feel out of place when I have to float to med-surg, peds/su...
  9. staff patient ratio

    At my current unit dayshift (12hr shifts) it's 1=RN Charge Nurse, 2=Staff RN and 2=CNA's (there not called MHA's because they are not strictly used for Mental Healt) Our CNA's get floated if we are overstaffed, as well as the RN's get floated to anot...
  10. facebook game for nurses

    Everyone at the facility I work at also has a FB even the chief nursing officer! I don't see a problem with it as long as you don't discuss your personal life or talk about the facility or the co-workers.
  11. Suicide Risk Assessment and Care Planning

    Thank-You, Pop! I find it very useful. In fact I noticed that you put the name of the book, I believe you got the information from. I've been meaning to find some pysch books to read. This is one that I will be looking into. :)
  12. Need help with charting...

    I would be interested in gettin the documentation. I too, am new to psych. I only have a year under my belt (but in corrections) and only 6 mths in mental health and bio-chemical dependency. I have alot to learn and would love to see what you have. I...
  13. So embarrassed

    Love it!!
  14. Funny Nurse music video!

    LOVE IT!!!!
  15. Am I overreacting?

    I would of loved the opportunity to have a nurse such as yourself want to teach nursing students. In my clinicals, our instructors would of been disappointed to hear that we acted that way. I feel that you had every right to bring it to the attention...