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I have my ADN...base pay is 29.23...I was working nights getting diff of 3 dollars more but I moved to day shift so no diff...we're a private psych hospital and very progressive...at last meeting they said our last seclusion was almost a year ago! I live in Texas and cost of living is dirt cheap here...

I was elligible fpr NCLEX with one DWI pending...no other priors and they approved me with zero stipulations...but from my understanding 1 DWI is seen as a common youthful indiscretion...a 2nd one is frowned upon like you didnt learn your lesson...it's a case by case basis and can take up t 45 days for an answer fron the BON unless it goes into review...they make grant u a license but with stipulations which is extremely hard to get hired with..or order you to do TPAPN...

Psych always interested me...in theory and in clinicals...I was leaning more towards ICU or ER b/c I need a high stress job and figured that would be a good first job b/c of skills and what not...but I was offered a psych position and I haven't regretted it once. And just listening to my friends who chose med/surg I cringe...I never want to do that...

I will most likely never do traditional beside nursing...I chose psych for many reasons and so far I love it....there is alot of flexibility in nursing but the majority of jobs are at a medical hospital

I think if you do agency that number is realistic...it may be a bit high for PRN but really it depends on the hospital...some hospitals pay wayyyyy more than others. I have one nurse making low 20's an hour full time, and another making 41/hr full time...but I know going agency pays well

if you go into any specialty you are pidgeon holed....an l and d nurse would have a hard time getting a job on a medsurg floor...i chose psych as my first nursing job b/c i love psych...it's interesting to me and i don't like IV's, NG tubes, trachs lol... plus i like actually having time to talk with my pts...I love just sitting down and trying to teach coping skills or just be a listening ear...i love all the crazy stories that come from my pts lol...i love seeing a psychotic pt come in bc they got off their meds, and then we get their meds straight, intense therapy, and d/c them home as a brand new person...

I got a DWI 3 months before I graduated nursing school...so I had to tell my school, they allowed me to stay enrolled...then I had to write a letter to the BON describing what happened and wait 45 days for them to review my case and make a decision on if they would still trust me to take NCLEX...in my letter i detailed what happened, took FULL responsibility over my actions and explained how sorry I was yet still grateful that I didn't do anymore serious harm like injure or kill someone...they approved me to take NCLEX and I didn't have a problem getting a job...I disclosed it to my job that I had a pending criminal charge, a misdemeanor and that was that... best bet is to be honest with the BON NOW...I was not licensed at the time but I had to disclose everything b/c they will find out and then if you didn't disclose somethin, you may be seen as dishonest

I work at an acute psych facility and we have no pyxis and do paper charting...psych is my passion so my only other experience is working as a tech at a medical hospital...I have a charge nurse, I'm the med nurse and we have 1-2 techs...we have up to 16 pts... my work load is very doable...sometimes the paperwork is redundant but there are some benefits of paper over computer for sure...papers never crash lol or have technical difficulties... when I come on at 7p...I pull all my meds that are scheduled for 9p...then start administering those...all narcotics are signed out so I pull those and sign those out (when I first come on I count the narcotics with the previous shift to make sure theyre all there) your situation sounds doable...it's a higher pt load but you have more techs..depending on the acuity of your pts and what kinda floor it is depends on how many meds you will have to pass...my pts are lower functioning so I don't have a ton of meds to give and very few med seeking pts...

I needed a declatory order b/c I got arrested during nursing school....it took me like 3 weeks...I was just a month out from graduation so I was worried that I was not going to be able to take NCLEX with the rest of my peers...they approved me to take NCLEX with zero stipulations on my license (it was my firstDWI) and I am now working as an RN for close to 2 months! They say up to 45 days but those are actual days, not business so it is likely you will hear something back...call the BON every couple of days b/c it will show up that you are clear before you receive a letter stating that you are clear..goodluck!

houston was just voted the coolest city by forbes fyi lol..and we're also the most diverse city more so than ny! anyways..i'm a new grad rn and my base is 29/hr but i get 3 dollars extra for night so 32/hr...my lowest paying friend makes 21/hr (without diff) and my highest paying friend is 25 without diff but i heard starting pay somewhere else was 27... i do psych nursing by the way...

I'm a new gran RN with my ADN and my base pay is 29/hr plus my shift diff makes it 32..I turned down a job that was 24.50/hr plus 4.00 shift diff

I think a good nurse is someone who realizes they have room for improvement and is concerned that they can always do better. We are not perfect, but the mark of a good nurse is someone who cares and strives to better the care that they give.

I was recently hired at a psych hospital...one of my first choices..I also just graduated a month ago...well each unit is staffed like this...1 RN who is charge nurse, 1 LVN who does all meds and treatments, and 1-2 tech's who maintain the flow of the unit... I'm a new grad (RN), but after my couple week orientation, I'm charge nurse...what do you think of this? Is this typical practice at psych facilities? Am I at great risk for losing my license? I do have great judgement skills and think I'm a good leader... I just want some other opinions on this...

I graduated a month ago and I've received two job offers and just got an e-mail wanting to set up an interview for a possible third....I worked during nursing school as a tech...that is so highly valued IMO...you know what it's like to be the low man on the totem pole and you really appreciate your tech's as well... I also had a recruiter look at my resume and help me with it...

same here....the last day was on the 6th correct? and it starts sometime in august? from previous threads I've gathered that they are pretty slow moving....