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    if i decided to be a doctor, i would be.....

    EarthChild1130 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    psych!! May as well do something I like, plus you use a lot of the same meds for various disorders anyhow LOL...can't sleep? SEROQUEL! psychotic? SEROQUEL! Bipolar? SEROQUEL!
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    ANYBody work for county health department

    EarthChild1130 replied to aminv's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the county mental health department. I'm the only full-time nurse (we have 2 nurses who are on-call in case I call out sick, as is the case today)...I do a little bit of everything,...
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    "disturbed Energy Field" ...Really?

    EarthChild1130 replied to dannyc12's topic in General Nursing

    Along these lines, I too questioned this nursing diagnosis in school, and had my butt handed to me by one of my instructors, who was buddies with one of the folks who had done some work in that...
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    "Becoming a Doctor is like, 100 times harder than becoming a nurse".

    EarthChild1130 replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    I think wholeheartedly that med school is tougher than nursing school. I also think that doctors and nurses are trained to think differently and focus on different aspects of patient care, and that...
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    if you plan on going for your masters, what do you want to specialize in?

    EarthChild1130 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to be an NP, but I do want to do Master's work in forensic psych. A lot of the patients I work with fall into the category of 'criminally insane' and I really like that population....
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    For those of you who were waitressing while in nursing school, could use advice!

    EarthChild1130 replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...we used trays so I never ran into that unless the plates sat on the line too long. I would ask the others how they manage to avoid having their fingers burned. At first I thought about those...
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    what nursing school do/did you attend?

    EarthChild1130 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    BSN from University of South Alabama 2005...hoping to start MSN soon with focus in psych/forensic
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    what area of nursing do you never see yourself working in?

    EarthChild1130 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    No ICU or anything having to do with kids for me...I love my psych
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    My Father Died Today

    EarthChild1130 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you lost your father. (((Hugs))) to you and your
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    what was your favorite part of clinical during nursing school?

    EarthChild1130 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    I have 2 favorites...My passion is and was then psych nursing, so I adored my psych rotation. I got to do my clinicals at a state psych hospital and I had the same patients for my whole clinical...
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    New to psychiatric nursing and would love any and all advice/suggestions!

    EarthChild1130 replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Psychiatric

    I always find it helpful to talk to the people who work with particular patients a lot, and find out more about the patient...for example, what behaviors do they display when they are decompensating?...
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    Got Assaulted today

    EarthChild1130 replied to Jerry99's topic in Psychiatric

    In my experience that has not been the norm, as some patients will say one thing, and behave in quite another fashion...if someone punched me and was still yelling 'I'm calm!' he'd still earn himself...
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    Ever had a premonition?

    EarthChild1130 replied to 86toronado's topic in General Nursing

    When my mom's best friend was in the hospital with terminal cancer, I drove home to be with my friend. After her mom had been in a coma for a few days, I went over to my mom's house to get a few...
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    If you could no longer work as a nurse, what would you do?

    EarthChild1130 replied to LockportRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would want to be a forensic linguistics analyst for the FBI...you know, they analyze handwriting samples, ransom notes, suicide notes, etc. I have a degree in English, and I'm fascinated by...
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    National Provider Identification Number

    EarthChild1130 replied to mlok's topic in General Nursing

    I am an RN and I work in outpatient mental health. I was assigned an NPI number because some of the stuff I do is independent of the stuff that the NPs and MDs do and Medicare is billed for my...
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    New here! And WDYD, when a acquaintance asks for you to give admin their med

    EarthChild1130 replied to lovingit's topic in General Nursing

    I have been approached on several occasions at work by a co-worker who asked if I would administer an allergy shot, and another who wanted me to give her B12 injections. I said no to both, on grounds...
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    This Is The Best Day Of My Life!!!!!!!!!

    EarthChild1130 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!!
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    I can't handle it when kittens die...how can I be a nurse?

    EarthChild1130 replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, kudos to you for being a kitty foster mommy!! I've done it too, and lost quite a few babies along the way...but it is very rewarding altogether. I used to work as a vet tech, and...
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    Being a preceptor blows

    EarthChild1130 replied to RoyalNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I would sit down and talk to her and get HER perspective of what the situation is...how does she see herself as fitting into the unit, how does she perceive her skills to be, and what does she feel is...
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    Nurse having personal relationship with patient

    EarthChild1130 replied to wheelofadeal's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't do it, even if I were single...not worth losing my license over. Furthermore, I work in psych, and those patients are very emotionally fragile as a general rule. Nursing is my job. The...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    EarthChild1130 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Originally Posted by EarthChild1130 1. I think it's wonderful that you are the Great White Spirit and Jesus in one person...I also think it's 'neat' that you can, according to you, teleport to...
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    How often do you get sick?

    EarthChild1130 replied to metal_m0nk's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sick a lot with different illnesses, but I do have to take quite a few sick days because I have what my doc thinks is Meniere's disease...and that TOTALLY sucks eggs. When I do get ill, it's...
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    I Passed the NCLEX!!!

    EarthChild1130 replied to lizzyberry's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations and best of luck to
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    Alabama/Georgia psych nursing

    EarthChild1130 replied to jsu2601m's topic in Psychiatric

    It would depend on where in Alabama/Georgia you live. I am originally from South AL...in south Alabama, there is one state hospital (Searcy), and Mobile Infirmary has the only inpatient unit. You...
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    What is psych nursing like exactly?

    EarthChild1130 replied to Nurse4life09's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in outpatient mental health, so my day is different than an inpatient unit...I work 8-5, Mon-Friday...the majority of my day is spent filling prescription refills for patients as they are faxed...