inthesky

inthesky has 1 years experience and specializes in behavioral health.

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1. nursing students and behavioral health units

   inthesky replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

   You can be the nurse who is different! It is a bummer. I knew that I wanted to work psych after doing behavioral health tech work, not after nursing school rotations. I did BHT PRN for an agency....

2. Being a Team Player

   inthesky replied to trixie's topic in General Nursing

   I think the ideal form of 'team player' is very important. At my work, the term "team player" is often perverted into a way to criticize and bully colleagues. I do my very best to help out and spend...

3. Advanced Patho stress!

   inthesky replied to buster4's topic in Post Graduate Students

   I can relate. I just finished a 5 week neuropsychopathology class. It make it worse, the professor is an absent slacker and missed the first week and other than online discussions it was pure book...

4. What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...

   inthesky replied to KidsRNstill's topic in General Nursing

   I was reading this thread in amusement, deciding whether to post anything. I say far too many stupid things to ever chronicle. I tell patients to follow me around the corner (there is no corner) to...

5. Advice on Choosing a Job - MUCH shorter version!

   inthesky replied to ivyleaf's topic in Psychiatric

   My question for you is where do you want to end up? Which job will better suit

6. Thoughts on the 3-11 shift: I can't fall asleep afterwards!!

   inthesky replied to ivyleaf's topic in General Nursing

   I have a love/hate with 3-11. good: more sleep, later bedtime, no early morning, less stressful busy shift bad: sleep too much, go to bed too late, get nothing done =P I websurf too late as

7. adverse reactions to medication handouts

   inthesky replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

   Nope, it was definitely thorazine. After the patient panicked, they THEN tried trazodone. The patient still didn't really have good results; she probably needs a sleep study. As an update, the unit...

8. Nurses "on-call" related to low census; Am I rightfully angry?

   inthesky replied to inthesky's topic in General Nursing

   Boo to that "HR" policy of having to call every few hours and not being paid for it! Thanks for putting some things in perspective. Psych is rough to skeleton crew as our 'codes' are violent...

9. adverse reactions to medication handouts

   inthesky replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

   hmmm mandated.. i should dig out a patient's bill of rights or something. I have my next shift tomorrow and will probably just verbally ask the doc for general med handout permission rights. If that...

10. long-winded musings on my tumultuous first year of nursing

    inthesky posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    It has been 1 year and 3 months since I started my first nursing job. It has been an extremely dramatic roller coaster of events and emotions. Nursing is the most love/hate entity I have ever...

11. Can nurses be forced to work during pandemic

    inthesky replied to nursey04's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm a psych nurse without med surg experience. I would want to do my civic service, but this would be awkward. Keep me away from critical care patients and IV starts and I'd probably make do with...

12. The ER is turning into "Swine Flu Damage Control Center"?

    inthesky replied to Andy S.'s topic in Disaster Preparation

    it is a record 101 today, so you might be in luck

13. Nurses "on-call" related to low census; Am I rightfully angry?

    inthesky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a small 15 bed behavioral heath unit at a local hospital. Even though the economy took a dump, our census has not really been affected. More and more people come in depressed with nervous...

14. adverse reactions to medication handouts

    inthesky posted a topic in Psychiatric

    My unit has found yet a new way to hinder nursing practice. It is procedure to give patients handouts when they receive new medications. Being med nurse, it is extremely important to me (and my job)...

15. I must be an idiot.

    inthesky replied to eriksoln's topic in Psychiatric

    You are definitely not an idiot =P Nurses get very little psych training and it's great that you are interested in learning! Everyone is different, but for my anxious patients.. *Let them vent. *go...