inthesky

inthesky

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  1. Why is the first year so hard???

    inthesky replied to Aislstarfish's topic in General Nursing

    The learning curve is ridiculously steep and we don't have much time to meet the expectations. How am I supposed to care for patients as competently, as quickly, and as knowledgeably as a 10 year...

  2. If You Had It To Do Over Again?

    inthesky replied to missjennmb's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like I would have been more suited in psychology, but as a science-person, I would have missed physiology and pharmacology a lot. and I know that I don't have the emotional stamina for the...

  3. should i just quit?

    inthesky replied to iheartnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I don't even know what to think of this job. Sometimes I leave work exhilarated, sometimes I leave ready to quit. Sometimes I feel so much dread that I'll feel I'll explode, sometimes I'm...

  4. Beyond Meds and Charting

    inthesky replied to DaFreak71's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm learning the art of therapeutic communication during med pass. =P I've been working as med nurse. I talk to people all day long; i just need to make it count. I was extremely disappointed...

  5. Ambien Use for NOC workers

    inthesky replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    i take ambien every night and used to take it everyday after night shift. I didn't have trouble with ambien in general and it did get me to sleep. However, I had to eventually leave night shift...

  6. over-medicated patients

    inthesky posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am a new grad and getting used to some of the realities of psych nursing. Do your facilities have problems with discharging seriously overmedicated patients? We have one patient who is going home...

  7. Meltdown at work

    inthesky replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You sound like a great nurse =) I bet that you will flourish in another environment. There was no crappy hospital politics 101 and nurse abuse psych 102 in

  8. over-medicated patients

    inthesky replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    thanks for the hugs =) It is definitely overwhelming how much I do not know. I want to be a great nurse really badly, but all I can do right now is be an ok nurse who asks a lot of questions, learns...

  9. When Suicide Occurs on the Unit

    inthesky replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

    *huge hugs* My preceptor/mentor (nurse of 25 years) can recount decades ago incidents of patient suicides/deaths like they happened yesterday. He told me that he cried. He questioned his nursing...

  10. Pros vs. Cons: Starting Career in Psych?

    inthesky replied to JerseyGuy2's topic in Psychiatric

    I went straight from nursing school to psych. My psych patients have an enormous amount of medical problems and it has been a big challenge for me. The medical learning curve is high because I have...

  11. Ideas for guest speakers?

    inthesky replied to nurse210's topic in Psychiatric

    Check out NAMI. http://www.nami.org They train advocate speakers in nearly every

  12. 50-State Table: Medicaid Financing of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opiates

    inthesky replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Psychiatric

    Arizona medicaid covers all those meds. I wonder why my unit doesn't discharge patients with any of

  13. over-medicated patients

    inthesky replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    Thunderwolf, I read your response carefully sentence by sentence and definitely made connections to situations I have already seen. I'm a new nurse and really have had very little training in detox....

  14. Night shift: does it make you sick?

    inthesky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new-grad who has been working night shift for about 10 weeks now. I have been having all sorts of somatic issues. I'm planning on seeing a doc and getting a blood test, but I'm wondering if...

  15. over-medicated patients

    inthesky replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    thank you so much for this wonderful informative comment. I'm exhausted from work right now, but when I have a bit more time, i would love to continue this discussion

  16. Is is it normal to not like nursing?

    inthesky replied to intothemoon's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've struggled with the thought of leaving nursing. I've even done career research..advanced education..and such. I am lucky enough to have found my niche in behavioral health, but I'm not pleased...

  17. Self Defense Against Patients

    inthesky replied to Jerry99's topic in Psychiatric

    :sstrs:I would quit also, if I were assaulted like that! What type of facility did you work at RNKittyKat? I worked in a high acuity facility and assaults were rare. I'm a pretty small female and I...

  18. New psych RN: Advocating for antisocials? Or being manipulated?

    inthesky replied to justpoorfect's topic in Psychiatric

    my unit had a 'coffee controversy' =P People like coffee first thing in the morning; it is comforting. Some staff made a pot (first come first serve) and others refused. There really needs to be...

  19. Well, it finally happened after 2.5 years...

    inthesky replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like a job for security

  20. Psychiatric NP AND Psychologist?

    inthesky replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Keep in mind that NP are now going the route of the DNP. I'm going to have to get a DNP (no NP programs in my state anymore) to be a psych NP. As a psych NP, you might be able to weasel your way...

  21. Wages

    inthesky replied to Jules A's topic in Psychiatric

    at my hospital, every new grad nurse (not including night differential) makes the same at every

  22. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    inthesky replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am going to leave links to posts I made describing in detail what happened because i am lazy =P My psych doc explained to me that bipolar disorder is a circadian rhythm disorder anyway which can be...

  23. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    inthesky replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    As a prospective NP student, I am definitely discouraged by the DNP requirement. Arizona has discontinued the masters NP programs and I can't move. I can't afford out-of-state tuition and the few...

  24. Discharging a patient...to the streets

    inthesky replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

    I give homeless people food too =) I usually tend to have food on me as I am quite a hungry person =P I gave a guy with a sign 'im hungry' a banana outside my car window a bit ago (not the safest...

  25. Would you hire me back if you were them?

    inthesky replied to 2klkds's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a little bit like you =P. I represent myself in a similar emotional, passion for patients type of way. I don't think it is the best way to open up like that to managers, but I really have...