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ok2bme

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  1. Shift differential question

    I hear ya..my hospital gives shift differentials but no differential for
  2. $75 gift card for nurses - Nurse Jackie website

    Yay! How generous of you to share. I am excited that a Bliss Spa is in my area, and I look forwad to treating
  3. issues in specialization in nursing

    I agree with everyone else. I specialized in psych right out of school. I love it and don't want to do anything else. The city I am moving to has plenty of psych jobs. The problem is..they are located...
  4. Got in medical school???

    congratulations!!!
  5. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    clonazepam, tylenol, seroquel, trazodone, neurontin psych
  6. Well... Do you want to live to work? Or work to
  7. Talk to me about your care plans...

    That sounds about right. My first Med/Surg care plan took literally 20 hours! My whole weekend. My peers said it took them about the same. Still, I was determined to save some time and stop the...
  8. 2 yr BSN close to home, or ABSN 3 hours away??

    Are you married? Do you have kids? If at least one of those answers is affirmative, I would go with the generic BSN program close to home. If not, then I would consider the ABSN program. I faced a...
  9. Is it mandatory to have a BSN in most states?

    No state requires a BSN. Many employers, however, require their hires to have BSN's. This is especially true of new grad fellowship programs. My hospital is one of them. I asked the DON why they only...
  10. Yes, I got accepted to 2 accelerated bsn programs. I chose Texas A&M over University of Texas - El Paso. It was an easy choice...TX A&M is located in a much safer town than El Paso. Also, TX...
  11. Nursing is stupid?

    Good Lord...with friends like her, who needs enemies? Friends support each other, friends root for each other's efforts and aspirations, friends validate each other's potential and worth. This chick...
  12. Have you been afriaid of a pt?

    of course..I had something thrown at me the other day. It was my first inevitable experience of being the target of violence in psych. Although my life was not really in danger..my reaction was "fight...
  13. What did you struggle with most in nursing school?

    :hug: I'm sorry to hear you had this experience. If I was in your program I would have bullied your
  14. Not giving PRN's even though they are ordered?

    If my assessment is incongruent with the pt's complaint and prn request, I process with the pt and offer alternatives. I discuss the triggering event with the pt, and help them identify and implement...
  15. Yes! I have a BSN and one year of experience. I am applying to jobs that state they prefer at least 2-3 years of experience, heck I have even applied to a few that state more experience is required....
  16. What does your username mean?

    I changed my username last night. We had a slow night, overstaffed due to the storm, and my charge nurse saw me on this site and saw my username! He immediately went to the site and said he was gonna...
  17. psych job 3-11 shift?

    I work the 3-11pm shift...I personally find that it is not conducive to having a social life, a life outside of work, or heck a life at all lol...but I like the shift and the pace itself. During day...
  18. No regrets! It is one of the best choices I have ever made in life...and graduating from an A-BSN program magna cum laude is my proudest accomplishment so far. I am more proud of my education than I...
  19. How much MONEY do you make? (questionaire)

    1. what is your degree in? bsn-rn, psychology 2. what state do you live in? texas 3. what is your job title? staff nurse, ft in psych hospital 4. how much do you make an hour? $25/hr, $28.75/hr after...
  20. Mental Health MSN or MSW?

    MSN is more practical. You already have the nursing foundation, the pay is certainly better-perhaps even twice as much as the MSW alternative, and the job prospects are better. But I don't think the...
  21. New interesting abortion poll

    pro-choice.. Every child
  22. What pay are nurses making these days?

    BSN RN with 1 year of experience Psych $25/hr base pay $28.75/hr after 15% evening shift diff No weekend
  23. RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

    Very interesting survey. Me? Middle child, both parents
  24. what do you want to be when you grow up?

    social worker..and be a professor for MSW
  25. Name, BSN, RN is the correct order. I would definitely put both right on top, it well set you apart from unlicensed candidates and those without a BSN. Good luck, and congrats on graduating &...