ScarlettRN replied to MiaLyse's topic in Psychiatric
Let me tell you about 2 of the facilities in NC. The one in Butner, Central Regional, is in so much trouble all the time, can't get accreditation and seems to attract scandal. The one in Raleigh,...
ScarlettRN replied to little_miss_hulk's topic in Psychiatric
I strongly suggest that you do the med-surg thing first. As well as reinforcing what you learned in school, you learn something that is invaluable to a nurse in any setting. ORGANIZATION skills. All...
If you are an experienced psych nurse, then I can recommend Dorothea Dix, the crisis stabilization unit is very organized and well staffed, most of the time. I just can't recommend WWTS to you. I am...
The state of NC is hiring travellers like crazy if you are willing to work psych. They have a medical unit if you don't want to be on the front lines on a ward. Supplemental is the only company that...
ScarlettRN replied to MiaLyse's topic in Psychiatric
I am currently in the NC State run system. Boy are they screwed up here. I am trying to decide whether to extend. I hear stories from regular employees here and they all seem to think that the...
ScarlettRN replied to Psychonurse34's topic in Travel
I just took a position at the new Central Regional in Butner, NC. It has been with some misgivings that I took it after reading stuff on the internet about the state of psych treatment in NC. You all...
ScarlettRN replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric
Wow. I thought my place was bad. I think we have it sweet here! I work for a state psych hospital on one of the 2 adult acute wards. We can have up to 40 patients but usually our census hovers at...
ScarlettRN replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric
I have no idea why a psych assessment would have lungs/abd sounds. When our patients are admitted, they are seen by an NP, who does the head to toe assessment. We still do narrative charting in my...
Making everyone work weekends, that being Fri, Sat, and Sun, would be nice. Then fix it so we don't have to work every other, but maybe every third weekend, or even once a month. I have been to too...
ScarlettRN replied to nursestudentx's topic in General Nursing
PAs would compare closer to a Nurse Practicianer than to a Registered Nurse with a BSN or ADN. Scope of practice for them is normally the doctor's office, but I have worked in EDs where both PAs and...
According to the report filed by the guardian who was appointed by Gov Jeb Bush back in 02 or 03, Terri and her husband were trying to have a baby, and that doesn't sound like estrangement to
Tweety, because this is now a circus in the worst possible way, and because so many question the veracity of her dx, I guess it would be a way of presenting current information to the world. Maybe...
I can't go thru all these posts, so I need to ask, has it been mentioned yet that an MRI is out of the question with a stimulator in her brain? I don't know how feasible it is to remove the thing,...
I had a talk with one of the case managers, QC/QA/QI (whatever) person and she told me that the next thing will be to do away with the term DNR and start calling it AND, Allow Natural Death. The...