DesertKat

DesertKat

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  1. One more staffing question...

    DesertKat replied to DesertKat's topic in Psychiatric

    I do all the charting and most of the duties of a unit secretary as well. It gets pretty hectic when you have more then one doc on the unit. As far as the math goes, well, consensus is that he...

  2. I need help with when and where to apply

    DesertKat replied to hellooonurse28's topic in Texas Nursing

    Weeellll- I wouldn't find an apartment until you know about where you want to work. It would be pretty hard luck to live over an hour away from work due to traffic. I would think that looking about...

  3. 1 RN no aid

    DesertKat replied to concerned1738's topic in Psychiatric

    Isn't the standard 1 staff member to every 5 patients? I work days, but I usually have at least one MHT and an LVN that we share with the adolescent unit. If there are more then about 15 to 20 pts,...

  4. Does Anyone Hire New Grads?

    DesertKat replied to JerseyGir1's topic in Psychiatric

    I also got hired as a new grad (I just graduated in May 08). Nursing is my third career behind archeology and teaching, so I played both of those up to compensate for my utter lack of experience as a...

  5. shaken about psychotic patient incident last night.. very long..

    DesertKat replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    Where I work we don't have too many truly psychotic patients, but since we have a contract with the state we do have our fair share. I usually like interacting with them better then the majority of...