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    Is floor nursing making you fat?

    TerpGal02 replied to OCRN3's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Ugggh yep I'm packing on the pounds. I have gained 13 lbs since September probably. I started floor nursing (inpt psych) and working off hours about a month ago. I know some of it is the meds I...
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    Seasonal Mood Changes?

    TerpGal02 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Yup am on an upswing too. A little TOO up if ya ask me. If I wasn't so wiped from my allergies I am sure I would be go, go, go. We'll see what doc has to say about
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    CIWA woes

    TerpGal02 replied to Indy's topic in Addictions

    Ok, old I know, and I surely understand the frustration. No one wants to deal with a nasty psychotic, no matter the reason they are psychotic or behaving bizzarely. I am an inpt psych nurse and we...
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    psych nursing interview HELP!

    TerpGal02 replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

    Yep, behavioral questions. I'm sure you won't do too bad, I'm sure you have taken care of a psych pt a time or two on
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    something really freaked me out

    TerpGal02 replied to TerpGal02's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks all. It would be soooo easy for them to just chart down there. We are still on paper charts, so they could just take one of the rolling carts for the charts and just wheel it down there and...
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    Favorite scrubs brands

    TerpGal02 replied to thelittledoe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I know this is old but.......I'm new to scrub wearing. Before I wore street clothes to work, and now I'm diving.into scribe. I bought some cheap scribe on allheart, but my local store had a big sale...
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    Shoes, shoes, shoes

    TerpGal02 replied to OB-nurse2013's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love my Danskos. I had sketchers in nursing school. At the end of the day my feet, back, and knees would be screaming in pain. Not with the Danskos. I also wear nursemates compression socks to...
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    1st Psych Nursing Job starts Monday, any advice?

    TerpGal02 replied to ChelleNurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Besides keeping yourself safe by knowing your surroundings, knowing your pts, and listening to your gut, remember to always be genuine with pts and really listen to what they are telling you, verbally...
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    Differing types of therapeutic self-defense philosophy and techniques

    TerpGal02 replied to mingez's topic in Psychiatric

    My hospital is 46 beds and that includes adults and C&A. We have training on therapeutic interventions every 6 months. Obviously verbal de escalation is stressed, but we do learn hands on...
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    A Question for Night shift Psych Nurses - Do you limit PRNs?

    TerpGal02 replied to greenbeanio's topic in Psychiatric

    I wish we had a med nurse on nights! As it is we have 2 nurses for capacity of 46 pts. If we were doing PMR and other interventions, while great, it would be impossible to get through admissions ic...
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    Treating fever with acetaminophen

    TerpGal02 replied to Vespertinas's topic in Patient Medications

    I am in the a little fever is a good thing camp. We usually don't get fevers where I work (inpt psych) but for myself I won't take Tylenol unless I'm really
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    Tricks of the trade: Diversion- stories of the stupid and sly?

    TerpGal02 replied to SuzieVN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in high school, I saw a guy snort the stuff from a pixie stick on a dare. Gross LOL. And yeah, weird what people will put up their nose. Don't know anything about Prozac, but I know...
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    Feeling sorta defeated

    TerpGal02 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will have a year under my belt in May and started a new job a month ago. I started my career in community psych working with the sickest of the sick (love the chronic schizophrenics), basically...
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    Feeling sorta defeated

    TerpGal02 replied to TerpGal02's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for the feedback. I feel better about it today. I found out the other nurse orienting with me was given the same offer as me, and she'll decide whether to take it on the word of the other...
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    Filter needles for glass vials?

    TerpGal02 replied to jrsmrs's topic in Patient Medications

    We didn't have filter needles at my last place of employment which was a community mental health agency. We gave a lot of antipsychotic depot injections. Haldol Dec almost always comes in ampules...
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    Hearing voices

    TerpGal02 replied to YellowLindsey2013's topic in Psychiatric

    Well I would hope that anyone working in a psychiatric facility has had training on crisis management as a good portion of our patient population is there due to psychosis and auditory/visual...
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    New to allnurses and I need some feedback!

    TerpGal02 replied to AndyBRN's topic in Psychiatric

    If you are a psych nurse, you're a psych nurse. It takes a certain kind of person to thrive in that envioronment. If you dislike "medical" nursing, you don't like it. There's no point in stressing...
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    Do I tell my manager?

    TerpGal02 replied to NurseDirtyBird's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I would not. I am BP 2 and was recently dx as well. I have been hospitalized 3x for suicidal ideation and each time I had to disclose. The first 2 times was before I was a nurse and the third was...
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    Choosing a Stethoscope - Littman Master Classic II vs. Classic II S.E.

    TerpGal02 replied to RZobel's topic in General Students

    My mom bought me a stethoscope for nursing school for Christmas the month before I started clinicals. It was a ceapie stethoscope and I had NO IDEA how much it sucked until I got my Classic II SE....
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    HELP!! I think I failed my NCLEX!!

    TerpGal02 replied to PurpleDelight's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats! I like you walked out of NCLEX 1000% sure I failed. There were literally questions on there that I don't even recall learning in school. I tried the PVT and got the good pop up and it was...
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    Working Easter anyone?

    TerpGal02 replied to SnowboardRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked overnight this morning. We had a family dinner at 5 so it was
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    de-escalation

    TerpGal02 replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

    Well de-escalation is pretty much when a pt gets agitated or is in a crisis situation, what you do to get them to calm down before you have to end up putting them in seclusion or chemical restraint....
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    2nd shift vs. 3rd shift

    TerpGal02 replied to kennybania's topic in Psychiatric

    I love second shift. I'm not much of a morning person, so driving to work before the sun is even up is not my ideal, but I can deal with it. 3-11 is perfect for me. Let's me sleep in, work during...
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    Seeing the person not the illness

    TerpGal02 replied to marydc's topic in Psychiatric

    I have to say I think one of the coolest things about working acute inpt psych is seeing the difference in the pts when they leave vs when they come. I've seen pts come in so depressed and anxious...
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    Zyprexa and Ativan IM Compatibility - (Haldol Allergy)

    TerpGal02 replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Psychiatric

    Yeah I kind of feel sorry for pts getting IM Ativan. It's worse IMO than Haldol or Prolixin Dec. At work we give it with a 20 gauge because it is SO difficult to draw and inject in anything smaller....