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    I Hate Being Bipolar. It's AWESOME!

    TerpGal02 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Both! Life long MD resident and UMD class of '02 BA in
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    I Hate Being Bipolar. It's AWESOME!

    TerpGal02 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    It's sad but I plan on NEVER disclosing again if I can help it. Once the cat is out of the bag things are never the same again. You are under the figurative microscope, employers just expect you to...
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    I Hate Being Bipolar. It's AWESOME!

    TerpGal02 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hypomania can be AWESOME. At least in the beginning for me, I feel on top of the world. Then the rage sets it. That's no fun for anyone. My depressions are severe. I have literally laid in bed...
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    Throwing the computer out the window!!!

    TerpGal02 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    LOL. Wanted to do that while looking for my first job. Want to do it alllllll the time with the laptops on our med carts at work. They are allllll slow. I could probably shave 15 minutes off my...
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    psychiatric nursing - clothing

    TerpGal02 replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

    The rationale behind street clothes is to more "normalize" the experience per se. When someone is in an evironment where the caregivers are wearing scrubs, like on a medical floor, we have been...
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    Hey C&A psych nurses, is it just me or has cutting become a fad?

    TerpGal02 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    My previous job was in the community working with adults. I now work inpt with all ages and have been working mostly c&a recently. I've noticed a disturbing trend with cutting among the teenage...
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    Is it okay to tell a patient to not disrespect you

    TerpGal02 replied to lolakbolak's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When a pt is that upset its really difficult for them to hear what you're saying. Remaining calm despite the ranting and raving, dropping your voice level down are very important. Set limits and...
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    Case manager

    TerpGal02 replied to Anette1985's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked on an Assertive Community Treatment team for almost a year and did have a caseload for case management. I did nursing stuff like assessments, pouring meds, addressing somatic complaints and...
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    Emergency Psychiatric Medications

    TerpGal02 replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

    Our go to for IMs is Geodon and Ativan. Sometimes Zyprexa. If we can get them to take something PO, usually 5 of Zydis and Xanax or
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    Stress, students and stomach aches - a minor rant

    TerpGal02 replied to Flare's topic in School

    I work inpt psych at a hospital that treats adults and child and adolescent. What I can tell you is that I can count on my hand the number of admissions I have done (esp with the kids) that recurrent...
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    Jacksonville university RN to BSN online

    TerpGal02 replied to live2run00's topic in Online Distance Learning

    JU peeps how's it going? I start
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    Saying no when work calls

    TerpGal02 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Forgive me if this has been talked about a zillion times before, but I am pretty new to all this. I just started at a hospital after spending my entire (all 9 mos of it LOL) in the community hence...
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    Charting...what to say?

    TerpGal02 replied to chrisrn24's topic in General Nursing

    I use "this writer" also. I have found most social work people use it too. When I worked in the community all the staff shortened this writer to TW. I now work inpt psych and we still do paper...
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    Inability to make a decision..is this what depression and anxiety do?

    TerpGal02 replied to Marshall1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Yep, inability to make decisions is most definitely a symptom of depression. My advice is dont make any major decisions until you are feeling better mentally. Stay the course at your current job and...
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    Passed NCLEX...Waiting for license #

    TerpGal02 replied to BethStarRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    It took a month for mine to get posted and I have no criminal record. Hang in
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    What do you prefer?

    TerpGal02 replied to RN315's topic in Psychiatric

    I do like C&A and I never thought I would. What I like about the kids is that they tend to respond a lot better to non pharmacological techniques than adults do. For instance, I got a very...
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    Psych question

    TerpGal02 replied to lynds80's topic in Psychiatric

    Me. And if you like the 1:1, try community based nursing like ACT. I worked in the community first and now inpt and I DO miss all the 1:1
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    8hr vs. 12hr work days

    TerpGal02 replied to sjm30's topic in Nurse Management

    I *like* working 8s, the downfall to that is if you get mandated, which happens fairly frequently where I work, you are working 16 hours which I assure you, is not so much
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    Differing types of therapeutic self-defense philosophy and techniques

    TerpGal02 replied to mingez's topic in Psychiatric

    Sorry, gotta disagree with the ECT thing. ECT has its place and its therapeutic value has been proven many times. My facility does ECT and I have seen for myself how well it works when nothing else...
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    Saying no when work calls

    TerpGal02 replied to TerpGal02's topic in General Nursing

    Well I've already picked up extra and I've only been there a little over a month. I picked up an evening shift 2 weeks ago on my weekend off to help out a coworker who did a double evening/night...
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    Is any RN experience good?

    TerpGal02 replied to Krystal2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well color me pigeon holed then because I am a psych nurse and love it. I started my career in community psych and worried I would never be able to get an inpt job (in psych of course) but that...
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    Your Starting Salary?

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

    My first job out of school was $21 an hour at a non profit community mental health agency serving low income clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses. M-F 9-5, no holidays, 8hrs PTO per...
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    Invega sustenna question

    TerpGal02 replied to GalRN's topic in Psychiatric

    My first nursing job was in ACT (loved and miss ACT actually) and we had a bunch on Sustenna. Most had been on it awhile when I started though. To be honest I didn't see a huge difference between...
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    something really freaked me out

    TerpGal02 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I just started a month ago at a small free standing psych hospital. I am coming from the community (my first job was on an ACT team-think mobile treatment but much more intensive). I was pretty...
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    something really freaked me out

    TerpGal02 replied to TerpGal02's topic in Psychiatric

    Well the adult unit is so acute right now that we've been saying in report that all nurses and MHAs listen to that there absolutely, positively must be someone on the unit at all times. Last night...