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Hi all! I am transferring to a geri psych unit soon and have a question. I will be working weekends. I am also needing to pick up one more day. Have any of you noticed if Mondays are busier than Fridays? I dont mind working on a busier day so I ma...

Thank you all so much for your responses! I appreciate you!

Thank you all so much for your advice! It is much appreciated :)

Hi! I am new to peds office nursing and desperately need some tips on administering vaccines to toddler/preschool children. Where I am working at, we administer the vaccine in the thigh. How do you position/restrain the child? Also, what ideas for di...

If you want to do peds I would just do it! I have heard that it can be harder to switch into peds the longer you have been with adults. Good luck!

How are you reimbursed for mileage? My question really is for those who only go to hospice office once a week. Do you get mileage paid from the driveway of your house to the clients home? Or does it start after you go to the first clients home? Any i...

I have a BS and was a teacher for approx. 5 years before going to nursing school at an ADN program. I am not sure if my degree helped me get into school or not. I started working with adults and switched to ped about a year ago. If I were you and it ...

Has anyone worked in an ICU that is based within a freestanding LTACH center??? If so, could you tell me about the pros/cons and any other issues that you may have come across? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks. :)

Hey thank you so much for the info. I really appreciate all of your input because where I work is going to start an ICU sometime soon and I was very curious as to how it differed from the regular hospital. I now have a much better idea! :)

Thanks for the info. Very helpful!

About how long is nursing orientation on a psych unit?? I have already been a med/surg/tele nurse for 4 years, but I know the assessments and treatments are a little bit different. Any further info. would be much appreciated.

EEK! One week orientation? Were you a brand new nurse or had you already been a nurse in another area? I am getting ready to apply at a residential facility. I just want to wait till after the first of the year because I actually have xmas eve and xm...

I agree with the difficulty with age mixing. As I said I have not worked as a psych nurse, but I was a special ed teacher and taught summer school in a boys home with kids from 5-18 all together. Things could get pretty interesting! I want to thank e...

Hi! I am a nurse who is interested in pediatric psych. I have past experience with ED kids from my past teaching experience. I was wondering what pros/cons there are to this specialty and what a typical day as an RN is like. Any information would be ...

Thank you so much for your input! I am definitely considering a change to psych nursing. Your job sounds really interesting.l One more question though! Do you know about how residential psych is different? I know you have the kiddos for a long term p...

Hi all! I want to know if anyone else feels like this. I have been a nurse for 5 years working nights. In the last year, all day before I go to work I feel as if something bad is going to happen. I used to take naps before work, but I always wake up...

Thanks for the input. No more stress than usual, I think. Maybe, I have just let things build up over time.

Trying to please people is an impossible task! I have found that just being in a charge position that I suddenly am out of the loop and considered "one of them"! Something I definitely had not anticipated. Good luck with your new position! Remember t...

I have worked in ICU and on the floor. I personally do not see ICU as a dream job. I found it to be extremely stressful. For me, the more complex procedures I was allowed to do and learn about, the more I dreaded going to work. If I had a non-int...

I would look at the career section of allnurses forum in the stickied section for possible interview questions so you can be thinking about answers. I have never been questioned about specific technical skills during a nursing interview, even my fir...

I think maybe postpartum or newborns! My favorite areas during nursing school. Unfortunately I do not work in either area because of where I started (med-surg, tele) and I would receive a pay cut:( I definitely can't stand ICU which is where I wor...