Im a nurse and female. When my now 22 yr old son told me he wanted to become an RN and then eventually get his NP or CRNA, i jumped for joy!! Love the fact that he wants to follow in moms footsteps and is now in his senior year of his BSN, maintainin...
NursKris replied to babynurse73's topic in Psychiatric
Oh honey, you hit the nail on the head with this one!! I work in a 40 bed adult acute care locked unit. We have 3 maybe 4 nurses on...2 to pass meds and 2 to do desk duties, admissions, discharges, etc. We are supposed to have 4 PCAs on the floor and...
Ive been an adult psych nurse for the last 3 years after being a peds nurse for the previous 24 years. I have seen my share of suicide "attempts" and people who almost finished the job. A couple of weeks ago, we had a patient who hung herself and eve...
$35.00/hr inpatient adult psych unit on long island. Paid benefits, unionized, vested after 5 years. Will retire at 55 yrs old with full pension after 34 yrs of service...only 7 more years..LOL. Granted i have been working here for almost 27 years an...
NursKris replied to NursKris's topic in Psychiatric
The PCAs make frequent rounds. This patient was not on q15minute checks nor were any of her roommates. But we do make rounds approx q15minutes anyway. This happened at 0645.
Going on 27 years all at the same hospital. 24 years in Peds/PICU and now going on 3 years in adult psychiatry. Plan on being here for at least 7 more years and the day i turn 55 getting the hell out of here and retiring with 34+ years of service :-)
NursKris replied to FutureNurseKyle's topic in Pediatric
Go for it!! I worked peds and PICU for 24 years and had a couple of male nurses i worked with. My 20 yr old son is presently in a BSN nursing program and is also interested in peds...like his mom LOL...but now i work in adult psych...not much differe...
I work in a 40 bed inpatient unit and our matrix is 4 nurses and 4 PCAs. Extra staff is on for 1:1s. Unfortunately, this is not always safe depending on acuity of patients and sometimes its only staffed with 1 male PCA staff member. Oh well...such is...
NursKris replied to Vicky Laursen's topic in LPN/LVN
Work on Long Island...Peds acute care in a large hospital I am the only LPN left here. Been here almost 23 years...made a little over $65K last year with minimal OT. Cant wait until I am done with my RN...gonna be a big bump in salary:yeah:
I was an LPN on a 32 bed Pediatric unit in a Level 1 Trauma hospital for the last 21 years. I also floated to Peds ER and PICU to help out especially during emergencys. Even as an LPN i am very well respected and the people i work with know i know m...
Unfortunately...you have to deal with it. When i started on peds, when we lost a child, i was devastated. I work in a large county hospital and back them we had alot of HIV/AIDS patients and we lost most of them. I have had them pass in my arms. Whe...
I have been a Peds nurse for almost 20 yrs and i still miss at times. Im still here Just keep at it...i know its hurts you as much as it hurts them but you will get it eventually. We have the residents attempt the IVs when we are unsuccessful.