PsychRN98 ASN

PsychRN98 has 27 years experience as a ASN and specializes in Psych.

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1. Thoughts on Nurse Nav job for Psych?

   PsychRN98 replied to PsychRN98's topic in Psychiatric

   Thanks for your input @oldmahubbard. I am actually surprised by that no-show rate! Not sure how long the wait was at your practice, but I do wonder if the no-show rate was partially because those...

2. Thoughts on Nurse Nav job for Psych?

   PsychRN98 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hi Guys! It has been quite some time since I have been on, but I am looking for suggestions/advice/thoughts about a new job. I was hired at a peds practice for a grant-funded position as a BH Nurse...

3. Nurse Concierge - any experiences?

   PsychRN98 replied to aging1's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

   OP, check out a company called Accolade, Inc. Essentially, they are nurse concierges, but apparently a lot more too! The RN position is titled Clinical Health

4. Haldol and Ativan cocktail IV

   PsychRN98 replied to TRAMA1RN's topic in Psychiatric

   Haldol and Ativan IV? Never gave it that route in either the freestanding emergency psych facility I worked at for 8 years or the hospital-based psych unit and psych ER I worked at for a year. We...

5. psych tech to psych nurse?

   PsychRN98 replied to MadameFreckles's topic in Psychiatric

   This is actually very common. Many of the psych techs I have worked with have went on to become psych nurses, and of course get jobs right away b/c they are known to the facility already. Absolutely a...

6. question about IM emergency meds from new psych RN

   PsychRN98 replied to manchmal's topic in Psychiatric

   Yes, America has quite the nasty psych history as well, so I believe what you are saying completely. One of the reasons I went into psych nursing was because I saw how horribly people with...

7. question about IM emergency meds from new psych RN

   PsychRN98 replied to manchmal's topic in Psychiatric

   @manchmal All very good questions to be asking ahead of time, as in the moment it can be very high-adrenaline. Know that the first few times you might shake a little and be nervous about giving a shot...

8. question about IM emergency meds from new psych RN

   PsychRN98 replied to manchmal's topic in Psychiatric

   That's so interesting @irishpsychintern that you have to, by law, ask a pt. 3x to take something po. I'm sure that gets old in a code

9. Transforming Nursing Practice through Technology & Informatics

   PsychRN98 posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

   the himss board of directors approved this position statement describing how to transform nursing practice through technology and informatics nurses are key leaders in developing the infrastructure...

10. Community College? You must be stupid.

    PsychRN98 replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Students

    I actually went to a private 4 yr college right after high school b/c my family wanted me to be a doctor. Well, that lasted about a year. I came home, went to CC, and became a nurse. Now I'm going...

11. New ED psych unit, need advice

    PsychRN98 replied to mule city rn's topic in Psychiatric

    Oh, and this unit also did not allow any personal devices of any kind. Pts. are admitted from the ER in hospital clothing to the psych ER and any visitors onto the unit had to pass through a metal...

12. New ED psych unit, need advice

    PsychRN98 replied to mule city rn's topic in Psychiatric

    These things are sometimes trial and error unfortunately, and a lot of times it seems to be because "it hasn't been done before". And then it takes some negative event for change to come around. I was...

13. Want to get into NI as soon as I can!

    PsychRN98 replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Canchaser, I am going back to school in August for my HIM bachelor's, starting with a coding cert, with my ultimate goal to get into informatics down the line. Anyway, would you mind if I PM'd you...

14. Career changers with degrees to become nurses or get msn degree

    PsychRN98 replied to Nickita's topic in General Nursing

    This is kind of funny. I have been a nurse since 1998 and I am looking to get out of bedside care. I had been researching for many months what the options might be for someone like me. I think...

15. Subsidizing Psychiatric Treatment

    PsychRN98 replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    I feel a great disservice has been done to the mental health community by closing the majority of psychiatric State Hospitals. They were working, making a few bucks, feeling useful, finding comfort in...