PsychRN98

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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  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...

  16. Interview Jitters!

    PsychRN98 replied to CLN 15's topic in Psychiatric

    I've never been a hiring manager in nursing, but I think honesty is important. Tell them just what you told us. Your enthusiasm will show. Good luck with your interview and your journey in psych...

  17. Your Specialty: Do You Have Regrets?

    PsychRN98 replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    I went to psych right out of school and mostly loved it..did it for 10 yrs. Then I got burned out from nursing altogether, but not the patients I was working with, more the politics of nursing. Now...

  18. Training people for new charting system

    PsychRN98 replied to leekun2010's topic in Nursing Informatics

    When my unit was transitioning to siemens EMR, bar code med admin, CPOE, etc, all this past year or so, they had mandatory training sessions on all shifts. You had a certain amount of time to complete...

  19. Any INTJ personality nurses out there...I need help in choosing any advance nursing car

    PsychRN98 replied to BlackRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I just found this post while doing a search for HIM and clin doc specialist, in my seemingly infinite quest to figure out which direction I want to go to get away from the bedside. Eerily, I took the...

  20. Working as a software consultant RN

    PsychRN98 replied to McGwillis's topic in General Nursing

    Have you looked into nursing informatics at all? There is a forum on here about NI which is very informative and can probably answer some of your questions and possibly guide you a

  21. Informatics at work. Nice results!

    PsychRN98 posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    Hopefully this link works. From my 2 favorite fields, psych and informatics.

  22. Informatics at work. Nice results!

    PsychRN98 replied to PsychRN98's topic in Nursing Informatics

    here's the content...computerized system slashes psych drug errorsby charles bankhead, senior writer, medpagetoday reviewed by robert jasmer, md; associate clinical professor of medicine, university...

  23. New Grad, Possible Job in ER/Psych Intake

    PsychRN98 replied to ORTech2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Also having worked in many aspects of psych nursing for the past 12 yrs, including psych ER and intake, I would concur with mentalhealthRn completely. You really need to have experience in psych...

  24. Do you wear different scrubs for psych?

    PsychRN98 replied to angelfire280's topic in Psychiatric

    At the freestanding psych hospital I used to work at, most people wore street clothes. Could even be sweats on the night shift if you wanted to. The night call docs wore them all the time, and...

  25. MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

    PsychRN98 replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

    I concur. Of course I worked all psych, including substance abuse/ dual dx/etc. There were more times than not people at the med window yelling for their pain med, coming up saying they have 10/10...