PsychRN98 ASN

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 slippers. And would actually come and eval pts. looking l...

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 pain after they were just seen on the unit catching a...

I had to chuckle a bit at this post because I can't tell you how many times myself and my colleagues would jokingly say "Can't we just get some placebos ordered?" when dealing with our needy prn seekers in the acute emergency inpt setting. This of c...

I can remember feeling very anxious about going to work. My stomach would be in knots and I would dread for days going in (I worked weekends at the time). I have been out of work for 2 yrs now and I am considering going back. Let me tell you, I am ...

Iwanna, your start sounds similar to mine. I got my RN with AAS in 1998. I worked acute inpt psych right out of school (no med/surg). My first 2 years I worked full time nights. Then I transitioned to prn and per diem due to having my 2 children who ...