PMHNP10

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  1. HIPPA and the Allnurses.com Forums

    PMHNP10 replied to Tait's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    you really do have to be careful, not just that a pt. could be identified but if you vent about a coworker or boss, etc. that they might be on this forum as well. If I recall, someone has lost their...

  2. Travel Nurse

    PMHNP10 replied to at2726's topic in General Nursing

    I'm no longer a MO resident, but have been a traveler (never in MO)? Are you wanting to travel within your home state (MO)? If so, I can't really provide any help with what hospital to choose, but if...

  3. Missed DBP of 101!!! How do I cover my own behind?

    PMHNP10 replied to peanuts75's topic in General Nursing

    that's not possible...is it? sound like the individual who too the BP incorrectly reported the systolic...maybe the 114 is actually 174 and the OP misread or the recorder incorrectly wrote the number...

  4. Good Questions to ask a Prospective Employer?

    PMHNP10 replied to cherryhopeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's a good idea to know if there is a CNO in charge of the nursing dept. or if a MD or other professional is in charge. But beyond that you should expect that a recruiter may/may not be...

  5. patient condition phone calls

    PMHNP10 replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't HIPPA prohibit you from releasing any detailed info. about the condition of a patient over the phone (i.e., give you an excuse to release no info.)? Or do y'all use special codes that allow...

  6. A Generation of Wimps?

    PMHNP10 replied to EDNewbie's topic in Emergency

    I don't have a problem with "all the focus on pain" but rather where the focus is going. IMHO the focus isn't in the right place. Given that 95% of the world's populaton uses 20% of all opiates, how...

  7. A Generation of Wimps?

    PMHNP10 replied to EDNewbie's topic in Emergency

    As an indication, did you know that the US uses 80% of the world's supply of all opioids and 99% of the world's supply of vicodin. That's mindboggling given that we make up like less than 5% of the...

  8. I'm curious about something

    PMHNP10 replied to CityKat's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty certain the CNA is more than willing to travel outside CA; I know they were in TX a few months ago. Unfortunately I don't have the expertise to answer your other

  9. I'm curious about something

    PMHNP10 replied to CityKat's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a start.

  10. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    PMHNP10 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I once told a very cute, although raging Axis II, 16 y/o cocaine abusing female (with her mother present) who was regularly using enough to show ECG changes, that instead of destroying her ex-bf's...

  11. Union

    PMHNP10 replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    Allow me to be the first to recommend you do a search on this website. At least in the past, this topic rivals the ADN v. BSN debate for some. And there is a ton of threads on the topic. The short...

  12. bachelor's degree question

    PMHNP10 replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. That's way cool. I wish I could have had that option. I wonder, though, how difficult the exams

  13. bachelor's degree question

    PMHNP10 replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've looked at that program's curriculum and it appears that you can test out of those class (i.e., credit by examination) or take them if you can't pass the tests, but you still have to take NURS 310...

  14. bachelor's degree question

    PMHNP10 replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in General Nursing

    Now that I can understand...you don't have to enter a BSN program, per se, but you do earn your BSN while working towards a MSN. What I'm understanding some to say is that you can become an APN...

  15. Working as an RN and NP in the same facility???

    PMHNP10 replied to ruralnurs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    as an RN or APN? Surely the pay is better for you as an APN,

  16. bachelor's degree question

    PMHNP10 replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in General Nursing

    this is news to me. What school will allow you to skip a BSN to become a Mental Health NP? I saw that you mentioned Excelsior, but I couldn't even find a APN program on their

  17. bachelor's degree question

    PMHNP10 replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in General Nursing

    I had my psych 1st, then got the ADN. There are some nursing jobs that require a bachelors degree; and some that require BSN, specifically. You can get your BSN in 1 year (Summer, Fall, and Spring...

  18. Pulling Meds for Multiple Patients

    PMHNP10 replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts exactly. Many policies/interventions are not evidence based (although this is changing). Perhaps proper pre-preparation of meds. for multiple patients is safer, more efficient than one...

  19. Bad day in the psychiatric hospital

    PMHNP10 replied to Reute's topic in General Nursing

    Let me try this question. Why were you sitting on a patient for 5 minutes? I'm not focusing on sitting on the patient, because maybe it's ok in your country (I know it's not ok in the US), but 5...

  20. Bad day in the psychiatric hospital

    PMHNP10 replied to Reute's topic in General Nursing

    You work by yourself?????? I don't know what nursing is like outside the U.S., but I do know what psych pts. are like, regardless of race, religion, nationality, or gender and I guess I gotta say I'm...

  21. I Saw that Commerical Again!

    PMHNP10 replied to RNSC's topic in General Nursing

    OOOOOOOOOOOOO....Now I understand completely. That makes all the difference. I still embrace the concept of these clinics, but certainly not at the expense of portraying an individual in scrubs...

  22. I Saw that Commerical Again!

    PMHNP10 replied to RNSC's topic in General Nursing

    Like it or not, this appears to be the wave of the future for health care in the U.S. These clinics are competing for business from uninsured as well as insured folks and are competing against...

  23. ? for all of you pysch nurses

    PMHNP10 replied to donefinally's topic in Psychiatric

    Below is my opinion on this subject.

  24. Why do one year Med surg nursing before going into Psychiatry Nursing

    PMHNP10 replied to PurifiedH2O's topic in Psychiatric

    As I tell students when I get the opportunity to talk to them... you need to get a little medical experience because it is in your patient's best interest; and it is in your best interest. And keep...

  25. Is this really psych nursing??

    PMHNP10 replied to Satori77's topic in Psychiatric

    not so much my experience where the nurses are cruel; seems they wouldn't be nurses for long if they acted on their thoughts; now i do know psych nursing humor can seem quite inappropriate to many,...