McNabK9 BSN, RN, APN

McNabK9 is a BSN, RN, APN and specializes in Forensic Psych RN.

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1. New Grad Public Health SF Bay Area

   McNabK9 replied to Rachel789's topic in Career Support

   Go to the SFDPH website. They have a process to create a master application for employment. Once you have created your application, you can search for jobs.

2. Ways to Tell if a Psych Hospital Will Be Good To Workers

   McNabK9 replied to Willofthewisp's topic in General Nursing

   What makes psych nursing dangerous? Here is a list: understaffing ie how many licenses on the floor=RN or PT or LVN, poor training in policy=medication compliance, restraint physical and chemical chain of command, poor continued annual training, po...

3. Assault and Restraint in the Psychiatric Setting

   McNabK9 replied to Eliziel's topic in Psychiatric

   I have worked as a psych RN for the Department of State Hospitals and CDCR State of CA for the past 8 years both inpatient and outpatient. I want to address what your fiance can do to take care of himself in this kind of situation. In my experience...

4. County Jails- Please tell me your experience

   McNabK9 replied to starmickey03's topic in Correctional

   Greetings, I have been a state of CA corrections nurse in mental health for the past eight years. Here is what I can share about jailhouse nursing based on what I have seen from admissions to the State of CA from county jails and other nurses that h...

5. Problem with Custody Sargents

   McNabK9 replied to stedfast01's topic in Correctional

   I work for the Department of State Hospitals. We are housed within one of the medical facilities for CDCR so I work around custody, but the boundaries are very defined because DSH and CDCR are two separate entities. I have had this problem when I w...

6. Aspen University Online RN to BSN

   McNabK9 replied to nitch's topic in School Programs

   You are correct about the accreditation. In CA, they will not accept any of my work at Aspen, but I knew that going in. I'm an older RN so I am not looking to set the world on fire career-wise. It is a very important point to consider in your plan...

7. Demand for Psych/Mental Health RNs

   McNabK9 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Greetings, I am a RN with the Department of State Hospitals, State of CA. Many years ago, this department transition from community psyche objectives to 99% patients found NGI and placed in one of the state hospitals. Coworkers and new grad nurses ...

8. Common Correctional Nursing Interview Questions

   McNabK9 replied to Guest371144's topic in Correctional

   Good luck!

9. RN-MSN program at Aspen University

   McNabK9 replied to mkdwhnpbc's topic in Online Learning

   I am currently enrolled in Aspen RN to MSN. I am planning to take the proctored exam necessary to move on to grad school portion. There are two formats for the exam: multiple choice or essay. I choose essay. Can anyone share any recommendations f...

10. Any graduates OR applicants of Sonoma State University FNP program???

    McNabK9 replied to RosalynLee's topic in NP Students

    Greetings, I do not have information to share about being waitlisted for this program. You wrote about being part time which alerted me and compelled me to comment. I started this program in my 3rd semester of nursing school. I had a BA and starte...

11. Can a Psych Tech teach RNs Clinical Skill

    McNabK9 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Greetings, I attended new employee orientation this week for the CA Department of State Hospitals. One of the topics was wound care. The educator/trainer that taught the course struggled with some of the verbiage (the word exudate). At one point, ...

12. Common Correctional Nursing Interview Questions

    McNabK9 replied to Guest371144's topic in Correctional

    Most nurses think in terms of "taking action", but in corrections nursing, the action you take is to make sure you are safe first before attending to the inmate involved. My action in this case would be be to assess the environment and pull my alarm...

13. Am I too old to be an RN.... or should I just stay an LPN?

    McNabK9 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    I began RN school at 55 years. My age afforded advantages over my younger peers and opportunities to support them when needed. Considering there are more centenarians now than ever, and the numbers are growing, my advice would be to go after what y...

14. Aspen University Online RN to BSN

    McNabK9 replied to nitch's topic in School Programs

    I know it can be unsettling to return to school after many years away. I am in the RN to MSN program at Aspen. Please know that the administration, leadership, and instructors really want you to succeed. I hope that hearing that makes you feel bet...

15. Common Correctional Nursing Interview Questions

    McNabK9 replied to Guest371144's topic in Correctional

    Congratulations! It sounds like you have a good idea of what your patient demographic is, and you made the choice to be there. Here is some unsolicited free advice from me: I would read through Lorry Schoenly's blogs for some quick education for s...