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  1. Juvenile sexual offenders

    luv2yoga replied to marilynmom's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't work with kids, I work with adults, but my best advice is to look for the person inside the illness. That's what I really try to do, look beyond their shell of illness and offending behavior....

  2. Nursing cutbacks

    luv2yoga replied to winter13's topic in General Nursing

    It's not good in Northern NJ. I hear that NYC still needs nurses, but everywhere else around here is a problem. We regularly get called off (3 or 4 nurses a shift for a 48 bed Medical unit). This...

  3. How do manage to leave work on time?

    luv2yoga replied to Kurious RN's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't do it at 3 months either. It will come. At about 6 months, I could finally get out of there on time most of the time. My best tip is to make time to chart. Do not keep putting it off. Make...

  4. Current students in Chamberlain Online RN-BSN

    luv2yoga replied to blueheaven's topic in General Nursing

    I'm on class #5. I think it's great. I really liked my Nursing Research class, I learned a lot and it was very challenging. I find it very do-able to work full time and take one on-line class. I could...

  5. Someone forged my signature!!!

    luv2yoga replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    This really scares me. I work at a state facility that doesn't have a single Pyxis, they are in the dark ages. All the narcs are on these 30 count cards and we just sign our name for them. And since...

  6. Online PMHNP schools

    luv2yoga posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Please tell me of schools with an online PMHNP program. So far the only ones I've found are Rush & Drexel. Hopefully there are other

  7. Online PMHNP schools

    luv2yoga replied to luv2yoga's topic in Post Graduate Students

    That's a good idea. Thanks. I suspect the Psych NPs are out there, I am just not in a position to make routine contact with

  8. need info psych RN and CNS/NP

    luv2yoga replied to usedbrain's topic in Psychiatric

    That's helpful, Whispera. Thanks for being so

  9. need info psych RN and CNS/NP

    luv2yoga replied to usedbrain's topic in Psychiatric

    Do you feel it was worth it to get your MSN? Did you find a pretty good choice of new avenues open to you when you did

  10. Online PMHNP schools

    luv2yoga replied to luv2yoga's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thanks all -- this is going to be a lot of work, to find the best fit for me. My primary concern is being able to line up clinicals. I looked into local brick and mortar programs but many/most of the...

  11. need info psych RN and CNS/NP

    luv2yoga replied to usedbrain's topic in Psychiatric

    I'd like to hear it too. Feel free to change the names to protect the innocent! I am a new RN with one year of Med-Surg and I have just started working per diem at a state psych hospital. I enjoy...

  12. Online PMHNP schools

    luv2yoga replied to luv2yoga's topic in Post Graduate Students

    That sounds like it could work. What about clinical placement? I've read the horror stories in other threads. Can you guys help with

  13. Questions regarding mandated overtime and being "called off"

    luv2yoga replied to Pepperlady's topic in General Nursing

    Just be aware that because of the bad economy, all of the hospitals are experiencing low census right now. Call offs are an epidemic. We are a 48 bed unit and the census has been around 30 since the...

  14. Tell me I'll get over needle fear

    luv2yoga replied to luv2yoga's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, it is an old thread and I started it! I was just cruising around and saw it -- wow, I have to say everyone was right. I'm a real nurse now. Did you know that starting IVs is actually one of my...

  15. new rns with no job

    luv2yoga replied to smartnurse1982's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I am surprised you weren't able to get anything in PA. I interviewed there a year ago and they were SUPER anxious to hire me. I went to Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton. Is that where you looked? Maybe...

  16. RN with dysthymia. Would mental health nursing / psych nursing be a bad job choice??

    luv2yoga replied to VU RN BSN's topic in Psychiatric

    I second the idea that if you look deeply enough, everyone has some sort of psych issue. Few people can say they haven't had to struggle with something in life and found their psychological coping...

  17. When does weekend shift diff start/end for night shift

    luv2yoga replied to nicuRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting how things vary so much. We don't get a weekend diff but we do have a weekend program for those who are willing to work every weekend, which is a HUGE diff. As a new nurse, it was an...

  18. What is NS NOT compatible with?

    luv2yoga replied to 2blessed2Bstressed's topic in General Nursing

    So interesting. I learn so much from this

  19. Our census is very low, canceled right and left

    luv2yoga replied to inthesouthrn's topic in General Nursing

    This is going on at my hospital too, and I'm in a completely different part of the country than you. It's voluntary to take it, but if you don't, you may be floated. I almost always took it this...

  20. Quitting after 6 weeks of orientation.

    luv2yoga replied to ANH_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just finished my first year in med-surg and I sure remember nights like that. It's so hard at first, because it just takes you so much longer to do things. You don't even realize it, but later you...

  21. FT job and online classes

    luv2yoga replied to Healer_at_Heart18's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I only do one at a time. But I have 2 kids to pay attention to, and I am a fanatic about getting in my workout every day. I could do 2 or even 3 classes if I didn't have those other things in my life....

  22. so burned out

    luv2yoga replied to edisonnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    You might want to give Med-Surg another look. It's not so bad. I work on an adult med-surg floor at a community hospital (maybe the same state as you? Are you in Edison, NJ?) and I rarely see anything...

  23. low census, cancell that deprives nurses of their livlihooding shifts

    luv2yoga replied to jam2007's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting to see all the different practices. I was called off a lot over the summer and I took it every time. Working nights this first year has been incredibly hard. As of Sunday, I'm on Days and...

  24. State psych hospital vs. Private hospital psych unit

    luv2yoga replied to 2ndChance's topic in Psychiatric

    I love yoga, don't do it enough. It's hard trying to fit it in with nights! I'm just focusing on the regular workouts and that's hard enough. Yoga feels like extra, even though I know it really makes...

  25. State psych hospital vs. Private hospital psych unit

    luv2yoga replied to 2ndChance's topic in Psychiatric

    I think she means the patient has been involuntarily committed to the