LisalaRN99 BSN, RN

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    Ice Bucket challenge

    LisalaRN99 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all the comments!! I thought it was just me who noticed the tread of ice bucket challenges without so much as a mention about donations! I made the mistake of commenting about the same...
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    New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    LisalaRN99 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ah yes! That first magical year of nursing! I cried. I cried. I was a miserable Witch with a B. My feet and my legs hurt so badly every night when I got home due to all the standing and walking I did...
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    PMHN vs RN-BC?

    LisalaRN99 replied to HAWKIRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I'll probably be outnumbered on this opinion, but here goes anyway... I think Nursing spends entirely too much time reconfiguring the alphabet! Who knows what all the letters after somebody's name...
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    Problems nurses face that no other professions understand

    LisalaRN99 replied to alcal's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Lack of appreciation is a very subjective statement. We should learn to express our needs in more objectve ways. In what ways do nurses feel unappreciated? Is it the staffing matrix? Is it the lack...
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    Psych NP Programs - When & Where?

    LisalaRN99 posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    As an older nurse, coming from a previous career in the mental health field, I want to become a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. I have 10 of my 14 yrs as an RN in psych and addictions...
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    Holiday staffing policies

    LisalaRN99 replied to Alissaw's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a small psych intake office in the ER. We self-schedule and cooperate on Holidays, including job-sharing the Day. Of course, one of these days administration will find out how happy we are...
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    The newest and coolest thing you've ever done

    LisalaRN99 replied to Christy1019's topic in General Nursing

    Assisting with Electroconvulsive Therapy....not new but new to my
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    Sad & Angry

    LisalaRN99 replied to brenda1234's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is one thing to criticize someone for not performing a job the way you believe it should be performed (not your business); it is another to criticize someone personally, i.e., attacking their...
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    Accused Of Not Being A Team Player-Have You?

    LisalaRN99 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sorry this has happened to you. It seems like it is time for you to look elsewhere for work because this group of nurses is definitely not "your people". I learned this phrase some time back...
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    Psych nursing is easy

    LisalaRN99 replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    Psych nursing is easy?? Please tell me where this unit is so we can all come work there! As a veteran psych nurse who has worked 11 of my 15 yrs in psych nursing, I'd say, never let down your guard!...
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    40 Days Sober really :)

    LisalaRN99 replied to newmommy26's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congrats! I have 45
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    40 Days Sober really :)

    LisalaRN99 replied to newmommy26's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congrats on 9 months and Nursing
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    I can't do this anymore

    LisalaRN99 replied to kwaziness's topic in General Nursing

    You mentioned you had had a "nervous breakdown" a few months ago. Did you really,or is that a figure of speech? If you did, then it is obvious that you are still fragile and vunerable, and need to...
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    Nurses who believe in herbal nonsense, alternative medicine, anti vaccine etc

    LisalaRN99 replied to mhy12784's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do not believe it is ever the nurse's place to discuss their own personal health history or biases with a patient in their care. The patient is being treated based on the physician's orders. If a...
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    Racial Refusals In Nursing

    LisalaRN99 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We recently had a patient who only wanted care from a white nurse. I was the only white nurse that day in our area (psych ER). I told him we had no white nurses, only nurses. He accepted the care...
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    Feeling Guilty After Calling in Sick...

    LisalaRN99 replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    I called off last week because I caught a virus from a coworker who always drags herself to work when she is sick! I had no guilt over this call off! Unless you are the type that calls off for every...
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

    LisalaRN99 replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    I am one of those nurses who feels that I had a calling, although I did not come into nursing until a second career. Once I did take up nursing, I knew I had done the right thing and never looked...
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    The Top 10 Things I Loved About Nursing

    LisalaRN99 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurses Rock

    I loved this! Congratulations on your retirement! I can't say I will ever be able to retire, but I am getting too old for floor nursing. That's why I am in school for nursing education. I love...
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    Female cathing

    LisalaRN99 replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    LOL! In my first job out of nursing school the charge nurse kept telling me this same thing! I never, ever saw anything winking at me "down there"! Thanks for the
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    AA meeting and addicts

    LisalaRN99 replied to RNMSN51's topic in Nurses Recovery

    As with all AA meetings or any 12 step meeting for that matter, "take what you need...leave the
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    Possibly Caught Diverting Drugs & Tested Positive for Marijuana in GA...Totally Lost!

    LisalaRN99 replied to GA1234's topic in Nurses Recovery

    First of all, I commend you for wanting to remain clean and also salvage your nursing career. Your story is very compelling. Obviously, and you know this, your issue not simply a matter of a one...
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    LisalaRN99 replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Smoking marijuana is a slippery slope in nursing. At any time you could be required to provide a urine specimen. You could be one of the nurses who logged into the medication machine the day there...
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    Random Question

    LisalaRN99 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I know a nurse who was involuntarily admitted for depression and alcohol dependence following a car accident that did not result in a DUI. This nurse did not self-report, the BON never found out, and...
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    Does it make sense for me to get an MSW before applying to PMHNP program?

    LisalaRN99 replied to luckylady5's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I know there are many psych NP programs. I was specifically asking about direct entry programs where the applicant does not need to be an RN already in order to
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    Does it make sense for me to get an MSW before applying to PMHNP program?

    LisalaRN99 replied to luckylady5's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm a little confused. Are you a registered nurse? I am not aware of any psych NP programs that are direct entry. Either way, I do not believe that the MSW is going to make you happy. It takes a...