Anyone else graduating in December? I'm starting final semester clinicals at the end of the month. All I want is to graduate and pass boards. I am an LVN right now and there are just no jobs for LVN here. I am afraid that when I graduate there will ...
So, I am in the program and have 5 years to finish. If I cant do it in 5 years then geeze... I dunno. Anyone else in this program? What do yall think about it?
I know as a pediatric home care nurse - I am there to help care for the child when the parents are unable to meet the pts care requriements. They have other children to tend to, or they work. I understand - that is why I am there. But it seems like, ...
to work at a psych. hospital! I hear that a lot. The truth is, you *do* have to be a little nuts to work at a psych. hospital, but even crazy nurses need work too! :] It isnt that we are *crazy* we have just seen so much, that we are kind of immune ...
bringtherain replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in Pediatric
Yup. Me. LVN home health nurse. I spend 6-8-12 hrs a day at a home with a kiddo. We care for them, play with them, give them their treatments, watch cartoons with them - and give them all the attention they need since they are not able to go out in t...
bringtherain replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Psychiatric
Also, do not show them fear - even if you are intimidated by them. During a psych crisis you need to be quick to act because things can easily break out into a code (fight) You are the nurse, you are in charge and not them. You are here to help them....
bringtherain replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Psychiatric
be openminded - compassionate - yet firm. Stick to the rules. Some pts will try and split staff and manipulate. Treat them respectfully, but remember - there is a REASON they are in the hospital. They are not well, as normal as some of them seem. Do ...
For as long as I have been a nursing student - I have wanted to be a pediatric nurse. Now I can proudly say "I am!" I work with children 4+ in a psychiatric hospital setting, but recently got a job with a pediatric home health agency. I love it. I lo...