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  1. Does choosing "Psychosocial" nursing ruin a new grad?

    I went into addictions directly out of nursing school and worked in it for a year and a half. It was not my first choice, but I needed a job and could not find anything else. I just recently started a...
  2. Methadone Maintenance

    I wanted to know the opinion of addictions nurses on methadone maintenance. Does anyone work with this or have an opinion about it? Do you think it helps or harms in the fight against
  3. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    dermatology- dr
  4. New grad on Ortho unit

    I also graduated in May 2009 and next week I am starting my orientation to an ortho floor. Since nursing school I have been working in addictions and just need a change. I don't want to loose my...
  5. What does a chemical dependency RN do?

    It is interesting to learn how nursing differs through out countries. I wonder if the U.S. has anything like this. I heard in canada you can buy some meds over the counter that here are by...
  6. What does a chemical dependency RN do?

    I concur. I have been working in addictions for a year now and could never see prescribing methadone for someone coming off of
  7. Got interview for methadone clinic!

    Do you use liguid methadone or pills? Is respiratory depression a concern or are meds just doled out and the patients leave?
  8. lpn supervising RN!!!

    My fellow coworkers and I were discussing this last night at work, we are RNs at a drug and alcohol detox and rehab facility. Up until recently our ADON was a LPN and on the floor RNs and LPNs rotate...
  9. How Many Residents Do You Care For On Your Unit?

    Drug and alcohol detox and rehab 3 nurses and 2 MHTs 40 patients when
  10. to go or not go to pinning ceremony?

    I was not going to attend my pinning ceremony, but then it became mandatory. I did not know what would happen if someone did not attend, but I did not want to find out. That being said, I went and...
  11. Methadone Maintenance

    I feel for you in your current situation. I also have battled with family memebers who became addicts. Good luck to you and your family. Stay
  12. Methadone Maintenance

    I work in addictions and I have never heard this said and I have never said this, I suppose I am just not one of those people you are speaking of. As a patient population addicts (most, not all) tend...
  13. new rn interested in addiction

    I graduated in May of '09 and like many other nurses I have been having difficulty finding a job (currently I have applied to 90 jobs). I am interested in working with addicts, given personal...
  14. Methadone Maintenance

    Thanks for the responses. I am new to the addiction field and this is something I am curious about. It is my understanding that methadone clinics are used in an attempt to cut down on diseases such as...
  15. new rn interested in addiction

    I suppose every facility is different. Since this posting I got hired at the facility and it is nothing like yours. While we do have the patients that come in intoxicated or high this is not the norm,...
  16. Book for a new addictions (detox) nurse?

    I am a new grad RN and started my first job at a drug and alcohol detox facility recently. Thank goodness I don't work alone because my coworkers have been such a help and a support, as there is so...
  17. RN's with kids

    As a single mother this is why I had hoped on being a school nurse or working at the health dept. Its difficult with the crazy hours nurses
  18. i got a job!

    After months of applying to nearly 100 jobs, someone finally hired me! It is part time at a drug detox facility. This is a stepping stone for my new nursing career and I am sure I will learn a lot. To...
  19. i got a job!

    I will have to wait and see what this job really entails. They did tell me it is not heavy in the skills you learn in school (caths, IVs, that sort of thing). The nursing is set up in such a way that...
  20. After 3 months of searching I GOT A JOB! WOHOOOO!

    Congratulations!! Maybe it is still possible to get your dream job. After 4 months of looking I am just hoping for A