puravidaLV

puravidaLV

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  1. Should I leave this racist town?

    puravidaLV replied to ChutneyFries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work as a nurse in a federal hospital...I get this all the time...yet I work psych. I get called sweet cheeks, cracker!, and a few other things but I think its funny. I have the great option of...

  2. OHSU MSN Applicants 2015

    puravidaLV replied to hakhama's topic in Oregon Nursing

    i am reading over this and keep skimming IV league schools...is OSHU some sort of high-status school? I mean I already know Oregon is "weird" and doesn't really have a good relationship with online...

  3. PMHNP program at EKU

    puravidaLV replied to Amtrak's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The teachers are very helpful. Just heads up be sure your not moving anytime during the schooling and make sure you can make the time to study. I got behind, moved and have a toddler and my grades...

  4. Should I learn martial arts for psych nursing?

    puravidaLV replied to Wanderer RN's topic in Psychiatric

    grappling is the best thing when it comes to psych, yet if you get to that point...you might as well practice the phone book looking for an

  5. Veterans Administration Hospital - Long Beach, CA

    puravidaLV replied to Alex_RN's topic in Government, Military

    Good luck hearing back from them. I work for the VA have applied for the same position as its come up over and over and over...and I still haven't heard a

  6. Portland-Nice place to visit but dont stay?

    puravidaLV posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    Currently I am nursing myself a masters degree in PMHNP (mental health NP) and looking to relocate. I already live in a city who slogan is "come on vacation and leave on probation", so I am thinking...

  7. DOT focused clinic

    puravidaLV replied to lmonet82's topic in Advanced Practice

    Unless you have a contract for local companies, county, and other issues it may flop. One company I know of that has this on lock down in my area is Concentra. They cover all the work injuries for...

  8. 72 hour notice/AMA

    puravidaLV replied to sassyann85's topic in Psychiatric

    thanks for pointing that out...i see 72 hours...voluntary doesn't

  9. FNP interested in PMHNP dual certification, ADVICE?

    puravidaLV replied to FNPlunky's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    most the NP's i've worked with on the floor went FNP then got the certificate when they relised that there was $$$ to be made and more oppurtunity. Few want to deal with mental health and fewer want...

  10. Advice for psychiatric NP out of practice for 6 years

    puravidaLV replied to Barb606's topic in Advanced Practice

    think of it like the first time you saw a patient pop off in-house....you got over it and everytime you just perfected your skill till you became an experienced nurse in that area. Find someone that...

  11. 72 hour notice/AMA

    puravidaLV replied to sassyann85's topic in Psychiatric

    i'm amazed you don't file the court continuance as soon as they hit the hospital. Most places do that and most doc's unless they know the patient let the court decided if they are sain enough to...

  12. Smoke free psych hospitals

    puravidaLV replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    i've work for both..one caters and one your SOL heres a patch. Smoking hospital has issues. it becomes a trigger which pt used to go off...the non smoking hospital not an issue. smoking hospital moans...

  13. Anyone applied/participated/interviewed for the VALOR program?

    puravidaLV replied to klc2's topic in General Students

    Got a random like from this post, but i'm now working for the VA, yet when I graduated I did not. Still a weird system to work for: if you have worked for one VA...you have worked for one VA. good...

  14. Illegal Drugs & HIPAA

    puravidaLV replied to bagface's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    An adolescent who has drugs come back in their system and has a parol officer will get the information...we say

  15. FNP salary?? Productivity stipend?

    puravidaLV replied to ked022214's topic in General Nursing

    I make 75k as a floor nurse on a psych floor. I've been offered double when I pass my boards. Remember its not where you go; its who you know. If I was graduating to make 80k/yr there would be a...

  16. Nurse Practitioners or FNP salary in Bay Area/San Francisco Area

    puravidaLV replied to bayareaFNPstud's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I grew up in Palo Alto and the dream is to work for the Palo Alto VA, yet considering when my parents bought the house it was 290,000, we sold it for 980,000, and presently after they knocked down my...

  17. Choosing PMHNP program

    puravidaLV replied to FuturePMHNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't like Drexel or a few of the schools that fall in line with Drexel. They take on everyone and like dung thrown at a wall if it sticks they graduate. I had two nurses who failed out of nursing...

  18. Do I need psych experience? PMHNP

    puravidaLV replied to mtg0884's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you haven't gotten your feet wet, then don't kick a puddle. If you haven't done floor nursing on any level with psychiatric patients then why spend 30K to be a master in it? I am 50% of my way...

  19. New to Specialty Needing Advise

    puravidaLV replied to OrigamiRN's topic in Psychiatric

    i take it ITA means something along the lines of involuntary or something of that nature, not a term I am aware of. If it means involuntary than II get them all the time and its fun. Fun you say?...

  20. Bullying

    puravidaLV replied to Percvalh's topic in Psychiatric

    First Document Second HR department third...if second didn't do anything time to call an attorney. school yard rules don't work, but [COLOR=#545454]cease and desist orders followed with cash...

  21. Nurse Practitioner Mental Health

    puravidaLV replied to tseabury12's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Another EKU student. I applied to Vanderbilt and EKU. I took EKU because of one simple little fact on vany site : " How many times do I need to visit campus?Eight times over a one-year period."...

  22. Paying for NP school

    puravidaLV replied to aellisrn's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I seriously want to smack people on the back of the head that tell me they have 100k loans for

  23. Choose your own adventure: Come upon a person cutting

    puravidaLV posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Your walking down a hall a patient previously on 1:1 for self harm is found by you picking at her open wounds caused by themselves. The patient is non-verbal and is not responding to ques to stop....

  24. PsychNP's- Salary Negotiation Thoughts & Pearls

    puravidaLV replied to PMHNP2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am on the fence now since I just turned in my E-quip stuff for the VA and if the salary for psych floor nurse isn't what I want it to be I'll stay where I am at. Moving from 12 to 8 hour shifts for...

  25. Can you negotiate NP salary at the VA?

    puravidaLV replied to SydneyJo1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ugg so as of right now I am getting my PMHNP and just turned in my equip thinking VA was the way to go for benefits to help pay for school and ease my way to a NP job upon graduation. Am I just being...