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  1. What to wear on a unit where nurses wear street clothes and not scrubs?

    Hallows_Eve replied to tareija's topic in Psychiatric

    Our facility just ended years of wearing street clothes and started requiring scrubs again, they almost made them uniform, but couldn't come up with a justification for the stipend they would have to...

  2. Psychiatric nursing... do you really lose all your nursing skills?

    Hallows_Eve replied to lilmoongoddess's topic in Psychiatric

    Our BH units include a fair amount of detox and rehab areas- the former especially keeps up my med surg skills as all types and conditions go through various withdrawals, from alcohol, pain meds,...

  3. Paranoid patient not certifiable?

    Hallows_Eve replied to joanie2341's topic in Psychiatric

    Not sure if this helps but in the Psych ER where I float to we are seeing a lot more K2 and Bath Salt cases, which often are marked by lingering paranoia and anxiety (24 hours+ after the hit), and...

  4. What keeps you going? Why do you stay?

    Hallows_Eve replied to NCindasun21's topic in Psychiatric

    I am a float LPN at a BH program that includes about 10 different units. You didn't mention how safe you felt at your workplace, but I can say in ours that safety is a factor in our turnover rate- not...

  5. What is a Psych Nurse's daily routine?

    Hallows_Eve replied to Macann's topic in Psychiatric

    I am a float nurse that is often scheduled between the in-patient floors and the psych ER. For inpatient, we too usually assign staff to specific tasks, as an LPN I am often either the med nurse or...

  6. Are there any psych LPN's?

    Hallows_Eve replied to sakiohma's topic in Psychiatric

    I am an LPN, and I've worked on the Behavioral Health floors at my hospital for nearly a year now, also floated to the drug and alchohol rehab floors as well. In my area (WNY), there were plenty of...

  7. Death and Dying Cultural Report Topic Needed

    Hallows_Eve replied to Amysuenu's topic in General Students

    Just some ideas to toss to you... going off of memory from Catholic school. If you go with Catholic faith, you could discuss the processes of the Anointing of the Sick and Viaticum. There is also the...

  8. LVN school problem need help

    Hallows_Eve replied to stuart_2994's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Not sure if this will help, but if you received an email to a school-run email address, you might be able to have the IT for the school's system show that your address got the email, but you did not...

  9. LPN Program~Interview Questions

    Hallows_Eve replied to goodthings2come's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    One thing that came up in my interview was my promptness- the interviewer noted that I was 15 minutes early (as noted by the receptionist) for my appointment with her. They also took note of my...