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Thanks, I will check that out!

Thanks for the advice. I guess I was a little angry and didn't think about it long enough after I read the post. I was more angry about the implication that I was lying than anything, I just wanted some advice, not to be told they didn't believe me. I did go back to reread everything and am much calmer... able to see the advice within it now. I also have seen a lot more questions being answered on the student site now than on the other discussion sites I've visited. Would you suggest using the students discussion board for questions over the specialty areas? Just curious.

Thanks for the help, I will definitely check that out.

THanks for answering my question, I appreciate it.

I'm a nursing student from OH that just recently signed up on allnurses.com because I had a couple of questions I wanted to get perspective on. I was disappointed in that the first response to one of my questions was really judgemental. The responder pretty much called me a liar and didn't address the question I asked at all. I am wondering what other people's experiences have been with allnurses.com, i.e. should I even bother using the specialty discussion boards to ask questions? Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks!

I'm sorry you are so offended by my instructor allowing me to shadow her in a different department. The truth of the matter is we do it all the time at my school. If an instructor knows you are a reliable and mature student, and that you wish to explore an area they specialize in, they are often more than willing to allow us to shadow them. This doesn't mean I just go and "hang out" but I observe, ask questions, and engage in pt. communication. In addition, I am given an opportunity to understand how that hospital functions. All the hospitals surrounding my school, for the most part, are teaching hospitals. This is not uncommon. I have also observed in OR, ED and was offered to follow around a NP on a support team for palliative care. All areas pose risk, and although psyc deals with different situations I don't presume I am at any more risk that I am on my own, current, clinical rotation floor at a VA hospital, on e of two clinical sites I am at this semester. I have just never dealt with "sexual obssessions" before and was looking for a little guidance. Furthermore, I am not waiting until my rotation because we have 4 to 5 hospitals we can choose from for our rotation. Since I am already at this hospital, have gone through all the background checks and hospital policy seminars I am cleared to go to the floor. Since I am genuinely interested in psych nursing I wanted to have the opportunity to see if the psych floor in one of the hospitals I am at would offer me a valuable experience. I hope that explains and again I am sorry to see that you were so offended.

I'm currently taking an Informatics class, something that is completely new to me, and my instructor is asking us to write a personal response paper to the development of Consumer Health Informatics. I started writing my response when I realized I wasn't quite sure what exactly the definition of Consumer Health Informatics is. I kinda assumed that all computer health documentation was Consumer Health Informatics, since all patients can officially request all their charting and since we don't chart for ourselves, but for the health of our patients. Am I completely off base? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

I'm a nursing student who is interested in pursuing a career in psyc. nursing. I wanted to observe the role of a psych nurse so I decided to shadow one of the professors at my school this coming weekend. However, I was talking to an upperclassmen today and she was telling me about her psych clinical rotation. She mentioned that she had a patient who was making moves on her, and as she said, he was "sexually obsessed". I haven't taken my psyc. rotation yet, that's next semester, so I don't have any textbooks or knowledge about the field. I'm seriously worried now that I am going to make a fool out of myself on my shadowing experience. Can anyone help tell me what the "textbook" way to deal with a pt who is, "sexually obsessed". What am I expected to do as a nurse with a patient who acts like that? I know there are tons of policies on nurses not being allowed to push patients away, ect. If anyone can help give me an idea of what they were taught in their psych clinical lecture on how to deal with this issue I would be sincerely appreciative. Thanks!!