MarkRN

MarkRN has 7 years experience and specializes in Psychiatric, Geriatric, Cardiac.

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1. I'm wondering

   MarkRN replied to lisabeth's topic in Psychiatric

   By no means do I intend to insult you in any way (if you do in fact have this disorder) by what I am about to write, so please try not to take it personally. I am only speaking from experience in regards to this disorder... There are several reasons...

2. I'm wondering

   MarkRN replied to lisabeth's topic in Psychiatric

   From my experience, many nurses find patients with borderline personality dosorder, antisocial personality disorder, and substance abuse disorders the most difficult to work with.

3. Ethical Decision, need help with resources/info on the matter!!!!

   MarkRN replied to truejewel82's topic in Psychiatric

   I suggest you take a look at your state's mental health legislation (i.e. mental hygiene law). In New York state, we have to obtain a court order for meds over objection before we can force patients to take meds other than PRNs that are needed to de...

4. Bias in psychiatric nursing...how do you overcome it?

   MarkRN replied to RNin2007's topic in Psychiatric

   I think that those of us in Psych need to frequently do some self-reflection and assessment into what population(s) seem to irritate us the most. For example, many nurses have difficulties with personality disorders (i.e. borderlines, antisocials, e...

5. Do you wear different scrubs for psych?

   MarkRN replied to angelfire280's topic in Psychiatric

   We wear white tops and blue pants on our inpatient psych unit. This is the uniform that is expected of all nurses in our hospital. The rationale for this is so that patients and visitors know what role staff plays just by looking at them. I initia...

6. Loved Psych, but Drugs Got Me Down

   MarkRN replied to firstyearstudent's topic in Psychiatric

   I hear ya, elkpark! Yes, acute inpatient units anymore are really meant for stabilization and a quick discharge. I would say to look into the outpatient setting (continuing day treatment programs, partial hospitalization programs, mental heath cent...

7. I think I want to be a psych nurse

   MarkRN replied to Drysolong's topic in Psychiatric

   I currently work on a locked inpatient psych unit in a large hospital and I can tell you that we take care of a lot of medically-compromised patients on our unit. For example, my staff and I have had some post-surgical patients, have ran numerous IV...

8. The Psychiatric Nursing Profession...a thread to begin learning about it

   MarkRN replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Psychiatric

   From my experience, salaries are mainly comperable if not the same for psych nurses who are employed at hospitals with inpatient psych units as are other nurses in that same hospital. If you plan on working in the outpatient setting, salaries may be...

9. University of Phoenix Online MSN Program

   MarkRN posted a topic in Post Graduate

   Hello everyone! Just wanted to see if anyone else out there is starting their MSN at the UoP on May 9th? I will be specializing in the nurse educator program, but those program-specific courses will not come until the end of the program. Are there...

10. Employer Tuition Reimbursement?

    MarkRN replied to NrsJena's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work for offers $6000/year for full-time ($3000/year for part-time) employees who are pursuing a degree in nursing. There is a one-year committment from the ending date of the last class the hospital paid for. They paid for $12,000 o...

11. Welcome, New York Nurses!

    MarkRN replied to Ted's topic in New York

    Hello to everyone!

12. Any Rochester area nurses?

    MarkRN replied to CaterpillarGirl's topic in New York

    It's ok here. Would rather be back down south (came from NC).

13. Rochester, NY, anyone?

    MarkRN replied to huadring's topic in New York

    Hope you are enjoying Rochester!

14. white uniforms vs. colored/printed

    MarkRN replied to Linda K. Foster's topic in Educators

    A few years ago, nursing staff went to set colors at my hospital. This decision was made by the nurse council after it was identified as a complaint by many patients on satisfaction surveys because they couldn't tell who they were seeing in their ro...

15. Anyone Doin Online MSN in Education?

    MarkRN replied to Tweety's topic in Post Graduate

    Hello everyone. I will be starting my online MSN in Nursing Education at the University of Phoenix Online next month. I decided to go this route (distance learning) because there are no colleges/universities in my area that offer a masters program ...