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  1. Mental Health MSN or MSW?

    mentalhealthRN replied to jensfbay's topic in Psychiatric

    Curious as to where those who have posted about CNS's prescribing. I am in NY state and only NPs can prescribe. Interesting how totally different it is in each

  2. Direct Entry Psych Nursing

    mentalhealthRN replied to HazelEyedDream's topic in Psychiatric

    You may want to find out if the jobs you would want would require clinical experience as well as the degree. Some do. Personally I think it would make you a better psych NP. Having no actual clinical...

  3. Oh no they didn't...uniform changes in florida

    mentalhealthRN replied to pearljammer's topic in General Nursing

    I get the color coding thing. They are doing that here where I live and sounds like it's happening all over from other posts. However here its the color that is mandatory. They don't really care where...

  4. Willing to come to snow new grads there are jobs here.

    mentalhealthRN replied to mentalhealthRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not sure to be honest but you could probably call and ask. It is definately less expensive to live here then in CA though. Yeah not as cheap of some other states but then CA. My fiance` actually moved...

  5. What do you have to wear???

    mentalhealthRN replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the hospitals in my area have gone to white tops and navy or white on the bottom. The whole idea being the patients couldn't tell a nurse from a tech from the housekeeper or the therapist. So...

  6. How does quitting without notice really look?

    mentalhealthRN replied to inProgress's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I am a bit confused here. If this was already "approved" by the prior manager then I would be bringing HR into this. And how do you find a doc to write a note to say you were sick when you aren't...

  7. PA speaks poorly of RN's

    mentalhealthRN replied to heavenbound's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently this PA is not aware of the studies that have been done... http://www.ahrq.gov/research/jun10/0610RA21.htm And many states/facilites don't even allow LPNs to give certain meds--IV push, IV...

  8. PA speaks poorly of RN's

    mentalhealthRN replied to heavenbound's topic in General Nursing

    actually--not that this is the point here but here-- but in rochester at the rochester institute of technology it is a bachelors. i just looked it up and you don't have to have a prior bachelors....

  9. PA speaks poorly of RN's

    mentalhealthRN replied to heavenbound's topic in General Nursing

    So I'm wondering who this idiot thinks is going to be doing all the work that nurses do........who is going to be on the front lines and taking care of these patients day in and day out, 24/7? The PAs...

  10. Mental Health MSN or MSW?

    mentalhealthRN replied to jensfbay's topic in Psychiatric

    I have my BSN and plan to go back for my LMHC--I also am more interested in the counseling side of things since doing psych.....I would say not the MSW as I know many and they make horrible pay. I...

  11. What Freaks You Out?

    mentalhealthRN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    colostomies--uggg poop smells to start with but sitting in there, it gets just nasty!!! and joints--yeah I could never do ortho. Just thinking about knees and hips and stuff grosses me

  12. Blood Pressure Question

    mentalhealthRN replied to studentnurse9's topic in General Nursing

    If you take a BP lying then standing there will be a little drop, or if the person is having orthostatic BP changes then it will drop when they stand 20 points or greater.However this is short term....

  13. Question re: ED and mental health

    mentalhealthRN replied to Love911Nursing's topic in Emergency

    Oh and the sexual assult nurse thing--here in NY we have something called SANE certification. Sexual Assult Nurse Examiner. My friend actually runs the program at one of the local hospitals--started...

  14. Question re: ED and mental health

    mentalhealthRN replied to Love911Nursing's topic in Emergency

    I am in Rochester NY and worked at Strong Memorial Hospital which is a large university hospital and I worked in the CPEP (Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program)there-- Psych ER-- we saw all the...

  15. Where are all the jobs in NY???!!!

    mentalhealthRN replied to UpstateNyDollCna's topic in New York Nursing

    Are you in upstate? I am in Rochester and you should try St. Anne's Community. It's one of the better LTC facilities and I believe they are hiring. http://stannsjobs.com/Details.asp?JID=664&AF=0...

  16. RN interested in job in detox

    mentalhealthRN replied to dekagirlsRN's topic in Addictions

    Well being that I was the RN who did the interviewing and hiring recommendations for a detox center I will tell you what I looked for...... Psych experience. There is a huge relationship between CD...

  17. what do you want to be when you grow up?

    mentalhealthRN replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing

    If I could wake up and do the job I want to be doing--skipping the school to get there?? lol--I'd be a psychiatrist, with a specialization in

  18. Being forced to rethink my views on fibromyalgia

    mentalhealthRN replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely Fibromyalgia is a "real" disease. And its sad that one has to have a personal experience with something to understand. There has been a lot of research and a lot of theories about it over...

  19. reading for RN

    mentalhealthRN replied to sweetangyl17's topic in General Nursing

    Well I am sure there are some general type books you could read but you could also go with subject specific based on either an area or areas you feel you may need more time with as they are more...

  20. I know I am going to get reamed a new one but here goes

    mentalhealthRN replied to whyowhy?'s topic in General Nursing

    Hate to say this but everybody makes their own bed and has to lay in it. If you choose to make it with thorns, you can only blame yourself for the discomfort you will suffer. If you really needed to...

  21. Do you think it's right for nurses that are going to school do their homework at work

    mentalhealthRN replied to tobesmartt's topic in General Nursing

    To the poster who thinks the OP should mind their own business.......if the OP and others are picking up the slack while another sits and does homework then yeah it is her business. If the person is...

  22. Nurses with Tattoos and Piercings

    mentalhealthRN replied to CMALynzer's topic in General Nursing

    we are getting there slowly.......I think it depends on a lot. The part of the country. The setting. etc. Me personally--I have tatoos and really the only one that is visible at work might be the one...

  23. Should I tell nursing school I have a hearing loss?

    mentalhealthRN replied to alwaysfaithful's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I worked in the past with an OB/GYN doc in labor and delivery who was completely deaf. She had her own interpreter with her all the time. At first I wondered how she could do her job--I know,...

  24. Advice needed on first shift in Detox

    mentalhealthRN replied to Anagray's topic in Addictions

    Many of your questions will depend on your specific facility and its rules and policies. We didn't do any visitors or let pts go out at all unless with staff for an appt. but that was just our...

  25. Intermittent Explosive Disorder/Autism/MR

    mentalhealthRN replied to Spicer09's topic in Psychiatric

    I have worked with individuals like this in both the psych ER setting as well as in a special school for kids with E/BD, where I was a 1:1 para (before I was a nurse) and learned a few things along...