Noah'sRNMom

Hi! I'm a relatively new nurse, and I have been working in adult psych for 9 months. It is just not for me, and I am currently in school for RN/BSN/MSN. I already have the BSN and I am continuing on in hopes of becoming a family nurse practitioner. I...

Hi! I know this is a long shot, but I am a psych RN and I am looking to transition to Pediatrics. I have an upcoming interview at The Children's Institute in Pittsburgh, PA. I wanted to see if anyone out there works there or has ever worked there, or...

Hi. I'm a relatively new nurse working in psych. I am trying to get into peds, and I recently got a call from Continuum Pediatrics. I tried to do some research online but haven't come up with much. I would appreciate if anyone has any info about them...

Hi! Thanks for your reply. I have no experience in Peds, so I want to make sure they offer proper training. I know I wouldn't want a nurse taking care of my child with sub-par training. If you would tell me some more about them, I would appreciate it...

Hi! I am currently a psych nurse who just finished my bachelors. I am getting ready to apply to NP program. I would really like to work in Women's Health, but haven't been able to be hired as an RN. I'm torn between applying to a FNP program or a WHN...

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Hi! I am a fairly new RN. I graduated with my ADN May 2010. I went right back to school for my BSN, and I am going to be graduating in Dec 2011. I want to go on to get my NP, and the college I am currently going to has an accelerated BSN-MSN FNP prog...

Thank you SO much! I would appreciate it. I haven't been able to seek advice from anyone in my community, so I'm willing to take whatever I can get!

It's not THAT bad! Find a friend that's AT LEAST as smart as you and study together. I made a couple friends there that will be close friends forever!

Hi. I graduated from CCAC Boyce, and you will be fine. The advisor is correct!

Anyone??? I can't ever get anyone to answer my questions lol

I'll admit that we take 2 hour breaks on nights, and some of us sleep in our cars. Some people sleep in treatment rooms. Yuck!

Seated holds don't work, are hard to do, and don't work. We used to have an excellent program, but have recently traded it in for a program called "Response." It's a crock. The seated hold is one person on either side, you slip your arm under their a...

I agree. Psych isn't that hard to get into, and you don't use hardly any medical skills. So, if you got into psych first and it wasn't for you, it might be harder to find a job since you haven't used your skills. Also, with you having close family me...

Hi. I work for a state run facility and I can tell you a little about what I think are the pros and cons. The pros: We are in a union, which means that once you are hired, it is very hard to be let go because you have the union backing you always. An...

before I looked at elkpark's post, I was going to say that your first paragraph sounded like schizoaffective disorder type personality. As far as tx, I would say that would be individualized depending on which methods have already been tried and have...

I was pregnant with my first during nursing school. I had my son in the middle of a semester, and was back within a week to finish up because I was required to. Nursing school is hard, but doable. If you have the drive and are self-motivated. As some...

Try going to your states department of public welfare website. There you can apply to any Psych RN postings at their State run mental health hospitals. As a state employee you get awesome benefits and get paid much more than if you were to take a psy...

I know in my facility, we try to accomodate pregnant staff members. We wouldn't want you to sit 1:1 with a violent patient or anything like that. So, you definitely need to speak to your superiors so implementations can be made for your safety. As fa...

ugh, that's tricky. I was pregnant in nursing school, and when I got to my psych rotation they would not even let me out of the office. I would actually be afraid for you to work a unit that pregnant. I know where I work, there are a few patients tha...

Hmm.. let's see.. I have a lot of down time after my patients go to bed at 9pm till 11:30. I will usually do homework (I'm in a BSN program now), puzzles, crosswords, magazines, etc. Sometimes I will bring in my scrapbooking supplies lol.. When my so...

When I started working at my facility, I found it helpful to get to know the staff. I'm not sure about where you work, but I work at a state facility, so my patients are here for 6 months at least. We have regualr ward staff and they were able to tel...

I work 3-11 at a state mental hospital. Unless you work day shift at my hospital, you are not going to get to participate in any type of groups, etc. Here is my day. I come on the ward. As I'm walking down the hall I usually get stopped by the same 3...

I'm at a state mental health facility right now. It was actually my first job out of nursing school. I find it to be fun at times, emotionally draining at times, humorous at times, and just about every other emotion out there! I can say that you NEVE...

I just saw the question about nights.. I work either 3-11 or 11-7. I would say on the 3-11 shift there is more acting out and behaviors because the patients where I work usually do not have groups at night, so there are limited things to keep them oc...