zoogsRN

Hi all, I'm a new grad currently working in psych and I just got offered a position on an advanced care unit; in my interview they said it's considered critical care experience; they do telemetry and get a lot of post-stroke pts, alcohol withdrawals, anything requiring more extensive monitoring. They're offering a ten week orientation; does that seem like a good amount of time? It does to me but I've heard other people talk about having 6 month orientations for critical care. I've been wanting to get back to acute care but I don't want to be ill-prepared! I appreciate any info. Thanks!

My money's on bipolar disorder!

I've seen the 'feel safe at night, sleep with a nurse' one before, I love it. But don't have the guts to put it on my car :)

I work in a stand alone psych hospital currently, and if there's a real medical problem you'll definitely come in handy! We had two people in my orientation coming from critical care, and the main problems they had was the difference in charting (charting mood, interactions, etc instead of labs and physical status), and one seemed afraid of the patients and didn't want to interact with them very much. They pick up on that! Good luck to you.

A small pet peeve.. in charting when staff writes 'pt is visible on ward.' Visible doing what? As opposed to invisible?