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Thanks for bumping either way :) any updates on this post?

I just got hired at a state psych hospital that had a hiring freeze before I got hired. Anyone that applied and/or interviewed in the process of the freeze were put on hold until afterward but their positions were still available. I was lucky and int...

Spit in her coffee

The last time I was in the hospital, I was standing at the nurses station waiting on some paperwork for discharge and the nurses were all laughing about the patient they "forgot to bathe in 4 days" I can't speak for anyone else, but at my hospital we...

I was arrested, not convicted, of a violence charge. I am not a nurse yet, however, I just had to pass a background check with my employer to work a state job that involves working with children. It didn't hold me up at all. I didn't mention it becau...

Thank you! The exact kind of response I was looking for. Thank you for being so well informed and able to see through my "I've been up since 3am so even though this isn't coming out right, I'm going to post it anyway" attitude. Edit: let me just thro...

Hahahhahahaa yeah maybe :) Thanks mom

No offense (and I truly mean that), but my thought after reading the OP was... "she sounds like she knows it will come up positive and is looking for a reason to explain it away"... Maybe because I'm not a nurse yet? Maybe because I have not been und...

Thank you all for the replies! :) I have gotten some great ideas for questions to ask and what information I need to know. I really would love to work in psych when I become a nurse, so hopefully this position will let me know if I'm a right fit and ...

Hey all! I had an interview last week for a psych aide position at a state hospital. The interview went really well, but I wasn't expecting to hear back from them so soon as the interviewer told me they wouldn't be doing any actual hiring for several...

Right now, I am taking pre-reqs, and I start nursing school next fall. I will learn BLS and get certified during orientation. I also take classes on vital signs- the proper way to take them and normal ranges. By the end of orientation, I will actuall...

Having been on the other side of the fence I'll throw in my 2cents.... Through a series of events I ended up in the ER while waiting for a psych bed to open in a hospital. I was there 2 days before my social worker found me a place to go. I slept in ...

I really like this :) I don't really imagine what people look like or what their life is like, but I do have some "go to" posters for certain reasons... Rn/writer- love the posts, always worded in a way to convey information and emotion. A skill I lo...

See this just goes to show how naive I can be sometimes when I read the title my eyes got as big as dinner plates and reading the thread I just can not believe things like this happen! I know I need a lot in the way of life experience, but I do hope...

Chocolate= positive reinforcement=making errors on purpose so you can report them and get more chocolate?

What about sonography? You will only have to take a few more classes and you should be able to do them at a CC

I mean poor as in money, not "omg that poor little thing." and no one, including society forces you to take care of them either. You chose a profession where that IS part of your job, whether you like it or not. You also CHOOSE to live in a country t...

sorry but i can't help but think.... yessa massa, i'll get my own drink and bring you one too its your *job*. i know i will probably get flamed for saying that, but really i'm so tired of hearing this kind of attitude. no i dont think patients shoul...

Pros: get it out of the way while you don't have more pressing life issues. There is not much to make you second guess your decision. Cons: if you step into the role of adult, you are expected to act like one. You must be responsible for yourself, ho...

Hey guys! I would like to get some feedback on this. There is a job posting for a mental health tech near me. I have been looking for such a position for a couple months because I would really like to work mental health when I get my rn. However, loo...

They better call soon! You have a week old baby inside you best of luck!

As a former victim of DV, I can speak a little bit about this from the other side. Reporting every instance to the police would do more harm than good. Rn/writer spoke the words of truth better than I could of put them myself. Reporting to the police...

Does anyone know where I can get CNA training in the northshore or new Orleans area? I know Louisiana tech has a program but I was hoping to get something from a ltc instead of a school... Any ideas?

I have been reading the posts about ADN vs BSN and it got me to thinking about situations I see at my school. Putting aside which degree is "better" than another, why are there not more stringent criteria in place for classes themselves? A lot of my ...

To wookie and rest, I don't mean if you fail and retake and actually TRY harder. What I mean is people that are failing over and over and over. And even still that is not exactly what I am talking about... If employers are making such a big deal over...