GypseyGirl

GypseyGirl specializes in Home Health.

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1. Considering leaving hospital after new grad internship

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

   Like I said, sorry if I offended anyone. I know hospital nursing is more intense than home health, but I did my clinicals at a small hospital in California where the patient ratio was a lot smaller...

2. Considering leaving hospital after new grad internship

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

   I could still go back to my home health LVN job in California. I was making $28 an hour taking care of patients with disabilities in the home setting. I found it rewarding and felt valued for being...

3. Considering leaving hospital after new grad internship

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

   I did not mean to offend anyone by my post. I know it's a very tough economy. My classmate from nursing school was offered a job here and I got hired on last minute by the hospital for the...

4. Considering leaving hospital after new grad internship

   GypseyGirl posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hi all. I finished nursing school in May 2011 in California and have been looking for a job as a new grad RN, which as all new grads know has been really difficult in this economy. Before I did my...

5. Anyone applied for an Internship for Scott & White, June 2012?

   GypseyGirl replied to aghols12's topic in Texas Nursing

   I am also coming from California and was called for an interview for the OR internship position. There are very few new grad programs in California, so I was so excited to hear from S & W, even...

6. Scared at new job in psychiatric hospital

   GypseyGirl replied to GypseyGirl's topic in Psychiatric

   Update- I ended up turning in my resignation letter at the psych hospital after I was offered a home health Case Manager job. I still have a lot to learn as a new grad (I'll be doing a lot of wound...

7. First job as a new grad- wondering if I made the right decision

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

   Believe me- I really don't want to be a job hopper. I have really been trying to give the psych place a chance, and have been trying to learn as much as I can there from my preceptor. I am just so...

8. Mean coworkers?

   GypseyGirl replied to 9064's topic in Correctional

   9064, which prison do you work for? Or which area? I'm working for a psychiatric hospital right now that is really unsafe and am considering corrections. I would imagine it would be very similar in...

9. First job as a new grad- wondering if I made the right decision

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

   Well I would say that the place I was at did about 90% of the procedures of laser hair removal. It was not as glamorous as what you would think- mostly lasers on butt and bikini area. I guess it...

10. Scared at new job in psychiatric hospital

    GypseyGirl replied to GypseyGirl's topic in Psychiatric

    Hmm, maybe the staff starts to turn like the patients after awhile? Just kidding! :) I started on the swing shift now and it is a lot more quiet, which is better. Some patients still act out, but...

11. Scared at new job in psychiatric hospital

    GypseyGirl replied to GypseyGirl's topic in Psychiatric

    They teach us to use verbal de-escalation when patients start getting riled up, but I agree that that doesn't always work. Luckily, the facility I'm at does use restraints when necessary. They also...

12. Scared at new job in psychiatric hospital

    GypseyGirl replied to GypseyGirl's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you Wabi. I understand that it is probably normal to feel overwhelmed and stressed out with everything you need to learn in a new job (especially as a new grad). I'm not sure whether this...

13. Scared at new job in psychiatric hospital

    GypseyGirl replied to GypseyGirl's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes, thank you for your advice. The more advice I get from some of you who have worked in these types of facilities, the more afraid I feel! I actually got a call for an interview at a hospice place...

14. Scared at new job in psychiatric hospital

    GypseyGirl replied to GypseyGirl's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for the advice Merlyn. Maybe this environment just takes some getting used to. But I feel like all it takes is just one time for a patient to attack. They are very unpredictable. I would...

15. Scared at new job in psychiatric hospital

    GypseyGirl replied to GypseyGirl's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree! Except about the pay