Crazed

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1. A (Long) Note to New Grads

   Crazed replied to PS1CK's topic in Psychiatric

   As a professional psych nurse sometimes we use colorful language to meet our patients where they are in order to form a relationship that allows them to trust. If a few four letter words is the...

2. combining PRNS

   Crazed replied to sassyann85's topic in Psychiatric

   We don't have those parameters, I just do it because I'm not a fan of piling meds. Controlled not unconscious is what I aim

3. Describe a typical day

   Crazed replied to ellieheart's topic in Psychiatric

   Psych ED - there is no typical day. You can go from everyone is quiet to 2 in restraints and 2 in seclusion because they've been set off by the two in restraints quickly. The medical side of the ED...

4. combining PRNS

   Crazed replied to sassyann85's topic in Psychiatric

   We do a good deal of zyprexa/Ativan in medically stable patients. I like to lead with zyprexa and see if they calm down and then follow with

5. Did You Go Into Nursing For One Specialty?

   Crazed replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

   I went to school wanting to be a psych nurse. Then I graduated and landed an ED job. Then I decided that it wasn't for me and landed a psych ED job. Couldn't be happier now. The only constant about...

6. Caring for Obese Patients

   Crazed replied to vdodili's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   For the very obese it is also important to remember that there is also a psychological component involved. It is theorized that creating the physical barrier of obesity is a way to ensure others stay...

7. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

   Crazed replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   This made me think of a time when I met someone who is now my friend. She's a model (like seriously) and when I first met her I had this thought that she was one of "those" women. You know the type...

8. Clinical drama-question about personal property

   Crazed replied to chiasmus100's topic in General Students

   People can learn a lot from drag queens. "What other people think of you is none of your business."

9. First nursing job

   Crazed replied to Kylee Renee's topic in General Nursing

   It takes 18 months in any job to begin to feel

10. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Crazed replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Funny you should mention this - as a fatty and a nurse I always hard a hard time when someone who was very thin was telling me they "understood" how hard it was to lose weight. You should always trust...

11. ATI RN Comprehensive Predictor

    Crazed replied to unicoRNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    98 percent passed with 75 questions in under an

12. NCLEX it's come to this...

    Crazed replied to Crazed's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I hope you're right. Last night I was snapping the necks of rats but they didn't die and instead ran sideways across the

13. Once you go into Psych nursing

    Crazed posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I've been told like elevendy billion times that while I am most certainly either a psych nurse or an ED nurse that if I begin my career in psych it will be difficult for me to do anything else. Is...

14. Nursing Students: What do you think of your instructors?

    Crazed replied to KBICU's topic in General Students

    One of the best nursing instructors I had used her experience and teaching to learning into a game. She had a game she called "Name that Assessment" and would say things like, "A 20 year old, sexually...

15. NCLEX it's come to this...

    Crazed posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    For all of my time in nursing school I believed that I was somehow broken. You know those students who walk into tests with that annoying, "What will be will be," attitude? Yup that was me. When I...