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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. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. atitesting

    Crazed replied to patricia.hamblin's topic in General Students

    My hand? All the blame? Live without love? A hello kitty sticker? A funny hat and a

  17. Graduating May 2014! :)

    Crazed replied to laKrugRN's topic in General Students

    May grad. I'm not sure if they know what they're unleashing but I'm sure it will be

  18. Struggling with mental health nursing suggestions?

    Crazed replied to VAgirl247's topic in General Students

    What is it that's causing you issues? In the NCLEX world of psych nursing you can eliminate therapeutic answers that say why and what. Example Pt says to nurse, "I want to kill myself," the nurse...

  19. Advice about addressing issues?

    Crazed replied to LexieJordie13's topic in General Students

    As a student leader at my school the best piece of advice I can give you is this - it's not your job to fix it. Trust me, that department knows there is an issue and it's up to the administrator in...

  20. Do you have a nursing specialty you know you want to pursue?

    Crazed replied to goldenanchor's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Psych or ED. Sometimes it's pretty much the same

  21. A selfish nurse

    Crazed replied to infexious's topic in General Students

    I have a 3.2 GPA. I'm graduating soon but somehow have never cath'ed a live person. I once bumped into a patient's leg three days post-op a TKR. (To their credit they were very gracious about it) I...

  22. Accelerated BSN vs. Associate degree

    Crazed replied to kbellini's topic in General Students

    As a soon to be associate grad - get the

  23. Number One Pet Peeve in Nursing School: Future "Paycheck Nurses"

    Crazed replied to joshmiller2010's topic in General Students

    I'm so poor after all these years of nursing school that I am going to frame my first paycheck stub. Every morning when I pass this stub it will be a reminder to me as to how much I sacrificed to be...

  24. What can I do to raise my self confidence?

    Crazed replied to doxielover304's topic in General Students

    I always tell the newbies that I mentor this, "You're going to make mistakes and that's okay. You need to take your job seriously and yourself lightly." In any job it takes an average of 18 months to...

  25. Would you do nursing school all over again from start to get your degree?

    Crazed replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    Yes and here's why - I am supposed to be a nurse. I'd go to a different program and a different school but if that's what it took that is what I would do. Nothing else I've done has satisfied me in...