Umberlee

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  1. Is your NP program challenging enough?

    Umberlee replied to GoalsInTransition's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I feel like it's premature to be very concerned my first semester in. I think the actual major-centric coursework will be more challenging (I'm studying psych). From a "balancing work/school/family"...

  2. Is your NP program challenging enough?

    Umberlee replied to GoalsInTransition's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Part of my undergrad program (ADN to BSN portion) was online but it was tougher than my graduate classes are starting off to be so far. Mu undergrad had timed closed-book tests for which you had to...

  3. I have several questions

    Umberlee replied to Dave2322's topic in General Students

    If your female patients don't have a problem with a male nurse bathing them or doing peri care, then don't sweat it. If you're new to the field (i.e. haven't worked previously as a CNA or in a similar...

  4. Worst interview ever

    Umberlee replied to AOx1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Haha, maybe my baseline is

  5. Worst interview ever

    Umberlee replied to AOx1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not in management, so I've never been on the better end of an interview, but I can certainly think of the worst interview I've had. It was for my prospective admission to grad school. I had...

  6. Crushing pills on long term care facilities

    Umberlee replied to newgrad1988's topic in Patient Medications

    Maybe it's a state rule, but we are not supposed to crush meds without a doctor's order. Typically, though, they will not look at individual medications but rather will just say "okay to crush all...

  7. Florida RN, Diverting

    Umberlee replied to mom2dnc's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I know when I self-reported it went something like this: sent to visit employee assistance therapist (who acted totally bored and actually YAWNED through my whole appointment) who told me about my...

  8. Outpatient psych

    Umberlee replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in Psychiatric

    I'll be starting an outpatient psych position soon and I am nervous! It's with an ACT team that is brand new so we will have lots of "growing pains" to go through I'm sure. It's only supposed to be...

  9. Another one bites the dust...

    Umberlee posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    ...another rehabilitation contract, that is. So it's official: after four years of guilt, shame, tears, re-examining life and rebuilding my career from the ground up, I was released from my monitoring...

  10. Why are nurses not paid more?

    Umberlee replied to XcrMat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    A big perk for me has always been the fact that there are nursing positions all over. Every city/county/whatever is going to have a need for nurses. Naturally with the job market becoming...

  11. Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    Umberlee replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting, thanks for posting--but I wonder who it is who actually metes out the "discipline" in these kinds of situation. In my state it clearly says that posing as a nurse is grounds for...

  12. Do you like your job?

    Umberlee replied to Toomanyhatsforme's topic in General Nursing

    I like nursing pretty well. I have mostly worked jobs that I think are pretty low-stress or low-burnout. I'm doing acute psych right now at a stabilization center and that can be touch and go as far...

  13. what are chemical restraints?

    Umberlee replied to sassyann8585's topic in Psychiatric

    its on a form that we have to read Verbatim out of our computer documentation

  14. Hello all

    Umberlee replied to Twoyearnurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I did turn myself in, but I was completely naive about the possible permanent ramifications for my license (of which, thank goodness, there are none public now that I've successfully graduated). I...

  15. what are chemical restraints?

    Umberlee replied to sassyann8585's topic in Psychiatric

    I know we steer waaaaay away from the term "chemical restraint" here and always use the phrase "emergency medication" instead--however, as part of our admission process we are supposed to ask the...

  16. Patients with gender identity issues

    Umberlee posted a topic in Psychiatric

    We have a pretty significant proportion of patients with gender-identity issues admitted here. There is no continuity to how we address these patients--some staff refer to them per their gender of...

  17. Patients with gender identity issues

    Umberlee replied to Umberlee's topic in Psychiatric

    Wow, it seems like across the board your workplaces are pretty progressive. There is no "canonized" way to address pts with gender identity issues at the hospital where I work so it's usually a split...

  18. Panic over Patho!

    Umberlee replied to masonmoore0824's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I just started patho this semester and thus far we have just been assigned reading. There are no powerpoints, there are no study guides. There are some ancillary articles and stuff to read "for our...

  19. What is/was your job going through grad school?

    Umberlee replied to 403RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've been relief staff at a couple places and this seems like it will work well for me going to school, especially since during the night at the psych hospital we sometimes have big chunks of "down...

  20. Which diagnosis?

    Umberlee replied to nursegreene's topic in Psychiatric

    I personally have had the hardest time with developmentally delayed or brain-injured patients. Borderlines are tough all around, so are manics, so are schizoaffectives...but the DD/BI are like...

  21. Psychiatric Nurse working with Police

    Umberlee replied to fiba's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks, TerpGal02...this is a brand new team that is starting from the ground up in this area. It is a small city with a pretty rural feel. I think I'll be okay, just feeling a little leery. I'm...

  22. Turned down due to nursing probation

    Umberlee replied to determined_nurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I had to take a truly awful job at the biggest dive of a nursing home we had here in town. I only did it until my restriction on passing meds was lifted, then I was lucky enough to network with...

  23. IM meds question

    Umberlee replied to sassifras85's topic in Psychiatric

    We can't have PRN IM meds pre-ordered here, unless there is just some physical reason why the person can't swallow the meds or something. We can have PO meds for anxiety or agitation but if the...

  24. Psychiatric Nurse working with Police

    Umberlee replied to fiba's topic in Psychiatric

    I just accepted a position on a new ACT team starting in our area, but this thread is making me pretty nervous...not to mention the ~$25% pay cut I'm going to have to swallow, ugh. I really would like...

  25. Male Psychiatric Nurses

    Umberlee replied to fiba's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm sure glad to work with the males we have around here. I think there are proportionally more male co-workers in the psych hospital than anywhere else I have worked in this field. Aside from male...