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HR should be able to help you with this. I get reimbursement through my job and hr helped me understand what I needed to do

Wow, thank you for all the replies. To answer some of your questions, we have no union. Our entire unit had a meeting amongst ourselves to discuss this and try to get on the same page. We all agree that it is not enough training and will not be safe. No one has any desire to learn or be trained for other floors. We had a meeting with our manager to discuss our concerns and it did not go very well. We were told 3-4 days should be plenty because we are experienced nurses (psych nurses 😤) and that if we don't like what will be required of us we don't have to work here anymore. They will float anyone getting overtime first, then per diem, part time, and full time. We only had 2 per diem nurses who put in their notice after the meeting, it is mostly full time people on our floor so we should get floated evenly. This seems hopeless.

Except for one nurse, Our entire unit has only ever worked in psych our entire careers. If I had any desire to work med surg I feel I would need an entire new grad type orientation. I have not been on a med surg floor since school.

I have zero desire to ever work med surg. I think I would rather work a lower paid non nursing job than have to work med surg.

I think the only thing we can do is look for new jobs, which almost everyone is. This just seems like an awful idea.

They will give us 3-4 days of orientation and expect us to take a full patient load.

Hello, I am wondering if any of you fellow psych nurses are being forced to float to med surg or telemetry? My hospital will be starting this soon and we are not happy about it. I have never heard of other hospitals making psych nurses float and am wondering how common this is?

I used to live in a terrible neighborhood. I got stuck in my house because there was a dead body along with the coroner van and tons of police blocking my driveway. My boss didn't believe me when and told me to stop making excuses. It was on the news later and they ended up apologizing to me later.

I mean merona brand.

I have a chest piece that goes above my collar bone and I always find long sleeve shirts that go up high enough at forever 21. Forever 21 has the best long sleeve shirts, but sometimes target has the long sleeve merits brand that works too. And both stores are cheap. Whenever I buy them, I stock up and will get 15-20 at once because they don't carry them all the time.

Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health offers the 30 unit option.

I took 500 out and went on a shopping spree for badly needed new clothes for myself, and paid off a credit card.

I bombed my first Rn interview too. I think just the fact that I already screwed one up made me feel like I would do better in the next one, at least it can't get any worse. I did fine with my other later interviews. The thing that tripped me up was jumping to immediately answer questions when I should have taken a second to get my thoughts straight. Don't hesitate to tell the interviewer, hmm give me to think about that if they ask you something your not sure about.

Yes, I agree with everyone else. If you spend your time going through all of the material they provide, you will never get done. Take the PA, then study your weak points and take the OA when you are ready. If the class just had tasks to do, just jump right in and do them, especially biochem! You will figure out what you need to know along the way.

How much do they prorate the tuition if you have less than 12 units a semester? It's looking like I may finish partway into my second semester.