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  1. Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

    lovetosleep posted a topic in Psychiatric

    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...

  2. Any advice on how to get tuition reimbursement?

    lovetosleep replied to bijou's topic in Western Governors University

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

  3. Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

    lovetosleep replied to lovetosleep's topic in Psychiatric

    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...

  4. Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

    lovetosleep replied to lovetosleep's topic in Psychiatric

    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...

  5. Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

    lovetosleep replied to lovetosleep's topic in Psychiatric

    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

  6. Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

    lovetosleep replied to lovetosleep's topic in Psychiatric

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

  7. Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

    lovetosleep replied to lovetosleep's topic in Psychiatric

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

  8. Late for work excuses

    lovetosleep replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  9. Help covering tattoos?

    lovetosleep replied to Chickie77's topic in General Students

    I mean merona

  10. Help covering tattoos?

    lovetosleep replied to Chickie77's topic in General Students

    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...

  11. 30 unit option. CA BRN concurrency isues.

    lovetosleep replied to nursefromcali's topic in Nurse Registration

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

  12. first RN paycheck?

    lovetosleep replied to nauticaburt561's topic in General Nursing

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

  13. Bombed my first interview!!

    lovetosleep replied to NurseRose84's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

  14. Just Starting this Journey

    lovetosleep replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Western Governors University

    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...

  15. I completed my BSN today. Feel free to ask any questions

    lovetosleep replied to TheCommuter's topic in Western Governors University

    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

  16. I completed my BSN today. Feel free to ask any questions

    lovetosleep replied to TheCommuter's topic in Western Governors University

    Yay,

  17. Worried about algebra

    lovetosleep replied to heartsgal's topic in Western Governors University

    I also got the algebra class waived because of my Rn license. I did have to take statistics, which almost prevented me from signing up to the program. I can do dosage calculations all day, but when it...

  18. How many of you actually enjoy your job?!

    lovetosleep replied to kwerno00's topic in General Nursing

    I like my job the majority of the time. I love my speciality, love my coworkers, like my patients, and usually can't stand their family members. There are always good days and bad days, but most of...

  19. weekend work Harder?

    lovetosleep replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    No, weekends are way easier because management and ancillary staff Is not there. Also, the phone barely rings on the

  20. Area of nursing with the least amount of vomit?

    lovetosleep replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    That's so funny! When my cats vomit and I am at home alone I will also cover it with something and wait for my husband to come home. When we had a dog, I attempted to clean up its vomit once but...

  21. Area of nursing with the least amount of vomit?

    lovetosleep replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    Psych does not have vomiting very often. The only time I saw it was when it was the pt was intentionally making herself vomit on the floor for attention. I have a vomit phobia too, I also vomited on...

  22. No 1:1 sitter for fall risk patient

    lovetosleep replied to RNKX's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We run into this problem at my work pretty often, and I also wonder how to document. Often we are so short that there is no charge, no Cna on the floor, and we will have one 1:1 when there are 3 pts...

  23. Shadow People/ghosts at work

    lovetosleep replied to name goes here's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what they are, but I saw one at the hospital I work at. Half of the staff has seen it at one point or

  24. for those who work 12 hour shifts, how long is your lunch break?

    lovetosleep replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Nursing

    It's supposed to be 30 minutes unpaid. I usually get 15 if I'm lucky before I get interrupted or have to get up to do

  25. do you wash your hair every day?

    lovetosleep replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have to wash my hair everyday or it gets so greasy that it looks like I have not washed it in a week. I am jealous of these people who can get away with washing it less