Stephalump

Stephalump

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  1. Love the Job, Hate the Environment

    Stephalump posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    4 months ago I started a forensic psych job. It's stressful and challenging, but I love it. Watching my patients improve has been an amazing experience. What hasn't been amazing is my experience with...

  2. Patient Population?

    Stephalump replied to smoup's topic in Psychiatric

    Adults who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial...so inmates. Mostly male. I honestly love the population. My goal is to get into

  3. Eliminating Seclusion/Restraint? Um, NO.

    Stephalump replied to Angeljho's topic in Psychiatric

    How would that even be

  4. Comfortable shoes?

    Stephalump replied to Chickie77's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love me some Nike Air

  5. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    Stephalump replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    You are loved, Esme. Best wishes for your

  6. Benzo free inpatient hospital?

    Stephalump replied to PeacockMaiden's topic in Psychiatric

    It's not out of line. It's my opinion, which I'm entitled to. Out of line is "monitoring" people's freedom to express such opinions on a public message board. But I suppose you're entitled to your...

  7. Perhaps this Wasn't for Me

    Stephalump replied to PG2018's topic in Psychiatric

    I love forensic psych. Love, love, love it and intend on starting grad school soon and hopefully working with the same population. That being said...yes, it can be horribly boring at times. I can be...

  8. Benzo free inpatient hospital?

    Stephalump replied to PeacockMaiden's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't work in a benzo-free facility, per se, but very, very few of my patients receive them outside of an ETO. Their reasoning is a bit more straight-forward. I work in a forensic facility where all...

  9. Security guards

    Stephalump replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    I had to laugh out loud at the idea that all of my medication restraints could've been avoided by something so simple....JUICE!!! I'll admit, sometimes if you know a patient well enough and they're...

  10. Security guards

    Stephalump replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    We have four safety officers per shift and usually around 90 or so

  11. Four years to earn an ADN :/

    Stephalump replied to mdiada's topic in General Students

    It took me four years to get my ADN as well. Trust me, those kinds of thoughts only matter when you're at the starting line. You won't be the least bit concerned about the details of getting there...

  12. You may want to consider looking at less desirable career options such as a nursing home o

    Stephalump replied to fin0814's topic in Home Health

    Less desirable doesn't mean "bad career choice." I'd be willing to bet money that the difference in the number of applications for every home health job and the number of apps per hospital job is...

  13. Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    Stephalump replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    I knew right away that I wasn't going to do med-surg, l&d, nursing homes, or OR. I wanted ER or psych and ended up in psych with no regrets thus

  14. Love the Job, Hate the Environment

    Stephalump replied to Stephalump's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I haven't read the book, but I definitely need to! I have very little experience dealing with people like her. My normal method of keeping my head down doesn't seem to be working. Probably because of...

  15. Major Boundary Violation

    Stephalump replied to Psychedoutnj's topic in Psychiatric

    Turn yourself in to someone you trust . Boundary violations beget more boundary violations and it's a hard cycle to stop with manipulative populations or struggling nurses. You can get some help. I...

  16. Nervous about new job!!

    Stephalump replied to RN1485's topic in Psychiatric

    I work forensic psych and I love it! Sometimes the lack of freedom can be annoying - there are downsides to working on a locked unit and dealing the with extra rules/restrictions that go along with...

  17. ANA urges increased workforce funding; 1.1 Million new nurses needed

    Stephalump replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Same here (TX). With the exception of physicians office nurses and the like, hospitals pay $3-7 dollars less an hour to new grads than places like rehab, ltac, nursing homes, psych, etc. I'd have to...

  18. Dating a former patient

    Stephalump replied to thepsychtech's topic in Psychiatric

    It's happened. Relationships between staff and patients have ended, and the trauma has put the patient right back in the facility where they met and I bet they're info is EVERYWHERE.

  19. clinical instructor problem or is it me?

    Stephalump replied to studentnurse162484's topic in General Students

    I forgot to label a med in clinical once. Technically, my preceptor drew it up while I watched and then left it for me to give with my instructor - common practice where I was. All hell broke loose...

  20. Do nurses have free time?

    Stephalump replied to nickchan's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have plenty of time for a social life! What gets in the way is my schedule. I'm sitting at home 3 days a week in the middle of the week when everyone else and their mother is working. But two...

  21. Dating a former patient

    Stephalump replied to thepsychtech's topic in Psychiatric

    I fell for a psych patient once, before I was a nurse. He was smart, funny, loyal, and kind. We had similar senses of humor and shared the same hobbies. It was one of those otherworldly instant...

  22. Dating a former patient

    Stephalump replied to thepsychtech's topic in Psychiatric

    I wish there were more resources for issues like this. It's completely normal and reasonable to find love/attraction at work. Walking away can be extremely difficult. And talking about it can be...

  23. Dating a former patient

    Stephalump replied to thepsychtech's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree that they need support and relationships are important. 100%. But what are we signing up to do? Be a source of professional support? Or a source of personal support? Dual roles rarely work -...

  24. Dating a former patient

    Stephalump replied to thepsychtech's topic in Psychiatric

    People in inpatient psych generally have deep seated issues, or they wouldn't be there. People don't have severe major depression, schizophrenia, bpd, bipolar disorder, ptsd, WHATEVER, because they...

  25. Dating a former patient

    Stephalump replied to thepsychtech's topic in Psychiatric

    .....no. Just no. This kind of thought process is exactly WHY these relationships are doomed from the beginning. That pervasive idea that we can "save" someone or "fix" them with our