joanne.od

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1. Need ideas for nursing education groups

   joanne.od replied to Jolly's topic in Psychiatric

   i think you should start with the concept of health rather than mental illness. gardening and baking are great activities that clients can enjoy and are meaningful and life long learning skills.empowerment is key and getting clients involved in doing...

2. Thinking about cross-training as a psych nurse. . .advice please

   joanne.od replied to thesundowner's topic in Psychiatric

   if its one thing iv learned in my 1st year of training its USE YOUR COMMON SENSE.....if you feel your in a dangerous position you probably are.psych nursing can be great fun and mind your own head.....enjoy :)

3. I'm in, I start nursing school in the fall

   joanne.od replied to truckinusa's topic in Pre-Nursing

   im nearly finished my first year of psych nursing.im loving it....theres defo an opening for health promo in nursing.you could use your computer skills to develop info packages for schools or something similar...enjoy the experience.it goes really fa...

4. Evidence-Based Practice...your thoughts

   joanne.od replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

   im only in my 1st year of nursing. i find EBP has it's place in nursing but accessing the info while on the wards is virtually impossible. i also find it useful for other modules such as sociology as you can relate EBP to the conformity or unionship ...