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Anyone here that is a current or former Psychiatric RN at UCLA Medical Center? I am debating trying to make a move into Psych Nursing and would love some first hand input. History: I am a fairly new grad, graduated in 2010 with a BSN, worked on the f...

I’ve been out of clinical setting for 10 years. Before that I had two years in the operating room. I’m being offered a 3-11pm shift at a nursing home. I will be the only RN in the shift with about 72 patients. I’ve been reassured that I will have at ...

I graduated from nursing school in 2010 and worked in the OR for about 18 months, only in Neurosurgery. I left nursing in 2012 and worked in administration. I was just hired at a surgery center as an OR circulator. I was very upfront about my expe...

Thank you again! I am going to hold onto you like my security blanket as I start this new journey. I am going through this specialty thread like you suggested and grabbing what looks helpful. I will also be printing out a list of common labs, meds...

Thank you so much! I just got back from my 2 hours of "orientation"...if you can call it that. I look at patients with tube feedings, IV ABX, O2, etc and I freak out! It's been since clinicals 12 years ago that I had patients like that. I've been rea...

Thank you! I have orientation tomorrow and will bring up all of those issues. My job title is RN Supervisor and I think the pay is decent. I was told there would be 9-10 CNA AND 2 LVN. To be honest I’m terrified of being the senior (and only) nurse ...

Not really. I just want to get back into nursing.

I’ve been out of clinical practice for 10 years. I got a call yesterday from a company that runs 38 nursing homes near me. The have had 17 positives and 2 deaths. They are hiring like crazy because they are creating COVID isolation units in the faci...

If you’re willing, try nursing homes. I just got hired at a nursing home in a newly created COVID isolation unit. I’ve been out of clinical practice for 10 years! I got called on Thursday. Orienting in Friday. Starting ASAP. And the rate is insane.

I am a late in life nurse, getting my BSN at 40. I worked one year on a General Medical floor followed by a year and a half in the OR at a major hospital in Los Angeles. I left in 2012 to work in hospital administration and pursue other interests. ...

I graduated from nursing school with a BSN in May 2010. Nursing was my second career and I didn't start nursing school until I was 40 years old. I was in an accelerated BSN program in Los Angeles and found a job quickly out of school. I worked on th...

Anyone? Need advice ASAP. This is the only psych hospital that will hire without psych experience, so I'm considering a job offer as an RN.

Anyone worked here before? Have an interview there for an RN position and was wondering what the culture/managment/co-worker situation is like? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Orca - Thank you again!

Orca, Got the PM, but I don't have "permission" to reply on PM yet. Thanks so much for taking the time to help me out. I really appreciate it.

Good to hear that you're still in Psych. I'm really going to try to get some experience, maybe volunteering somewhere because that seems to be such a barrier to moving into psych. The hospital that I did my new grad program at didn't let you even c...

I'm at UCLA in Westwood.

Orca, Thank you so much, that would be amazing! Feel free to pass my email along to him: [email protected]

Hey, I wanted to keep in touch with you because as I mentioned in the original post, I don't work at NPI at RRUMC. I work at the school of medicine, am a nurse, but currently working as an administrative assistant. When do you start there? I'd love...

Ruby Vee, I wanted to apologize for my resonse. I have reread it and I realize that I was overreacting. I think that I am so frustrated and disheartened by my situation that I am overly sensitive. I thank you for your response and will take it to ...

Everyone, I thank you all for your responses, they are all giving me food for thought and genuine insight into my journey to finding the right nursing career for me. If I offended anyone, particularly RubyVee, I am sorry. Someone posted that I may ...

hopfrogger, i know this was an old post, you probably already took a position, but for my two cents: if you have issues with stress/OCD then the OR would be a tough place for you. I was a circulator and was on the edge of panic attacks almost everyd...

Mrs Hoskins, Thank you for your kind response. I am actually seriously considering geriatric homecare, hospice or LTC. I think what I didn't like that most about the nursing positions that I had was that the pace was so fast I hardly had any time t...

Ruby Vee, I "only lasted" 8 months on the floor because it was a waiting period until the OR training program started. I "only lasted" in the OR for 15 months because I herniated a disk. I'm not sure what you're idea of "fast-paced" is or what town...

I graduated from nursing school with a BSN in May 2010. Nursing was my second career and I didn't start nursing school until I was 40 years old. I was in an accelerated BSN program in Los Angeles and found a job quickly out of school. I worked on the...