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  1. New RN feeling burned out, stressed

    tricia1 replied to NurseBettyRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I read your post this am and have been thinking about it. I have been working in psych about 13 years. To answer some of your questions. Some of what your role is is to be the resposible person on the...

  2. Burnout and career indecision

    tricia1 replied to filer157's topic in Psychiatric

    I can SO relate to the burnout. I agree it is feeling more and more unsafe in psych. I am thinking to change area of practice. I am thinking Hospice as it would be lower medical type nursing and...

  3. Banning smoking for psychiatric patients

    tricia1 replied to Bjo's topic in Psychiatric

    I work as a RN in a State Psychiatric Hospital that went smoke free about two years ago.The hospital consists of forensic as well as adult and geri patients.There was exstensive groundwork to prepare...

  4. What is your experience as RN/Family Member during a Hospitalization?

    tricia1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My Husband was in the Hospital for 3 weeks in September. I started out very low key/low profile and discovered that I should have been far more assertive and alot sooner. Medical care was OK but the...

  5. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    tricia1 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    The husband that DOSE'NT listen to you 'cause he is more use to ignoring you

  6. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

    tricia1 replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    My Husband was recently in the Hospital for 3 weeks with what started as a biopsy with a 24 h observation but turned into the afore mentioned 3 weeks which included 3 days in ICU.and in that entire...

  7. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

    tricia1 replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry for your lose.I too had very close relationships with both my grandmothers. I belive you can use this to give the kind of care you would want to have seen your MawMaw

  8. Do I NEED Med-Surg training to be a psych nurse?

    tricia1 replied to EarthChild1130's topic in Psychiatric

    The only thing I would add to all the great replies is if you do only Psych. Nursing first I have seen several RNs that personally felt limited when they wanted to make a change out of psych nursing....

  9. hospice training???

    tricia1 replied to psychRN@ash's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I also am a Psych. RN interested in changing over to Hospice.I specifacaly want free- standing unit as I have done home health for psych before and do not like the driving/ the isolation from...