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hi could someone please give me some references to study up on to look into addictions nursing - thank you tons!

Any comments / opinions on this once very controversial topic. Personal experience would be great to hear ie success, patient experience, etc. I hope to work as a psychiatric nurse and I am not sure how to feel about this treatment.

hi anybody know why most psych nurses wear street clothes? the places i am looking at are REQUIRED to wear them vs scrubs and I am just curious why that might be. this is not their problem but I have been a nurse for SO long that I have no clothes . ...

Could someone tell me the most common medications used for psychiatric emergencies? I am guessing most of them are IM but the information I have found has been from a drug company or wikipedia and not sure I can entirely trust these sources. Thank yo...

hi! could someone help me distinguish bipolar from borderline? someone told me the two have very different presentations but i dont see it. in the "real" world could the two be easily confused? i would love examples of "typical" presentations of each...

MrChicagoRN unstable behavior, moody, difficult to be around, takes no responsibility for consequences of behavior etc and i do think they are similar no matter what the cause - i have never been around a borderline person so i was simply asking for ...

Cackalacky thank you! i dont care about the cause ie genetic or whatever - i was simply looking for what i might see - its a personal situation and sometimes its hard to be intellectual / objective when dealing with family / friends - thank you so mu...

hi - I need some advice or not sure what to call it. Can someone explain the point of psych techs? Are they the same as patient care assistants on a medical floor only they work in psych? And.....would it be wrong/conflict of interest/etc for an rn ...

I too Orca apologize - I worked really hard to get my education and experience and it would mean nothing to me if it was not legit :). sorry :)

thanx for attempting to explain the accusation made by orca and I still dont understand why respond to anyone unless you are trying to help them. i re-read what i wrote and if it was not clear i meant APPARENTLY lacking as stated - i didnt go into fu...

Orca Am I the OP and what is that and as above a jail is pretty psych related - ie gave and monitored psych meds, suicide watch, hostile behavior, schizophrenics. bipolars, people very high on all types of substances with withdrawal monitoring, ran p...

Hi Meriwhen Thanks so much. I worked for three years in a jail so yeah I have more psych experience than I ever thought I would want. Inpatient hospital seems to not be liking that experience I guess because some of my patients have actually murdered...

well well at my facility the staffing is so poor the nurse giving report may not know if the patient has an access so it may be ignorance rather than lying. what a dilemma and poor patient all the way around.

ha guess i wrote it all in the title but.....anybody have advice / opinion on what would make a good substance abuse registered nurse. i have never had a problem in this area and i will study up on it very thoroughly but can i be effective without ha...

thank you Psychcns :) are you a cns? :)

hi anybody have a clue what a registered nurse would do in a urology clinic? i have never worked in a clinic and i am curious. thanks edie

hi Hygiene Queen that is really odd/funny because even though I have worked in medical and just new to psych, i certainly would know better than to wear something around my neck :) i did work with a super rich nurse one time who lost her rolex in ...

haha Hygiene Queen i wont wear heels - funny :) thanks edie

recently looked at Rush University - they told me almost all the programs are going to DNP but you can still find a few. My concern would be your competitive edge in the market when you have a MSN and everyone else is getting a DNP. I am going to do ...

I have a psych nursing interview and I am in a panic - HELP! I have lots of med surg experience and a degree in psychology as well as nursing - help me sell myself - I really want this job(i think).THANK YOU!!!!!

try.....a different area of nursing - i loved correctional nursing where the "patients" are inmates and they LOVE the nurses because they are the only ones who dont treat them like animals try.....insurance - that is computer work and referrals, etc ...

Hi Meriwhen Interview of Tuesday - just thought they might ask about the meds :). Thank you!

ok apparently i am not smart enough for this site - I am trying to reply to all the assistance i got and my thank yous all end up at the bottom even thought i hit "reply." THEREFORE THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE. I SOOO APPRECIATE THE HELP :).

thank you - i need lots of help :) its a new field for me :)

thank you and thanx for clarifying what HA is (would not have got it on my own) :)