oliverandmollycat replied to BlessesRN_2011's topic in Psychiatric
Hmm. This is tough! I'm of the opinion that you should have special training to run groups because it is a lot of work! But I know that this is the real world and we get put into situations we haven't...
oliverandmollycat replied to NoviceRN10's topic in General Nursing
Hmm. I think where I live you have to pick up one shift every three months. I don't think even that is very well enforced though! At two of my casual/PRN positions I could work every day/any shift...
oliverandmollycat replied to oliverandmollycat's topic in Nursing Career
Hi, Thank you for your reply! Sorry, I should have specified that I am from Alberta, Canada. Here we have RNs, LPNs, and RPNs. So Registered Psychiatric Nurses are a specialty and we are regulated...
Hi everyone, First, a quick background on me. I'm a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (majority of my training focused on psychiatry, but my scope includes everything that a Registered Nurses's scope...
Hi everyone, Just looking for some advice and somewhere to talk. I just graduated from a psychiatric nursing program last December, and I'm feeling inadequate as a grad nurse. I feel fairly...
Hi, I'm a new grad (psychiatric nurse) starting in long term care tomorrow. I've worked in long term care as an aide before, and I noticed that the nurses rarely checked vital signs before giving...