oliverandmollycat

oliverandmollycat specializes in Psychiatry.

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1. Nursing topic groups

   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 necessarily been 100% trained for. Not saying tha...

2. If you work contingent/casual, how much?

   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 because they were always short staffed/had plenty of ...

3. Looking for advice on my career path.

   oliverandmollycat replied to oliverandmollycat's topic in Career Support

   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 by a college, I have a nursing licence etc. We aren...

4. Looking for advice on my career path.

   oliverandmollycat posted a topic in Career Support

   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 includes except for maternity and pediatrics.) I gradu...

5. Feeling lost.

   oliverandmollycat posted a topic in New Nurse

   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 confident with my psychiatric nursing skills like doing on...

6. Checking Vital Signs in LTC

   oliverandmollycat posted a topic in Medications

   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 meds. My question is, in LTC do nurses still check BP...