CC918

CC918 specializes in Psych.

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1. What is a Psych-Tech?

   CC918 replied to AllieRat's topic in General Students

   licensed psych techs in California are under the same board as LVNs: Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians at my unit, the LPTs does pretty much exactly the same thing as RNs, except there's this one part in our documentation where ...

2. Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

   CC918 replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

   I'm in a locked psych unit, so the unit is constantly buzzing and loud. I find my couple of minutes of peace by going into the kitchen that is staff only, and take a sip of tea and just stare into space. Those couple minutes helps my brain and muscl...

3. What scrubs do you like best?

   CC918 replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I like the Dickie's ones, I find most of the pants perfect length for me and I'm about your size. Although every so often I find a pair just a tad too long so I'd hem them up. And they have nice cutting, gives you a bit of shape so it's not just a st...

4. Missed fingerstick

   CC918 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new grad nurse and just started working on an acute psychiatric inpatient unit 3 months ago. The patients are not bed bound and are up and about on the unit. I had a patient who has fingersticks TID before meals and is on sliding scale. I w...

5. Holiday Pay Policy

   CC918 replied to theatredork's topic in General Nursing

   i agree. i work for the city also and holiday pay is on the 5th. although the union argued so that regular benefited staff gets an extra day off if they have to work on the 4th, which falls on a sunday. but i am per diem, so that does not apply to...

6. Comfort Food After a L o n g Shift

   CC918 replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

   mashed potatoes and gravy!

7. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   CC918 replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   You know you're a psych nurse when you hear a loud sound, you quickly turn and jump out of your chair to see if it's a patient acting out.

8. Bunions

   CC918 replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

   When I was student and rotated to the OR to observe for the day, the nurses there made sure I saw a bunionectomy...because many nurses will need one, apparently.

9. Things you only learn on the floor...

   CC918 replied to leonurse's topic in General Nursing

   as a new grad, im learning now that most everything i learn on the floor! lol. school was just the tip of the iceberg!

10. Where are all the pregnant women?

    CC918 replied to nitx's topic in Ob/Gyn

    it's the cold winter, people snuggle up at night in december/january...and couple months later in late summer/early fall....babies come! :) congrats on your pregnancy!

11. Having trouble fitting in

    CC918 replied to new_oldRN's topic in General Nursing

    i kind of feel the opposite of you. im a new grad nurse in my mid-20s. im on an acute psych unit where i'd say 80% of the staff are my parents age and they haven't hired any new grads in a good few years. so the youngest people i've met are over 3...

12. When does this feeling end...

    CC918 replied to Reese17's topic in New Nurse

    I am also one month into my job in acute psych. i am per diem so i float between 4 units. i feel exactly the way you do. the anxiety i get before work each night and morning is enough for me to start thinking about finding a different job. but at ...

13. A totally different career path please

    CC918 replied to spp2423's topic in New Nurse

    are you sure it's not just the reality shock and transition of being a student to a "real nurse"? I am a new grad, one month into my job and at times I find myself questioning why I got into nursing, why I got into psych nursing, why I chose the hos...

14. New to Per Diem, personal Health Insurance questions

    CC918 replied to RNtn23's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also a 20something y.o. per diem in SF and I have health insurance through Kaiser Permanente. It's my 3rd year purchasing individual health insurance from them so the cost has gone up significantly since my first year. Just go to kp.org and hit...

15. What is "otho"?

    CC918 replied to CC918's topic in General Nursing

    that's what I thought originally but in multiple areas of the website, they referred it as "otho". and when I google it, the only thing that comes up is various jobs that are geriatric/otho or otho-neuro. Thanks anyhow!