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  1. New Hire

    concretegold91 replied to BrightEyes3468's topic in Psychiatric

    Biggest piece of advice....safety...pts will be much more mobile. Know where your patients are. Risk assessments - triad of lethality. Risk factors for violence, AWOL, suicide. Code white procedures....

  2. Confusion over what psych nursing is really like?

    concretegold91 replied to PsychNursStudent's topic in Psychiatric

    Love it!! I'm in the program to be an RPN, will graduate in April 2017. May I ask what province or type of ward you work on? IV meds aren't super common in psych, from what I've seen in clinical so Im...

  3. Doulgas psych nursing jan 2015

    concretegold91 replied to ecamp427's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Late response, but the program is great so far. I'm in Semester 4 of the Bachelors program. Are you doing 2nd year direct entry or are you starting in January with the Biology, English,

  4. Doulgas psych nursing jan 2015

    concretegold91 replied to ecamp427's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    im in the program - 13 points sound pretty good. if you don't get in on the first shot, there is a waitlist that moves very quickly for that intake. I had 11 points, was #20 on the waitlist and got...

  5. Psychiatric school in BC

    concretegold91 replied to kenzie2614's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    hi - i go to douglas, just started my 2nd year in the bachelors of psych nursing program. 1st year was just biology, english, etc. (foundational courses). we've gotten all of our course outlines for...

  6. A&P textbook in hardcover or loose leaf?

    concretegold91 replied to LadyLamp's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have loose leaf and I dislike it! Pages have ripped out of my binder because they're bad quality, and now they're all mixed up because different sections of the course required different pages to...

  7. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    any idea what's going on with the online ethics course? nothing has been posted that i can see

  8. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I personally found anthropology more interesting than sociology, but socio. would definitely be a good course to take because it can cross over into psych a

  9. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    hey, I've already taken all of my electives and I had taken Sociology & Anthropology before...it said basically any 3 credit University Level Course, right? So I think that's pretty much up to...

  10. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Yeah it cost me 50 bucks and was a lot faster than I thought. Awesome. Just need to send in all my immunizations and I'm set! The first year looks pretty generic, only one psych nursing course! I've...

  11. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    how did it go with the physicians assessment? I made an appointment but I don't know how long it will take/how much it will cost

  12. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    got my acceptance yesterday!!

  13. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I think if you contact them you can get an extension! (I remember reading that on another forum..becuase of appointment dates,

  14. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Just found out I'm #4 on the wait list!!

  15. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    11! yeah I know..I have a feeling I'll get accepted last minute. And yeah I'm checking every couple of days so fingers

  16. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    congrats! I'm getting more and more nervous

  17. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    anyone heard

  18. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I work as a receptionist at a long term care facility and they counted that as work experience...generally, anything that involves a hospital/retirement home/shelter/crisis phone line seems to...

  19. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    good to know! So more people should hear in a few weeks then! :) I also contacted Douglas again to ask if the wait list is applicable for the winter intake too, and they said that it isn't and you...

  20. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    If we've been waitlisted for this term does this mean we're guaranteed a seat for next term? Anyone know? And pinkbubbles, if you're reading this - what was the deadline you were given to...

  21. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I think they have 60 or so

  22. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Guys, I e-mailed Douglas. I got this response: "All the seat offers for the Pyschiatric Nursing Diploma and Degree have been given out. Applicants who have been ranked for preferential points but have...

  23. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    one person with 13 points has been accepted, and now you and another person both have 12. I have 11. You guys will be next to hear I guess, and then me (hopefully!). I've been meaning to ask how old...

  24. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    hopefully! still nothing for

  25. Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2013

    concretegold91 replied to kacey1307's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    omg!! That's fantastic!!