JustKeepDriving

JustKeepDriving

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  1. Milieu Disruptive Behavior

    JustKeepDriving replied to arbasham3363's topic in Psychiatric

    I spent most of my career as a charge on the maximum security forensic psychiatric intensive care unit at a state hospital. We were suppose to be a male/female GEI (Guilty with the exception of...

  2. Should I consider this psych job?

    JustKeepDriving replied to empatheticRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I highly recommend getting psych experience before deciding if the Psych NP role is something you plan on pursuing. Right now, it seems to be gaining in popularity, and my state definitely has a...

  3. Don't talk bad about your patients

    JustKeepDriving replied to BrendaH84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work psychiatric nursing with a forensic population... some of which have heinous crimes and can be truly terrifying to work with. If the staff needs to vent, I for one welcome it am happy to...

  4. knock it off or i'm going to put you in restraints!

    JustKeepDriving replied to celery_juice's topic in Psychiatric

    I've always described psychiatric nursing to my orientees and students as a massive game of chess between patient rights and unit safety. Patient's have the right to be obnoxious however both staff...

  5. If you want to work in psych you must be crazy yourself...

    JustKeepDriving replied to Msmedic68w's topic in Psychiatric

    Honestly, I say a lot a stupid stuff and have "insert foot in mouth" moments more often that I would like to admit. I think I had a filter once (you know -- the one that says "you probably shouldn't...

  6. What is the worst case of bullying you've seen in your nursing career?

    JustKeepDriving replied to Guest878640's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've found what people consider "bullying" in the professional world to be rather subjective. That's not to say that it doesn't exist - I've worked at toxic facilities before - but there are also...

  7. If you want to work in psych you must be crazy yourself...

    JustKeepDriving replied to Msmedic68w's topic in Psychiatric

    I prefer terminally unique, thank you very much! Honestly though, you just have to shrug off what people say. It will go a long way both in your practice as a psychiatric nurse (those patients come...

  8. What is your biggest struggle

    JustKeepDriving replied to synaptic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am not an NP... I'll be starting a program for PMHNP in the fall. I'm excited that I was accepted (the program only took 10 people) but I'm terrified that my RN experience won't be enough (even...

  9. Perhaps this Wasn't for Me

    JustKeepDriving replied to PG2018's topic in Psychiatric

    I'll just start off by saying that I've happily reserved myself to the fact that I am probably going to die a forensic psych nurse. I've done some detours (Pediatric Periop and will be staring an...

  10. Who should run a psych unit?

    JustKeepDriving replied to Kungfuzed's topic in Psychiatric

    I have both a BA in psychology and a BSN. My BA in psychology gave me a great background in psychosocial theory, development and the DSM. The BSN however gave me way more skills (BA in psych does not...

  11. Important development

    JustKeepDriving replied to BeOne77's topic in Psychiatric

    These are my thoughts on the subject: I'm really tired of mental health being viewed as some strange entity distinct from physical health. Like some dude wandered out into the desert and ate nothing...

  12. Yikes! Violence?

    JustKeepDriving replied to Rnrpnwannabe's topic in Psychiatric

    Honestly, got hit a few times and kneed in the jaw once and I had a few patient's threaten to hunt me down and kill/rape/sodomize me when they got out, had a patient bite himself in the tongue and...

  13. Yikes! Violence?

    JustKeepDriving replied to Rnrpnwannabe's topic in Psychiatric

    I started off working forensic psych in the behavioral stabilization unit (basically my specialty was stabilizing the violent criminally insane) as a new graduate. Psych nursing is an amazing career,...

  14. What will a bachelors in psychology get me as a nurse?

    JustKeepDriving replied to itsbekah's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I wish I could describe my job as a psych nurse as boring. I work forensic psych. It's all fun and games until the malingerer runs out of his room with a screw he pulled out of the freaking wall and...

  15. Overtime dependent nurses

    JustKeepDriving replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not trying to disagree with you, but my facility has been running like this since 1890. We try and try to recruit more nursing staff. In the past 4 months we hired an RN and 2 LPN- just for my...

  16. Overtime dependent nurses

    JustKeepDriving replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Personally, my unit wouldn't be able to run if it wasn't for OT. I do OT about 2x a week (1. I drive about 1 hr and a 1/2 just to get to work and it pays the gas - the nursing jobs out here aren't...

  17. How often do you encounter violence?

    JustKeepDriving replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    I work on a lock down forensic behavioral stabilization Psych unit. Violence directed towards staff happens every day. These patients are criminally insane and the majority are guilty with exception...

  18. Stop it!

    JustKeepDriving replied to RNGriffin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Stop with the rapid fire emails to management everytime you disagree with a call I make on the floor. By choice you spend all day in the observation room and are only on the floor for a few minutes...

  19. The Childish "I Wuv You" Act

    JustKeepDriving replied to LittleTwinStars's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Good boundaries are one of the best things you can have as a nurse. Not all of our patient's are sweet little old men/ladies looking for comfort. I work as a forensic psychiatric nurse - my patient's...

  20. Portland Job Market for New Grads

    JustKeepDriving replied to tritons09's topic in Oregon Nursing

    The Portland new grad market for RN's (especially those with Associate's degrees) is terrible. I would not recommend anyone moving here for their first RN job. I had to do it because my S/O moved here...

  21. Will it ever get better out there?

    JustKeepDriving replied to friendlyjane's topic in General Nursing

    Just an FYI: the "Hospital" requirement - is actually a pretty HUGE requirement (unless you're willing to move anywhere). It is almost impossible to land a first nursing job in a hospital in many,...

  22. Where's the tipping point???

    JustKeepDriving replied to RetSGT's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with Dranger on this one. If you want that awesome Acute Care hospital job - you're going to have to be willing to make sacrifices. In many areas, if you want ANY job - even the least coveted...

  23. Preceptor experience is not going well

    JustKeepDriving replied to SCnurse89's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a relatively new RN (I've been out of nursing school for almost exactly a year), I'm new in the position that I'm currently in (I've been at the hospital for 6 months, but working in this...

  24. Arizona nurse looking to move to Portland, Oregon

    JustKeepDriving replied to NurseElise22's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Right now Portland has a difficult job market. They have some top notch RN-BSN/ABSN/ELMSN programs (OHSU, Lindfield, UOPortland ect.) that graduate a new batch of nurses almost every semester. Then...

  25. Unrealistic nursing students

    JustKeepDriving replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

    The OP's post is geared at second degree BSN students acting unprofessional and having - according to her - unrealistic professional goals. However, one could just as much replace Second Degree BSN...