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  1. Which diagnosis?

    taydian replied to nursegreene's topic in Psychiatric

    substance abusers with personality disorders are by far the worst forme. Can't stand those guys. Nothing but grief all day. I'll take an aggressive psychotic over a manipulating addict any

  2. Male Psychiatric Nurses

    taydian replied to fiba's topic in Psychiatric

    I appreciate any male staff around, nurse or nurse assistant, depending on the type of patient is involved. I don't depend on a male staff member to deal with patients directly if I'm the first one to...

  3. How do you know when it's time to move on?

    taydian replied to NYNursingStudent's topic in Nursing Career

    Maybe because I'm on a psych facility, to me shifts are meaningful....evenings and nights are WAY less stressful than days. You mentioned "night". Do you work night shift? If you're a night shift...

  4. It is so hard to be nice sometimes.

    taydian replied to taydian's topic in Psychiatric

    Oops. The last response was in reply to

  5. It is so hard to be nice sometimes.

    taydian posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'll admit: I have a hard time being cool with the personality folks and substance abusers (the etoh's, however, haven't been bad at all). I hate how dramatic they can be. I hate how manipulative they...

  6. It is so hard to be nice sometimes.

    taydian replied to taydian's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm not so sure I entirely agree. Maybe its because of the type of facilities I've worked at. I've never worked at a private facility before... The types of units I've worked at were rampant with...

  7. Hospital Unit Secretaries

    taydian replied to TheCommuter's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I love having a unit secretary. I used to work evening shift at my previous job so there was no need for a secretary. But now I work day shift at a new job. Last Friday, we had so many call-outs...

  8. I never expected....

    taydian replied to dsb_fam's topic in General Students

    One day during a peds rotation, I was taking care of a little boy, around 6 or 7 yo. I can't remember what he was admitted for, but he was soon to be discharged. So, towards the end of my clinical...

  9. "Seasoned Nurses will eat their young"

    taydian posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Probably a recurring question on here............but........... Is this still generally true? Have any of you seasoned nurses treated new nurses badly? I heard about this often, but I, nor other...

  10. How did you get out of getting the Flu shot?

    taydian replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Do you really believe that every single person washes his/her hands after a sneeze or cough? Do you really believe every health care worker washes their hands after contact, period? Not everyone does...

  11. "Seasoned Nurses will eat their young"

    taydian replied to taydian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I kind of figured this topic has been worked to death....but, hey, you never know what others have to contribute.....hence the "disclaimer" up

  12. "Seasoned Nurses will eat their young"

    taydian replied to taydian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, not me....I am a "new" nurse. My kids' school nurse is the one who worked at my current facility 15 years ago. Sorry for the ambiguity

  13. psych nurse position second chance!

    taydian replied to britmansf18's topic in Psychiatric

    Fair enough. However, my patients don't know how I interact with people outside of the unit, so, as far as they know, I fist bump everyone. It does fit my personality and they're all very receptive...

  14. Frequent Flier Teachers

    taydian replied to Kschaefer90's topic in School

    "You're the nurse. You're the one who is supposed to deal with the crap I'm not hired to deal with. I teach. You deal with the yucky physical stuff.............and if I don't send this kid to you,...

  15. Things are not as bad as you think...

    taydian replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    "When it looks like things are not going your way. When it looks like everything is working against you. When it feels like the end of the world." Wow. I feel "blah" at times..........but never...

  16. I want to become a nurse but my gpa is low

    taydian replied to jwhn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I thought nursing school was extremely hard compared to the science prereqs. However, someone above said that she felt the prereqs were harder than nursing program. The prereqs are, I feel, 100%...

  17. Why more men are needed

    taydian replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think more men...big men... are needed in psych. Some patients respond.....and get right the hell up quickly, a lot better with that male

  18. Does psych nursing affect ur home life?

    taydian replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Psychiatric

    It's not really a warped sense of normal. Normalcy is also adaptation......and nurses, especially, psych nurses, in a sense, are a part of that abnormal "culture". Med nurses, I do feel for you. You...

  19. Need help with Careplan (hyperphosphatemia)

    taydian replied to Tmari1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Holy crap. I really admire medical nurses. I'm not demeaning psych at all by any means......... but medical nursing. Much love and respect to you

  20. Anyone else offended by this radio commercial?

    taydian replied to T-Bird78's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have my BSN....but I'm not offended by it because I realize it's a marketing ploy. They are business who hired another business to recruit students for the sake of capitalism. It's a...

  21. Sorry, but no..:

    taydian replied to Carpediem1012's topic in General Students

    I'm used to documenting patients as "clients" (although verbally I'll sometimes refer to them as patients or clients) from my previous place of employment. At my new place when I document, I am having...

  22. psych nurse position second chance!

    taydian replied to britmansf18's topic in Psychiatric

    "Or is it just going to come with training/experience?" Advice that 25 year psych nurse gave me: build a rapport with each patient from day one ...or within a few days of admission....and during...

  23. Does psych nursing affect ur home life?

    taydian replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Psychiatric

    Doesn't/hasn't affected my life outside of work.............. However, I do often find myself "diagnosing" guests on a particular TV talk show -- that is a constant train wreck I can't avoid watching...

  24. New grad psych nurse... need some advice

    taydian replied to GenDaRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Psych nursing requires some serious interpersonal skills. However, unlike medical nursing, it is easy for psych nurses employed on a psych floor to "avoid" patients. But in order to be a true psych...

  25. Being a Psych RN

    taydian replied to JM_RN's topic in Psychiatric

    I've only been in government. First for the state. Now for the fed government (VA nurse). If you want to make a difference, don't go government. That's all I'll say. Good luck to