Cullen1989

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1. New grad psych nurse

   Cullen1989 replied to SummerloveRN's topic in General Nursing

   Psychiatry is tough! I'm rather new, only 3 years in, but I often find myself asking is this really where I want to be? Problems with the same patients coming back, verbal threats, there is a constant...

2. New grad psych nurse

   Cullen1989 replied to SummerloveRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the book advice! As a psychiatric nurse myself, I'm struggling with those same feelings of " burn out" , what am I really doing for this patient, I'm not healing a wound? They keep coming...

3. New grad vs Veteran

   Cullen1989 replied to mm7614's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Sounds rough! From what I've experienced , internal candidates take preference but it all depends on what the hiring manager is looking for. You don't know what her track record looks like, and...