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  1. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Meerkat replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hang in there, Krisssy! Keep going...you'll be an even BETTER psych nurse, BECAUSE of your

  2. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Meerkat replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    *Raising Hand* Yep, Major Depression, PTSD, Social Anxiety. I'm a psych nurse, and I I really like it. I find that many of my colleagues are open about psych probs they have had, and it's refreshing...

  3. Anyone work as a Psych nurse with sex offenders?

    Meerkat replied to funnygirl_rn's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks :) I work mostly with children/adolescents so the victim-perpetrator cycle is right in my face everyday. But I can sort of see someone who doesn't see the link would question how we can work...

  4. Anyone work as a Psych nurse with sex offenders?

    Meerkat replied to funnygirl_rn's topic in Psychiatric

    I had a patient a few days ago...10 years old....attempted to rape his brother. For the CNA who asked how we can put our 'morals' behind to take care of sex offenders...you are looking at the...

  5. Pensacola nursing schools good?

    Meerkat replied to l2ebeccaLynn's topic in Florida Nursing

    I graduated from PJC. HORRIBLE. I cannot even begin to tell you how bad it is. People crying in clinical b/c profs insult or degrade ('Youre too fat to be a nurse; no one will hire you; you'll kill a...

  6. I Got The Job!!!

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's pediatric psych! I am soooo excited! I prayed for this job and I'm scared but happy at the same time! They offered me 21.50 an hour. Could I have misunderstood? That seems high, not that I am...

  7. I Got The Job!!!

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Oh My Gosh, JenRN, that puppy in your pic is all kinds of cute! looks like a little pit bull.

  8. I Got The Job!!!

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you

  9. I Got The Job!!!

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Shyone...what do you

  10. Working PRN...how does that work?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Are you on-call on certain days and do you choose the days? I am going to work full time but thinking of taking a PRN job too...but how can I arrange it so it doesn't conflict with my reg

  11. Nurses and suicide patients

    Meerkat replied to leopold's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read all the posts, so sorry if someone already said this, but it really burns me up that some nurses resent caring for attempted suicide pts. I've seen them choose the biggest NG tube they...

  12. Reglan IV

    Meerkat replied to gwrn99's topic in Emergency

    IV Reglan...oh my gosh...that stuff made me feel like I was crawling out of my skin! About 15 min after I took it I was seized by an uncontrollable compulsion to run...I felt like I was going

  13. "Take Downs"

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm just wondering if any of your hospitals provide training on 'take downs'. Do you call a Code M (Man Power Needed)? At my old hosp, if pts became violent or if visitors did, everyone available...

  14. "Take Downs"

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Amazing!

  15. "Take Downs"

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Thanks for the info! I am [hopefully] about to start work in a psych unit, and I'm really excited but a little scared----in the interview they told me that some of the pts are VERY violent. Can...

  16. Slow Codes and Extubating a Conscious Pt

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    During my last clinicals, I found out about Slow Codes...not formally of course, but as a practice on the hospital. Do your hospitals do Slow Codes? I guess it's ethical, but to me it seems...

  17. Slow Codes and Extubating a Conscious Pt

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    WOW

  18. I think I got the job! But I have a ques...

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you for all the input! I like children and as a teen I was in a facility for a week for depression. Having been on that side, I hope it helps me understand these patients better. Can anyone...

  19. I think I got the job! But I have a ques...

    Meerkat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    It's a psych nurse job on a children/adolescent unit. The interviewer said that 'we, as MH professionals, need to be mentally healthy to do this job'. I am under treatment for depression and PTSD. I...

  20. Job Seeking Problem--Any Suggestions?

    Meerkat posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi... You might have seen my thread about my current situation. Displaced by Katrina, and I have little more than a few sets of clothes and a cell phone. A family is taking my baby and me in so we...

  21. Job Seeking Problem--Any Suggestions?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks Siri. I think I'm just kind of in a bind...maybe there is no solution. I don't have a pastor, I'm not religious. I have only worked at one hospital b/c i am a new nurse ...and I know that the...

  22. Job Seeking Problem--Any Suggestions?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in Nursing Career

    Anyone???

  23. RN displaced by Katrina...advice on getting into Psych?

    Meerkat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi everyone! I am stuck about three hours away from home after evacuating...I had to leave quickly and have no resume with me but I am flat broke and need to work. I am excited about applying for...

  24. Methadone Question

    Meerkat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    It's a little complicated but I'll try not to be too long winded. Basically, I'm displaced from the hurricane, but really double-displaced because I fled an abusive husband just before Katrina....

  25. RN displaced by Katrina...advice on getting into Psych?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you so very very much, everyone. Where do I find a copy of the