newrpn

newrpn

Pscy / Mental Health

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About newrpn

newrpn specializes in Pscy / Mental Health.


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  1. Planners

    I second the Happy Planner. Still use mine now for
  2. Used books old edition vs. newest edition

    I only bought one book in the new edition and only because it was significantly different. The rest I used older editions. Saved so much
  3. How do you get meal breaks?

    At one of my jobs, when I am the only nurses on and cannot leave the unit, I am paid for my
  4. Personality Disorders and Recovery

    Read the book The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality. It offers great insight from the view point of a person living with BPD and her journey through
  5. Confusion over what psych nursing is really like?

    I'm with at 2 different hospital on acute inpatient wards, in
  6. Confusion over what psych nursing is really like?

    I love being a Psyc nurse and for me, it's not just passing meds and charting! Today I did my meds and charted for my patients, but susi did mental status exams on all of them, did iv meds and an in...
  7. Do you deal with IVs on your unit?

    We're currently have 2. 1 for q4 hr antibiotics and one that is saline locked, unsure of
  8. I used a couple of Psyc nclex books and my notes from
  9. Psych Nurse Report Sheet

    Thanks!
  10. It was not as bad as i thought it would be. Common sense
  11. Woo hoo! Got my exam results letter a week early! I passed. Looks like my cohort has a 100% pass
  12. How many hours is your shift?

    My site has both 8 and 12 hr shifts on the 3 units
  13. Do your Doctors wear lab coats?

    Ours all wear business casual as
  14. Should I learn martial arts for psych nursing?

    Martial arts cannot not and should not ever be used on any patient, psyc or not. Learning how to verbally de-escalate a patient and how to get out of grabs, hairballs, etc is useful, but martial...
  15. Nurses who've had LASIK

    I had mono vision for and had to have a correction done 45 days later as I could not adjust to it. I had really bad headaches and couldn't see clearly. Apparently this happens to a small percentage...