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I second the Happy Planner. Still use mine now for work!

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 money.

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

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 recovery.

I'm with at 2 different hospital on acute inpatient wards, in BC.

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 and out catheter for my patient q4 hrs, did medication education, diffused many situations, counseled a pt on alternatives to medication for severe anxiety, did 2 dressing changes, passed meds, prns and charted it all!

We're currently have 2. 1 for q4 hr antibiotics and one that is saline locked, unsure of why..

I used a couple of Psyc nclex books and my notes from school.

Thanks!

It was not as bad as i thought it would be. Common sense scenarios.

Woo hoo! Got my exam results letter a week early! I passed. Looks like my cohort has a 100% pass rate.

My site has both 8 and 12 hr shifts on the 3 units .

Ours all wear business casual as well.

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 arts will get you into trouble. Try looking for non-violent crisis intervention training instead.

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 of people.