psych4utoo

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1. I hate nursing

   psych4utoo replied to Neezy84's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a RN for the last 12 years but prior I was a LPN for ten years. I really loved being a LPN. The only reason I went back to school to become a registered nurse was that I was tired of the demeaning way I was treated by registered nurses. O...

2. Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

   psych4utoo replied to lovetosleep's topic in Psychiatric

   This is typical of most psych nurses that I work with at the behavioral health hospital I work at. It probably would be a good change actually for the nurse to do. On the other hand the med surg nurses should also float to psych. I bet that is not an...

3. New grads in specialties without the basics

   psych4utoo replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I agree 1000% with you. I work in psych and we get new nurses now that cannot get jobs in regular medical hospitals straight out of school. Most of them have the entitled attitude as well. People have the misguided belief that all you need to do in p...

4. A Good Nurse Manager...

   psych4utoo replied to Emergent's topic in Management

   " I have never had a manager that has all of those wonderful qualities. The present facility I work at now is like a revolving door when it comes to middle managers. The director over the group now discourages any positive interactions of the manag...

5. Why I am leaving my last job

   psych4utoo replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

   You know when it is time to leave a job, when you hate going there. Even if it is a drop in pay it is not worth the stress of staying...because it will not get any better. When people leave jobs it is almost always because of the way the facility is ...

6. I HATE bedside nursing

   psych4utoo replied to Sabr's topic in Med-Surg

   Welcome to nursing! No matter what role you play or area you will always have someone that will be there to complain. It is unavoidable.Even if you are in management the staff will complain about you to your supervisor. The patients' family can compl...

7. How to Dress for Psychiatric Nursing

   psych4utoo replied to Meriwhen's topic in Psychiatric

   I have been working in psych for 7 years now. The facilities give you a guideline on what not to wear the rest is up to the individual. I dress for comfort in the winter but add comfortable shoes (Skechers or MBT's) becuase you may need to run and 1...

8. Racial Refusals In Nursing

   psych4utoo replied to TheCommuter's topic in Relations

   I work in a small psychiatric hospital and the staff is predominately Caucasian. For the 100 bed hospital there is two African American registered nurses on days and one on at night, with one African American practical nurse that works at night as w...