PSYCHRPN

I was just curious to the different responsibilities that other facilities have.As I have stated in another post(We are called RPN's in Canada),we do primary care and have full responsibility,dr's orders, Social Work, Meds and you name it .We deal one on one with the Psychiatrists.It took some getting used to coming from a medical unit,where we didn't deal with the Dr's.The RN's on the unit need to be afraid.There is only one task they do that we aren't supposed to do(but do anyways) is take crisis calls when the crisis nurse is off the unit.They are trying to get a policy change and we will officially be taking on that.Bring it on!

Hi, I work as a primary care nurse on a locked psych ward.W e deal with the family Doc's, Psychiatrists.We have total responsibility like doing the social work aspect right down to discharging pt and taking Dr.'s orders and processing them.We have the full respect of the DR'S and we never hear ''Get me the R.N.''

I work in Canada on a locked psych unit.Everyone states''I don't know how you could work there''.I've been here 3 years and really feel now, I know what I'm doing,it did take a while.It's been a bad month though at one time we had 2 in seclusion rooms and 2 others in 4 point restraint and the other 6 point .We do promary care and the only difference between R.N'S and R.P.N'S is that they make more money.Good to work with the other ben efit of psych nurses is that we don't talk behind co-workers backs we are balls to the wa lls straight shooters(in a good way)