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1. Psych RN-ASN to motivational speaker?

   femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks! :)

2. Psych RN-ASN to motivational speaker?

   femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't even know such thing was available. Thanks.

3. Psych RN-ASN to motivational speaker?

   femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much, great points. It's getting me thinking more in depth. I'm thinking maybe I could change the focus to Taking Care of Our Mental Health, a preventative approach. All of us, especially I think Americans could have more self awarene...

4. Psych RN-ASN to motivational speaker?

   femaleRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have 15 years experience working in inpatient psych. I love educating my patients on positive vs negative coping skills. In my spare time I love to read about the subject of happiness and things we can do to become happier people. My question i...

5. Can you do a NP program 1 class at a time with minimal stress?

   femaleRN posted a topic in NP Students

   Floor nurse here, who's getting sick of the floor. I'm thinking about enrolling in a RN to NP program. What's holding me back is that I have a year and a half year old, work 4 days a week and already feel stressed. My question is, if I do one class ...

6. Psych RN-A Thankless Job?

   femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

   No prob! Thanks for the complement! Not going to lie I do get burnt out from time to time, can get into a negative mind set myself, but try to realize the pain/chaotic lives some of these people have lived and that all behaviors have meaning.

7. Psych RN-A Thankless Job?

   femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

   Oh no that was read totally wrong, sorry. The previous poster wrote maybe other staff were frustrated if they had to step up and make decisions and do things for my patients. I was saying I like to do all of my own work instead of other nurses havi...

8. Psych RN-A Thankless Job?

   femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

   Yeah I don't play favorites with any of the patients or get buddy-buddy with them. I prefer to do everything down to the littlest task for my patient and make every decision for my patients. So I don't think they could complain that's it's me tryin...

9. Psych RN-A Thankless Job?

   femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

   Also good idea about a radio system. Maybe I need to ask our manager about getting one.

10. Psych RN-A Thankless Job?

    femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

    We only have two conference rooms and our hallway is short. If I have to find another nurse it literally takes me about 1 minute to find them. I'm thinking the doctor was frustrated that I wasn't in the nurses station to tell me something (it wasn'...

11. Psych RN-A Thankless Job?

    femaleRN posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Feeling very frustrated/unappreciated. I've worked as a psych RN for many years now. When I first started nurses would spend about 15 to 30 min talking with each patient. Throughout the years more and more documentation has piled up on us, leavin...

12. Forcing patients to attend groups?

    femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

    They usually don't come out and say they've blown through their check, but we usually figure it out because it's a common story that they're all of a sudden not suicidal when there disability check is due. Usually couch surf "friends" or find hook u...

13. Forcing patients to attend groups?

    femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I should of clarified substance abusers with antisocial personality disorder is what I meant.

14. Forcing patients to attend groups?

    femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Housing, substance abuse problem. Using the hospital as a flop house after they've blown through their disability checks. With that said I still believe these people are ill, many have the mentalities of teenagers, but I'm still going to treat the...

15. Forcing patients to attend groups?

    femaleRN replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Totally agree with this.