As an RN for the California Dept. of Mental Health, if a patient decides to refuse treatment (i.e. refused lab draws, Hep C treatment, dental work, ECG, EEG, ect...), we are being required by the...
cwishes replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric
As a Ψ RN for the Sate of Californai in one of their State Hospital (ASH), I have no down time whatsoever. If I do my job as required, there is not enough time in the day, even in a 12 hour shift, to...
cwishes replied to rn4ever?'s topic in Psychiatric
New grad RNs in California State Hospitals start off at a little over $7200 per month plus overtime. I work at one and I absolutely love it. Here's the website....
cwishes replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in Psychiatric
As a psyc RN in a CA state hospital I deal with individuals who are afflicted with mental illness on a daily basis. There is a negative stigma to M.I in much of Western society. These stigmas are...
Is it true that any shift over eight hours is paid at time and one half? So if you worked 12 hours a day...3 twelves, 16 of those hours would be paid as overtime? I noticed CA law states that...
My husband is currently looking to relocate to Seton hospital in Daly city. I have been looking at the maps provided earlier on this post but I am still concerned about the commute. I am wondering...
I also believe circumcision is quite brutal -forced male genital mutilation. It's barbaric to me. If the question is of HIV prevention, than wait until the infant becomes of age (an adult) to make...
Did clinicals there last semester and loved it. Everyone there was prof. and helpful and went out of their why to make you feel at home. In talking to the nurses there, they all had only great...
I'll be graduating next year as an RN and have been doing a lot of "soul searching" to what type of nursing I want to do and have come to the decision of becoming an OR nurse. Now that that decision...
go for it!! i'm a 44 yr old male with 7 kids (five still at home) and am in 1st year of rn school, it's my 3rd career change. in high school i was a c average student and did horribly in math and...