hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    starting psych nurse career in NYC

    Since adolescent psych is your interest you will have to learn how to talk to parents who are quite often the cause of their children's problems. The Psychiatrists everywhere I have worked expect the...
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    starting psych nurse career in NYC

    I don't know anything about NYC as I am on the opposite coast but I have been a psych nurse for the better part of my career. I personally love the specialty. There have been times when I left the...
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    South Florida Shuffle

    If you knowing participate in fraud - by action or omission of action you can be arrested, tried an convicted of fraud which is a crime of moral turpitude. Such crimes can cause you to lose your...
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    Why do you visit allnurses.com?

    I mostly come for Davey's jokes and cartoons and the occasion spirited
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    Donate medical supplies?

    When I finished my negative pressure wound treatments I had two boxes of collection cannisters and 25 dressings left over. I tried to return the sealed unused items to my provider and they told me...
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    DNR? details please

    Most facilities in California use a POLST form - which specifically designates what the person does or does not want done. It makes things pretty clear for caregivers...
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    Do I have to disclose mental illness

    Sometimes schools want to know these things because they are looking for potential barriers to licensure. In California the application for licensure specifically asks if you have been treated for a...
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    Nurse Bullying

    That's called gossip - not
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    Is it possible for me to be a good nurse?

    My daddy used to say "You wouldn't care so much about what other people thought of you if you realized how rarely they
  10. I see two different things at work here. If you believe the 12 step mantra then you know that resentment and anger are the hallmarks of addiction. Someone once told me that addicts and alcoholics...
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    Just a vent... medical vs psych

    just a note of clarification dementia is not a psych diagnosis it's medical one and it does a disservice to the patient to send them to psych unit where they could be seriously injured. Our facility...
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    Black scrubs—help!

    I wear black scrubs all the time and don't have these problems. I don't have dandruff so that is not a problem for me - but if you a have persistent dandruff a consult with a dermatologist might be in...
  13. First and foremost relax and breath. Being a new nurse is tough. Being a new Psych Nurse is tougher! As with any brand new nurse it's going to take a solid year before you really feel like you know...
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    Nurses being reported on their spare time?

    If you don't want to lose what you worked hard for don't binge drink - That's a no brainer. Not saying you are an alcoholic but normal people don't do that even on their spare time. Oh well maybe you...
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    Is this hurting my resume?

    Please take a moment to go to your state's BON website and look up the public discipline section. This will give you a good Idea of the things nurses actually lose their license over. Does your state...
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    My phone goes on do not disturb from work calls the minute I hit the parking lot. If they call me at work I have the minor in school so can't come in early. I occasionally work late but I do it like a...
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    Military Nursing

    So for those who have been around for a while may know I have a son that I love dearly. He will be 17 in 6 days and has told me and his father that he intends to enlist in the ARMY and get trained as...
  18. Where in heaven's name do people get a couple of weeks in the psych hospital. We have to fight the insurance companies to get 5 days! Our teen cencus goes up in the summer and down around the...
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    "ASKholes"

    We used a newspaper - or if we got really lucky there would be a phone book in
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    "ASKholes"

    ?? I do so love it when one of my threads takes off running like a wild pony! You just never know which way it's going to turn. Not offended in anyway and love the responses. Carry on!
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    New Psych Nurse Advice

    Are you working long term or short term. I work in a short term stabilization hospital and it helps me to know that the patient will be gone in 5 to 7 days. What has been the biggest thing for me is...
  22. Non compliance with medications and follow-up
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    Has internet fueled anti-vaccine movement?

    I have a Face Book friend - on all accounts I have thought of her as a reasonably intelligent person - but she has a son with autism. Recently she has become a steadfast anti-vaxxer. I can't even talk...
  24. With all due respect I'm with Davey on this. It's not about you it's about the patient. The only part of this that is about you is the part where you are giving competent culturally sensitive care. Do...