psychrn2008

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1. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

   psychrn2008 replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

   I know that logically lol plus I work psych now the patients wander about the unit. Im afraid of an out break caused by a critter in the chair of the tv room lol. I know its unlikely but outbreaks...

2. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

   psychrn2008 replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

   LICE:no:.....I just can't it is almost like a phobia. When I worked medical I would offer to clean up incontinent CDIFF all night over dealing with a patient with lice. I'm so scared of taking it home...

3. The sloppy image of nurses today

   psychrn2008 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I've gotten the same thing lol. I swear I look professional and clean at work but people see me outside work and they're like omg, you're actually pretty. Im like oookkk do I look like a hideous troll...

4. Psych nursing is easy

   psychrn2008 replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

   Nurses are afraid, we are treated as replaceable. We have literally been told "don't like it go somewhere else" A lot of places are afraid to unionize or speak up. Healthcare in general in the US s a...

5. The sloppy image of nurses today

   psychrn2008 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   OP are you trolling us???? Because you can't be serious. "Hair down and flowing" lol nope If I had my hair down and flowing one of my psychotic patients would grab it and pull it out of my head. Not...

6. Psych nursing is easy

   psychrn2008 replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

   Mental health in the US is awful. We are so underfunded we cant keep staff to save our lives and I actually work in one of the "safer" places as in I don't work at the state hospital. The state...

7. Psych nursing is easy

   psychrn2008 replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

   I did med/surg and critical before psych and I often think of returning. To me medical was easier because even though it could be physically taxing it was often very black and white. Psych every...

8. BE HONEST! What part of your job do you hate?

   psychrn2008 replied to Cheers_G's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   LICE!!! Or scabies, bed bugs etc. I would rather clean up CDIFF on a total care pt all night long that's puking than to deal with Lice. I get itchy just thinking about