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  1. Psych Travel Nurses

    NPAlby replied to AUMPsychRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm a psych travel RN. Have been wth Supplemental for three years. Had my ups and downs with them but they've been alright with me. Just wondering who you working with (company wise) and where are...

  2. ECT Treatment: For or against it?

    NPAlby replied to Keely-FutureRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I've seen ect work miracles on patients with major depressive disorder and bipolar. I've also seen it used for chronic forensic patients that had the treatment indicated for their aggressive and...

  3. VA Nurses... how were you hired?

    NPAlby replied to wefdm21's topic in Government, Military

    I put in my app in August thinking I would start some time before school started (1st yr psych NP). Haha! After checking back a couple of times to make sure there wasn't anything wrong or missing...

  4. Navy Questions

    NPAlby replied to gahnosah's topic in Government, Military

    Hi! I was active duty Navy for 4yrs as an enlisted when I was 18 and a big time softy. I'm 4-11, 100lbs and the baby of the family if that gives you a better picture. Yeah they yell at you in...

  5. NP's in California

    NPAlby posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm currently taking a APN:Financial Mangement course and wanted to know the experiences of NPs in Cali. I'm from NY, in a psych Np program- first year. We have an assignment about where our "ideal"...

  6. Feelings as a new NP

    NPAlby replied to canoehead's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As far as working full time... I just started my NP program this past fall and went full tim. I thought it was going to be like nursing school, where you study with your classmates but I found it to...

  7. New student moving to ROCHESTER

    NPAlby replied to NICUrn2B's topic in New York Nursing

    I'm originally from NYC but went to school up here in the Rochester area (SUNY Brockport).To answer some of your questions: Yeah, you'll need a car. Once you start doing clinicals public...

  8. How long did you orient?

    NPAlby replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Four days total?!! That's simply insane. As a new grad on a geri-psych floor I got two weeks of unit orientation, three or so weeks of general nursing and hospital orientation. Even that didn't seem...

  9. Rochester NY

    NPAlby replied to lc3's topic in New York Nursing

    Hi! My first question is where are you coming from? If you're from downstate (NYC) like myself, then: NO Rochester does not have adequate public transportation. If you have a car I would bring it....

  10. How "MEDICALLY" stable do pt's need to be on a geropsych unit in a hospital?

    NPAlby replied to RN1263's topic in Psychiatric

    I think it depends on the floor. I've worked on 4 gero-psych floors (state psych and regular full service hospitals) and it varied to what they would accept as medically stable. One unit absolutely...

  11. anyone else struggle with Anxiety?

    NPAlby replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    I've also dealt with anxiety ever since I can remember. I've been on and off Celexa, Prozac Cymbalta and nothing seems to work. I'm a psych nurse but even still I've kind of given up on meds (for now...

  12. When do you learn about human biology???

    NPAlby replied to np_wannabe's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm in my first semester of school (psych NP) and taking pharm. Next semster I'll be doing the advanced health assessment and then after than patho. My school requires you to take all that...

  13. Maximum Security versus Medium/Minimum Security psych

    NPAlby replied to MissNursieNurse's topic in Psychiatric

    where is this place (what state)? I don't think it would be considered maximum security from what you write. I worked at a state hospital with a forensic and civil side. The forensic unit (it's own...

  14. I'm wondering

    NPAlby replied to lisabeth's topic in Psychiatric

    Borderlines and manic pts - they DONT GET

  15. Goal Statements

    NPAlby posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm in the process of applying to a Psych NP program and have put off the dreaded goal statement/essay long enough. Just need some advice on how you guys started yours. How long was it? What in...

  16. Goal Statements

    NPAlby replied to NPAlby's topic in Post Graduate Students

    thanks!

  17. Awful Awful

    NPAlby replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    Wow, I thought I had a bad day. I was floated, had a pt flash me, got cursed at (a non-psychotic pt) and dirty looks and no help from the techs but you've got me beat. Is it possible for the pt to...

  18. Paranoid patients

    NPAlby posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hey just wanted some advice from you guys: I've had paranoid patients before but the guy I have now (I'm his primary nurse) is driving me bonkers! He keeps coming to the nurses station and telling me...

  19. please help- can't decide!

    NPAlby replied to beannie's topic in Travel

    what kind of car do you have that made it to 400k? As far as the traveling with the car depends how far you go. If I moved to another coast for an assignment then I wouldn't buy until I got there....

  20. Paranoid patients

    NPAlby replied to NPAlby's topic in Psychiatric

    Just read the last post today (it's been busy few weeks for me) and there is no way I could stay with the pt on a watch. Nor do I think that's a good idea. Isn't that kind of like sharing his...

  21. Paranoid patients

    NPAlby replied to NPAlby's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for the tips. He does have some insight and I've tried to remind him of why he came (willingly) to the hospital. He does attend groups and participates. He is actually one of the few pts...

  22. question

    NPAlby replied to mediatix8's topic in Psychiatric

    Don't worry about the restraints. I'm 4-11, 98lbs and havent been injured in a take down yet. Not saying that injury is not a possibility, it always is and safety should always be on your mind. But...

  23. ER last night

    NPAlby replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats to Mona!!! Way to go!! When was this episode? The one week that I have to work thurs night and I miss a new episode!! Anybody care to give me a recap (just a short one, I have an idea about...

  24. Pay Scale

    NPAlby replied to PRNMEDS's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked as staff at a NYC hospital and started at 32-34/hr (can't exactly remember) as a new grad in psych. Hope that helps! Oh and that was two years

  25. breaking travel contract

    NPAlby replied to jujubee42's topic in Travel

    I was tempted to break a contract but was told by my company that I would be responsible for the cost of replacing a nurse which equalled 10k. I did not have housing through them. So basically they...