Kay28

Kay28

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  1. Whats your favorite montra or saying?

    Kay28 replied to Kimynurse's topic in General Students

    "What a long, strange trip its

  2. Just started Psych Nursing... help!

    Kay28 replied to electricblack's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes, CPI is awesome, its a requirement on my

  3. Do your Charge RNs take patients?

    Kay28 replied to RNMomma22's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the charge RN takes a patient assignment on my unit. Some nights they even have to do an admission

  4. Theft of Fentanyl Patches

    Kay28 replied to meded101's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know on my unit, we have to document fentynal patches are in place each shift including

  5. Restrospective

    Kay28 replied to nursedanny614's topic in Psychiatric

    I love my psych job! Where else could I do an admission sitting on the floor in the dark with a patient who believes he's a

  6. Staffing Matrix

    Kay28 replied to LisalaRN99's topic in Psychiatric

    30 bed adult acute psychiatric unit. 3-11 shift is 5 RNs and 3-4 MHWs maximum. We usually have less staff than that though actually scheduled, so we work

  7. Blood Glucose Monitoring- What is your workflow?

    Kay28 replied to janeybirdRN's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    On my unit the RNs are responsible for the blood sugars. The glucometers are all interfaced with the computers so the results are automatically uploaded onto the computer. Never had any

  8. Can a diagnosis of a mental illness potentially harm your chances of getting a job?

    Kay28 replied to BlackBettyRN,OCN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    My feeling is "don't ask, don't tell". If I can work safely at my RN job with no accommodations, then why do they need to know I have a mental

  9. Youngest person in your cohort?

    Kay28 replied to sjalv's topic in General Students

    I was the youngest in my nursing class at 18. Had my RN licence in hand at

  10. Questions from a student about hospital emergency shifts

    Kay28 replied to Pavlov's Dog's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm an RN in southern mass. We got stuck at work for three days because of some bad snow storm. Everyone there really pitched in and we all worked double shifts together. One night we all slept on...

  11. Job and salary outlook for a new grad with an associate degree?

    Kay28 replied to somethingsodistant's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I am an RN who does not have her BSN, and live in southeastern mass. I got my first job at a private pyschiatric hospital, although I did have to work as a MHW for several months before I was hired on...

  12. Book recommendation?

    Kay28 replied to AMR21's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I love anything by Echo Heron as well. She has several that are based on her life as a nurse. Then theres several fiction books but they are out of print, so you have to find them used. My...

  13. Nursing Supplies

    Kay28 replied to meg2014's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I keep several pairs of bandage scissors in my work bag and always a pair in my pocket. I use them a million times a shift, wheather its to open up medication packages or do a dressing change. My...

  14. Schizophrenia

    Kay28 replied to NursingIsfun03's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm

  15. Schizophrenia

    Kay28 replied to NursingIsfun03's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi, I'm an RN who also carries the diagnosis of schizophrenia. I began having symptoms when I was in my last semester of nursing school, when I was 19, but didn't get the offical diagnosis for about a...

  16. Got hired!!

    Kay28 replied to RN315's topic in Psychiatric

    Personally, I like adult psych. At my last nursing job, I wasn't even able to work on the adolescent unit because I was "too

  17. Emergency Psychiatric Medications

    Kay28 replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

    Oh, also, if we are able to go the PO route we tend to lean towards either zyprexa zydis or

  18. Emergency Psychiatric Medications

    Kay28 replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

    On my unit (Adult psych) we use IM thorazine or IM haldol along with IM benedryl and IM ativan. I've never seen the IM geodon used, but have seen IM prolixin on occasion. Hope this

  19. Sometimes it's impossible not to giggle...

    Kay28 replied to AtivanIM's topic in Nursing Humor

    My favorite on an acute psychiatric unit: A older man decided to rub butter on his chest and put mustard on his member then run up and down the hallway naked. I will never be the same after seeing...

  20. Accomplishment!

    Kay28 replied to MrsCuoco's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I remember my first IM injection I ever gave on a live human being. She was HIV positive, had Hep B and Hep C, was on TB precautions, and had almost no muscle mass left. My instructor told me, "Don't...

  21. Words and phrases that I didn't know before I became a psych nurse

    Kay28 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I noticed the other day while writing my progress notes that we tend to use alot of terminology that non mental health staff are not familiar with. A few examples that I can think of off the top of my...

  22. Opinions about Tympanic Thermometers

    Kay28 replied to Kristy02_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I can't stand the tympanic or temporal, I always seem to get wacky results. Oral temps for me, unless the patient is unable to cooperate. Then we would go the rectal

  23. Death- your experiences

    Kay28 replied to Darkfield's topic in General Nursing

    I currently work on an inpatient psych unit where we don't have patients dying on us. However, I used to work long term care and have helped many older patients through the dying process. I think that...

  24. Do you like child psych nursing?

    Kay28 replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    I've never worked child psych before but I have floated to the adolescent psych unit. Absolutely hated it, give me adults any day of the

  25. What are you really good at?

    Kay28 replied to proud nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can give an awesome IM injection in the middle of mass chaos, with six security guards on top of the