Kay28

Kay28

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  1. Age vs Years Nursing

    Kay28 replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

    Age 29 10 years experience as an RN And just graduated with my

  2. How to prepare for first hospital job in inpatient psych unit?

    Kay28 replied to Puertoriiquena's topic in Psychiatric

    Make sure you are familiar with the medications used in an emergency situation on an inpatient psych unit. We use a lot of haldol, Benadryl, Ativan, and Thorazine (either IM or PO) in emergencies....

  3. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    Kay28 replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Inpatient psych: zyprexa, depakote, lithium, trazodone,

  4. Having to count Risperidone

    Kay28 replied to NurseJamie8's topic in Patient Medications

    We use a pyxis machine at my hospital and sometimes it wants you to count random meds. For some reason the other night it wanted me to do count every time I took out cogentin. No clue why

  5. Full Moon

    Kay28 replied to bas22's topic in General Nursing

    So it wasn't just my

  6. Can a CNA work in psych?

    Kay28 replied to Actias luna's topic in Psychiatric

    On my inpatient psych unit we hire both CNAs and mental health workers. Most of the MHWs have a bachelors degree but their job is very similar. They run therapy groups, assist with vitals/adls, and...

  7. Help! What does Q2P & Q4P mean?

    Kay28 replied to rose2012's topic in General Students

    Maybe "every two hours prn" for

  8. 8-vs-12 hour shifts?

    Kay28 replied to justDebi's topic in Nurse Management

    8s in

  9. Which diagnosis?

    Kay28 replied to nursegreene's topic in Psychiatric

    Personality disorder patients seem to cause the most chaos on our

  10. Have you ever had a patient smoke in the room?

    Kay28 replied to pixie6089's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Its pretty common on my unit to catch someone smoking in their room/bathroom/shower even when informed that this is against unit rules and is a fire hazard. When this occurs we have to obtain an order...

  11. POLL: nurse-to-patient ratio

    Kay28 replied to j0yegan's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a locked inpatient psychiatric unit. We can have anywhere from 1:5 to 1:8 on my 3-11 shift. We have to do all of our own admissions, vital signs, and personal care as

  12. You know you are going to have an interesting day when you get report that . . .

    Kay28 replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I should have known to just turn around and go home the other day when I realized I had come into work with my scrub pants on backwards. It was truly the shift from

  13. Nursing Nightmares

    Kay28 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    I picked up an overnight shift last night and had the most vivid dreams when I finally went to bed. It mostly consisted of a patient chasing behind me while I was driving my car around the city. I...

  14. Exit Strategies For Nurses Who Deal With Overly Talkative Patients

    Kay28 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work inpatient psych and some of my manic patients can be so hyper verbal and tangential you wouldn't believe it! Thankfully my coworkers are pretty good about rescuing each other from these...

  15. Counting ALL home meds on admission

    Kay28 replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    All home meds at my hospital get sent to be stored in the pharmacy. We only count the narcotics, then just have to list the names of the others. After discharge pts pick up the meds from

  16. If You Give a Patient a Cookie

    Kay28 replied to Mully's topic in Nursing Humor

    Printed this out at work. Everyone loved

  17. Call Lights

    Kay28 replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite part of working on an adult psych unit is........ no call lights! The cords are considered a suicide

  18. What's the nurse-patient ratio in your unit?

    Kay28 replied to Niki_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an inpatient acute adult psych unit located in a medical hospital. 30 bed unit and I work 1500 to 2330 shift. On my shift I can get anywhere from 5 to 8 patients. One particular horrendous...

  19. Calling In Sick: Dealing With Mental Illness At Work, Part 1

    Kay28 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I know that I lost a job a few years ago due to calling out too much during the initial 90 day probationary period. I was hospitalized several times for exacerbation of my schizophrenia symptoms. Even...

  20. Has anyone tried team nursing? Opinions?

    Kay28 replied to circularstaircase's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I worked in a free standing psych hospital where we did team nursing of sorts. There were six units with 13-26 pts in each unit. We would get one RN who was "charge nurse" and an LPN who was "med...

  21. How old were you when you started Nursing School?

    Kay28 replied to NursingStudentMomof3's topic in General Students

    18 when I started my RN

  22. What is the test they give you when you apply for an RN job?

    Kay28 replied to swansonplace's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The only test I had to take for the RN position I hold was a pharmacology exam. It was multiple choice for the most part with some dosage calculations thrown

  23. IM Ativan

    Kay28 replied to dc529's topic in Psychiatric

    I've worked inpatient psych and given IM ativan many, many times. Never diluted it before, but I'm curious if others

  24. Diagnoses you've seen?

    Kay28 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Marfan's syndrome and neuroleptic malignant syndrome

  25. Hospital RNs - how do you organize your shift?

    Kay28 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    I work inpatient psych 1500-2330. I get on the unit a few minutes early to find out my assignment and fill out information I will need for my shift on my brain sheet (ie. meds, tx, blood sugars)....