Psych77

Psych77 specializes in Psych, Corrections.

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1. Considering Correctional Nursing

   Psych77 replied to Jerry 75's topic in Correctional

   I may see 5 people with chest pain in a day. Most are fake; for us we need a doctor on site to do an EKG; so at night, we just have to go by vitals, our assessment, age, IM's history, and bulls*** meter. If everything looks good, they are young, and ...

2. What Can I Do With A BSN? (Without a license).

   Psych77 replied to Chloe Price's topic in General Nursing

   If I were you I would totally just study for a couple months, get all the help you can get with courses, study groups, tutoring, whatever you can do. I failed a semester in school (days before graduation), and it sucked but I repeated it the next y...

3. What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

   Psych77 replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

   5 dollar gift card for Subway, paid for by our nursing supervisors

4. Sick Call costs

   Psych77 replied to DawnJ's topic in Correctional

   I stopped trying to convince them that its justified, it never goes anywhere. You just have to tolerate that they are upset with the system and you are the messenger. On a positive note, a lot of nurses I work with forget to have them fill out the pr...

5. It used to be given to reduce libido

   Psych77 replied to Truegem's topic in Correctional

   yes its saltpeter. However, I seem to remember that some anti-depressants reduce sexual performance in men.

6. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

   Psych77 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Psych patient with disheveled hair sprawled out in different directions, and a wide eyed kind of stare, "I haven't slept in seven years". She would say it every day, like a mantra. Of course she's observed sleeping every night.

7. About to fail BSN program. What now?

   Psych77 replied to ca614129's topic in Career Support

   Hopefully you can study and get that 92%. I flunked out of my last semester of my ADN. They let me go back the next year, and I finished and am now working. I met a lot of people who repeated courses and then finished. I would also say most nursin...

8. fake illness...how to rule out real injury

   Psych77 posted a topic in Correctional

   So those in corrections know we deal with fake chest pain, fake abdominal pain, fake seizures, fake everything all the time. My latest technique I just discovered is....making them wait while I monitor them. Sometimes I'm not sure if something is re...

9. Question for nurses that are male...

   Psych77 replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

   when I hear this, I sometimes think: 'correct....I'm not a female. thanks for clarifying publicly to the world for me.'

10. Question for nurses that are male...

    Psych77 replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    haha...they told us that too...I tried it for one day( maybe even for one patient?), and it felt so absurd, and then I realized that no one else is saying this.

11. How easy is it to lose a license in correctional setting?

    Psych77 replied to reptilesavvy's topic in Correctional

    I was just talking about this with the nurses at work; people were saying, don't get the insurance (unless you are rich), because lawyers can find out you have it and sue you personally instead of just the prison.

12. Why Do You Love Being A Prison Nurse?

    Psych77 replied to Everline's topic in Correctional

    But everyone you work with is a con:chicken: (convict)

13. Possible new (nursing) drinking game

    Psych77 replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    nurses eat their young

14. ADN or BSN: What's the Big Deal?

    Psych77 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    This is why I don't get my BSN; I suspect I will pay 15K and learn theories.

15. Psych RN-A Thankless Job?

    Psych77 replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I used to do the same thing at my psych rn job (now I'm in corrections). It seems appropriate rather than...what you said, socializing in the nursing station, which is what generally happens. I guess nurses and doctors feel that they just do the me...