JennyPARN

JennyPARN

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  1. Who LOVES their job and why?

    Hi all. I've been a nurse for 6 years. I have worked in long-term care and behavioral health. I have been charge nurse on a 34-bed adult acute psych unit for the last 3 years and there is much about...
  2. Who LOVES their job and why?

    Thank you, myoglobin. I guess no one else wants to discuss why they love their job, but I appreciate your response. I sometimes have to remember to keep it simple, I am also lucky to work with some...
  3. Older nurses...chasing that carrot

    13 more years!? Sounds like heaven. I'm going to have to work until I die. I LOL'd at Olddude. My suggestion, which was given to me, is to use all your vacation time. For some reason I wasn't doing...
  4. Tell me about your orientation

    Hi fellow psych nurses. I work as a charge nurse in an acute psych hospital. We are an extremely busy, fast-paced hospital. I believe that our orientation program (if you can call it that) is lacking....
  5. Tell me about your orientation

    Thanks Hppy. When I'm training I get a straight $26 for the shift. Also hardly worth it. I am pushing for and working on a better and longer orientation. We also have a lot of new grad hires. My fear...
  6. Tell me about your orientation

    8 weeks sounds more like it. Hppy, does your facility pay you to be a master trainer/mentor and are those hours outside of your hours on the floor (if you're still on the floor?) Thanks,
  7. Please Help! I need career advice ASAP

    Hi there Omg. I don't necessarily have advice for you but I want to concur that I felt exactly the same way as a new RN working in LTC. I had so many questions and no one to ask. I had at least 30...
  8. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    Borderline personality
  9. Another reason unions suck!

    Wow, kalvera! Where do you work?! Multiple hospitals have joined our union recently because they thought they could work things out amicably and professionally with management. Broken promises,...
  10. Safe staffing?

    I am an RN in an acute psychiatric, for profit hospital. I love my job. However, nurses and management seem to be in constant disagreement about what constitutes "safe" staffing. I went to work...