10 Words or Less

1) What is the best thing about your job as a psyche nurse? my coworkers and patients; learning what makes them tick

2) What is the worst thing about your job as a psyche nurse? being short staffed, entitled patients

3) Are you appreciated as a valued memebr of the team? I'd like to think so

4) Have you always worked psyche? Yes

5) What makes a psyche nurse special? We care for the people that some would like to forget

Hi guys,

Im a nurse with just over 3 months experience on a cardiac unit at a level one trauma center in KY. I recently resigned there and accepted a position at an acute care mental health facility- a float RN position on a peds, adolescent, and adult unit.

In 10 words or LESS:

1) What is the best thing about your job as a psyche nurse?

2) What is the worst thing about your job as a psyche nurse?

3) Are you appreciated as a valued memebr of the team?

4) Have you always worked psyche?

5) What makes a psyche nurse special?

Catch ya later,

C-Cam

1. It's never dull; the disorders/diseases/treatments are fascinating

2. Borderline Personality Disorder; involuntary patients

3. The patients (even some involuntaries) say they appreciate what I do for them :)

4. Yes

5. It's not a job for everyone

Though it's more than 10 words: when I say involuntary patients are the worst...it's not necesarily the patients themselves, but the fact that this patient is being held in the hospital involuntary that can be hard for me to deal with sometimes. In some patients, I can easily see why they're involuntary (such as the actively psychotic and/or suicidal). Then there are rather high-functioning patients who ended up being detained and it can be difficult for me to understand why they're here, especially when they seem like they don't need to be for the most part. Though these are sometimes also the same patients that are not happy they are involuntary, and because of that the attitude/behaviors they cop can make them difficult to deal with.