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Walk #135: Psychiatric Nurses Anonymous... by Allan Stellar Posted Sun 17 May 2009 12:00am (not organic or grassfed) and some rib eye steaks. We barbecued it Slow Food Style while calling our impromptu Psychiatric Nurses Anonymous meeting to order by opening the French wine... out the Cob structure, so we took a cab instead. Responsible Psychiatric Nurses we are. Which reduced this walk to an anemic walk about the Whole Foods Market. P.S. I shall Read on »

MENTAL HEALTH NURSING – A FIELD OF ITS OWN by Stephanie S. Jewett Posted Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:00am programs, health maintenance organizations and clinics. A psychiatric-mental health nurse must possess the following knowledge: Biologic and psychological theories... to the care of those with a mental illness. A psychiatric-mental health nurse must possess the following skills: Comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment Read on »

Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing by Mr Mans Wife .. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 13 Feb 2009 4:52pm Today I received my copy of the new book "Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing", edited by Victoria Clarke and Andrew Walsh, and published by Oxford University Press... and case-based approach to Mental Health Nursing". Written primarily by mental health nurses, it is intended as an introductory text for students studying to become mental health Read on »

Days 331 to 333: Psych. Nurse Solidarity by Allan Stellar Posted Tue 30 Nov 2010 1:01am . Yesterday, a psychiatric nurse was killed in Napa. This is the third area psychiatric nurse to die violently in the last month. Another psychiatric nurse was killed just across the bay in Martinez two weeks ago. A mental health prisoner smashed her head in with a lamp. Another psychiatric nurse was killed in Napa while she took a break at work. A patient Read on »

Magnifying The Information On Nursing Careers by chrisalex Posted Tue 15 Sep 2009 3:51am responsible in providing all facets of healthcare for children. • Psychiatric Nursing: Another nursing career that can be of so much challenge is the psychiatric nursing. From the name itself, nurses in this area are expected to provide care for the patients with psychiatric or mental illnesses. Such responsibility is certainly crucial Read on »

A MIX OF HEALTH AND LAW … FORENSIC NURSING by Stephanie S. Jewett Posted Wed 03 Feb 2010 12:00am psychiatric nurse, legal nurse consultant, forensic nursing death investigator and/or nurse coroner. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for workers... Feb 03 Back when I went to nursing school, we had the basic courses of anatomy, physiology, chemistry Read on »

Two Nurses Are Amongst The Dead At Fort Hood by Highway Hypodermics .. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 12 Nov 2009 10:01pm It has just recently come to my attention that two of the dead at Fort Hood where actually psychiatric nurses. The following is what I have learned from several public access sources... Capt. John Gaffaney, 56, was a psychiatric nurse who worked for San Diego County, Calif., for more than 20 years and had arrived at Fort Hood the day before Read on »

Travel Nursing - Per Diem Nursing - Local Contract Nursing by David S. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 22 Apr 2010 12:00am When hospitals & health systems seek supplemental nursing help, they typically ask for help in 1 of 3 ways. This article will highlight the 3 traditional forms of healthcare staffing. (1) Travel Nursing. Travel nursing jobs are usually 13 weeks in duration but can be as short as 4 weeks and as long as the hospital has a need…often up Read on »

Int. Nursing and Nursing Informatics Day: the big 'C' and little 'c' in nursing by h2cm Posted Wed 01 Jul 2009 6:37pm 12th May is International Nurses Day and International Nursing Informatics Day: so have a great day! Even though the vast majority of people use information and communication technology in their work - and this includes nurses - there are many within and without the profession who will wonder what has nursing to do with 'IT'? Surely 'nursing Read on »

Nurses have a new source for quality information about travel nursing! by Highway Hypodermics .. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 28 Oct 2008 9:58pm a nurse since 1992, and has worked on medical, surgical, emergency, telemetry, rehabilitation, and psychiatric units. Her published works include: Love At First Type: An Online... (Pocatello, ID) - Epstein LaRue, RN, BS, travel nurse and published author is very pleased to announce that HIGHWAY HYPODERMICS: TRAVEL NURSING 2007 was released by Star Read on »