Dont Be a Psych Nurse

[@niagay711]

1. other nurses will think you're lazy or crazy 2. lack of gratitude from patients 3. emotional stress 4. high burnout 5. may physically get hurt

[@prosperthechancelloremeka4586]

thats what make it so fun, burn out not really, physically hurt again not really, its why you have CPI so if talk goes out the window the action takes over, as for being lazy, lol they can think that but they are usually the ones to run when they see patients act up and call security cos they dont have the mental fortiitude to handle it

[@t0nyaxiong]

I was a psych nurse for 6 months right out of nursing school and I’m still so traumatized by it. I worked in the adult unit and we were so understaff. It would just be me and one other tech in one unit. We were both small girls and had 22 patients. There was riot like everyday. And I knew that I could never hold a grown man down. I know your never suppose to take these situations personally but I was so fearful of my life, I had to quit. If u can not handle hard core confrontation (e.g yelling, getting spit on, getting kicked, getting bit, stopping a fight) this is not the job for you.

[@missovercomer2488]

Only 2 small women on one shift? Thats just poor management.

[@omoladeakinwande8824]

Poor staffing management. You are from which country?

[@spang333]

@@omoladeakinwande8824 And I live in the US, in New Mexico.

[@PianoDisneygal10]

Having only 2 staff members for 22 patients sounds illegal, especially if it’s a day shift.

[@lauracantu6533]

I went to psych as a new grad and I absolutely love it... you either have the tools to deal with the emotional stress or not. Be aware of your own capabilities to cope to teach/help pts how to cope.

[@jasminerogers5756]

I love it too!!!

[@Elizabeth-kk8hz]

I am a psych nurse working on my masters… and I absolutely love working in psych… I feel like we do so much to improve our patients lives ❤️ just look at it as people who need extra compassion.

[@drkojosarfo]

love this video man! All facts, no bull!

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

Thanks bro!! All from your inspiration!

[@KaliElaine]

I want to get in this field ppl keep talking me out of it lol. I figured you know what I’m going to finish my bsn and do it. I can always go back to the OR

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

Yayyyy good job. Try it out and see how you like it

[@ursulaz6365]

I am psych Rn, I was psych lpn now RN for years. I am outpatient and I LOVE IT. Working on NP psych and thanks gor ypu video i confim that it is what I wanted do!!!!! I triage, talk to people and i fell the same like er nurse or floor med surge nurse. My family member, floor nurse measure say I am not a real nurse. YES I AM AND LOVE IT. Thank you for you video.

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

Yayyy sooo amazing! Glad you're so passionate, you'll be awesome as a NP

[@bethbergen636]

I was a residential tech for adolescents in a psychiatric residential facility for years and it's so taxing. But soooo rewarding. Even if I didn't personally make a difference, the fact that the kiddos got to discharge and go home or go to independent living is so amazing. I've been hurt so many times, but I kept going back day in and day out, because these kiddos needed someone to keep showing up for them and teach them how to properly regulate and express their emotions. I'm so interested in going to nursing school to work in psych because of that experience

[@loisbeard8536]

You said "been hurt", are those physical injuries? - i am a little scared.

[@maartencautereels1206]

Awesome video. I can relate. Working as a psych nurse in a closed forensic unit for acute psychosis. The hardest part is the suicides and the violence and agression. Still loving my job though. Every day is different and thrilling.

[@paulfitzgerald7047]

Thank you for inspiring me. I am so afraid but also excited to become a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner .

[@lhomosapiens2906]

Did you make it?

[@toddviv]

Mental health is interesting and very confronting all at once. However, I must say that it is totally fascinating. Your channel is very interesting.

[@brycecabatu]

Lmfaooooo I’m a 17 year old dual credit high school student and I’m thinking of taking your career path so thank you so much

[@luvendaire4834]

definitely the same with me

[@spcvonhamm8857]

I'm a psych tech and everything you said is perfectly true. I would add..... dealing with heroin/meth addicts is harrowing... it is paychologically taxing to figure out this drug crisis, and watch young people kill themselves on these drugs. I dole out the most horrific pych meds to young people... they have become useless, non-functioning members of society. Mental health is heavily interwoven with drug addiction in a way that would astound the average citizen who hasn't worked in this field. *Sigh*

[@PianoDisneygal10]

It doesn’t help that in a psych facility, we medicate people whenever they’re having a problem. It’s a double edged sword. You want to do it because it helps them with their pain, and it also can help control some very aggressive behaviors. But you also don’t want them to become so dependent on these drugs if you can avoid it.

[@dpraytor2364]

I just found your channel and say he'd and subscribed a couple of days ago, you are unbelievably helpful, much appreciated!!!!

[@adrian3747_]

Im actually a psych nurse now and this is my first job as RN. I used to be Lvn though prior to this job. Anyways I’m actually bored as a psych nurse. I’m not lazy but i just don’t feel like im a nurse working as psyche more of a secretary as we just focus on documentations only lol

[@ahmedalwahaibi8687]

Does working in a mental hospital makes you go crazy ??

[@emme2141]

@@ahmedalwahaibi8687 yes

[@ViviontheGo]

Have you ever been/witnessed a scary or dangerous situation with a patient? For instance in movies when a patient becomes fixated on a provider and starts stalking them, is that something just of the movies or could this be a real danger?

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

fortunately I have not been in a situation where they became fixated on me. I have heard of some cases like that but mostly from PMHNP groups.

[@emilycook9810]

Nicholas Rye I’ve been in psych 6 months now and haven’t experienced anything like that yet. Can you elaborate? And how you advise how to avoid similar situations?

[@carleighrousseau4226]

I work on an act team and my team is pretty good at making everyone aware if we notice a “fixation” behavior towards one of our teammates. That teammate will then be taken off that assignment for a considerable amount of time. Overall though, it’s never escalated to anything too scary (in terms of fixation)

[@neeneek.369]

Theres a horrible job in every field. There’s also the cream of the crop in every field. I don’t understand how people quit whole fields rather than just find better jobs/positions/pay rate/management in the same field .

[@meeshaahmadi5776]

Thanks for your videos! I have been interested in psych nursing since I got my undergrad degree in psych. I’m to nursing school soon and have been told to avoid psych. I find helping patients with their mental health very rewarding. Do you think it’s possible to go from psych nursing to ICU?

[@jacuz6581]

I understand that there are one thousand over cons for mental health nursing but do you've experience for acute bedside nursing? Please do a comparison!! I doing bedside nursing now and is so f* demanding. Patients can also be aggressive and confused post-op (not everyday) but still happened. I've been doing it for years but what I really hated the most is I felt like a servant. Patients told me to comb my hair, pull my undies up, charge my phone, get me water, etc.

[@DabidRobinson]

Keep up the videos man

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

Thank you!!!

[@hehehehfun4938]

You know whats the most thankless specialty? The freaken OR! We are the ones that fought with the surgeon to follow safety protocol so he/she will remove the correct limb/body part, constantly stress to them the importance of aseptic, fire safety, and we advocate for you when you are anesthetized.

[@k80n]

About to get into psych, I really believe I am capable of doing well in this field. However I do worry about the burnout rate, what options are there if this happens?What other jobs are available to psych nurses?

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

great, i love working in psych. burn out rate depends on yourself and if you practice self care. its truly improtant in this field. You can work home health, outpatient clinics, inpatient hospitals, psych urgent cares, schools, jails, etc

[@k80n]

@@LifeofaPsychNP Thank you!

[@2ndchancehypnotherapy]

Been working 10 years as a mental health worker. I love it. Finishing up my psych degree and then will apply a psych nursing program.

[@cathywardell9604]

Actual reasons start at 2:19

[@lalajay6596]

I've been in Psych for 23 years. I've been a Psych nurse for 14 years. I love it completely. I will not work with children or adolescents. Teen Girls are the scariest population to work with IMO.

[@rashell6673]

Awesome video! Thank you for sharing!

[@jeffgonzales4572]

Liking the upgrades with the video graphics.

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

Thanks brooo!!

[@htarceno]

thank you

[@dhyun9600]

I'm a mental health nurse in South Korea. I agree this video. haha.

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

I'm glad you agree lol

[@toddviv]

i bet its not for everyone, one thing i must say is that i hate the concept of doing night shifts. I need my sleep!!!!!

[@yulog]

People in Psych are Psych.

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

Yulog is that you? 😂

[@xTylerrrrrr]

Do you need to get your DNP to be a Psych NP or can you be a Psych NP as a MSN?

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

You can be one with a MSN

[@sairisramirez3540]

Hi, I want to know how u deal with the patient as a psych nurse practitioner outpatient ? And how are there behavior outpatient vs inpatient ?

[@behappy5173]

Do you have to have double award science to be a psych nurse?

[@tsegatesfaghabir280]

Hi psych dude, thanks for your videos. I am a psych Nurse In FL Everything you said is true. Working as a psych Nurse for a little more than one year seen it all

[@TheBodynsoul1]

Imagine being the family member providing the care ALONE no team no shift change and you have a family member who has been given 10-14 powerful meds then withdrawn off some given more combinations, try the sheriff, cops, EMT calls and emergency room visits... you don't sleep if they don't, u provide all their care even tho, they are so zombified...they no longer CAN self care, you are treated as non caring if you want them in a safe place, you also want to rest, but you're too busy trying to work while their in short acute revolving door care...sovyou can pay the light bill or but food. The ignorant length of stay dictated by insurance companies compromises my and my loved ones safety, try finding outpatient services, bigger joke, try getting prior dr approvals after the leave hospital without proper medications and left cold turkey on Chlozopine or other anti psychotic med, happens almost everytime because pharmacy can't keep up with all the drug changes these patients go through. Caregivers give 1, 9 or 10 years or even some a lifetime, all without pay or adequate diagnosis, meds or services, then made to feel guilt, your always blamed for not being compliant!!!!!! victim blaming is constant. Its never the bullshit med combinations and total cold turkey over and over...the system is run by these psychiatrists who are nothing but big p pushers....and you want them to bring you flowers and a cake 🎂lmao 🤣 😂 😆 ur kind and have big heart but ur in a broken 💔 system you cannot fight they want lifetime customers not cures and these families are collateral damage so are the NPs, RNs

[@denisenatoli]

do you feel like these cons are more pertinent to psych nursing inpatient and outpatient as an RN, or does this extend to being an NP as well? im looking into becoming a psych NP and finding all of your videos very helpful! I am willing to deal with these cons to get experience in psych as an RN to build my resume for grad school applications and to make sure I like it, but i don't know if i would be down for these cons throughout my career, if that's what it means to get my masters in psych NP.

[@loisbeard8536]

if you are within a team, i guess you'll have to deal with it or at least help your coworkers.

[@oldschoolwaverider]

Are there less physical jobs in Mental Health Nursing?

[@mayabonghi3328]

do you only have to have a nursing degree to become a psych nurse?? or are there other things you need?

[@TM-ey5py]

Maya Bonghi A nursing degree and passing the RN licensing exam is all that is required to be a psych nurse. When you earn those 2 requirements the hospital or inpatient psychiatric facility will have you work with a preceptor for an extended period of time.

[@mayabonghi3328]

Tyler J So is that the time before the would apply for a job as a Psych Nurse?

[@danielbanando5167]

I am 67 I was first hospitalized on an adult psy hiatric ward in q969 at the age of 15 The nurses werr cruel, sadistic and sarcastic The treatment consisted of caprisous seclusion, restraiants, and painful and humiliating IM injections

[@emme2141]

I’m sorry to hear about your experience, hopefully the care offered is better now

[@koalafromtomorrow5656]

Only a evil inhumane puppet could be a psych nisrrr

[@kessy2423]

🙄🙄 it’s not that bad

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

honestly its not, but when it is bad, its BAAAD!

[@PianoDisneygal10]

@@LifeofaPsychNP This is pretty much how I describe my job as a mental health specialist to anyone who is unfamiliar. It’s not that bad until it is.

[@Nahhmah]

Psych nurses eventually become psychs theirselves.

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

Cool

[@ahmedalwahaibi8687]

@@LifeofaPsychNP is this a fact ???

[@LifeofaPsychNP]

@@ahmedalwahaibi8687 lol no. that guy is just trying to be funny

[@2ndchancehypnotherapy]

I have seen staff become patients.