What sort of training do mental health nurses go through?

nursing homes offer FREE classes and pay u while u go but it's during the week so the DON can monitor u.. she doesn't work on weekends. Call the local nursing homes and C what they say

Since we also get people trained overseas who come to work here, I think it balances itself out nicely, so I wouldn't worry about it :) edit re your additional details: I take your point, b...

It would seem to be a rather haphazard way of training, and there should be a person on the unit assigned to replace the unit manager in their absence. It is highly inefficient for the nurses to r...

Are you a training manager? Good Lord how much experience do you have to have to ask these questions? I've been a nurse since 1981 (and am now a physician assistant) but is strikes me strange ...

One main thing that i learned as a former substance abuser myself. Stay away from other users. And use HALT, which means, dont get to hungry, to angry, to lonely or tor tired. THese increase you...

I worked at a place like that you start out as a NA then you work there as you go to school and then once you graduate you usually have to work there at least a yr

My mother in law was part-time at both. The private nursing home paid more, but had more issues (general cheapness on patient care and politics) The non-profit government run nursing home pai...

In the US, medical students are called just that - medical students. When writing notes on a chart, they usually denote their status by writing "MS III" or "MS IV" (third or fo...