We are currently on a psychiatric travel nursing road trip from Oregon to Michigan. The trip took us over the scenic route from our home in Oregon, right through the Pacific Northwest, to our destination of Michigan. The trip was full of fun activities, great food, and lots of laughs.
The only real downside to our trip was getting arrested for being homeless. That’s the only real downside of any psychiatric travel nursing trip that I’ve ever been on.
I’m pretty sure that was the only downside, but we were on a psychiatric travel nursing road trip.
We were pretty lucky that we were able to get on the road trip with the right doctors and not have to spend a night in jail. The trip was fantastic, and most of our hospital stay was spent in the care of the doctors that we met over the course of the trip. There were the few times we had to be hospitalized and given drugs, and once we had to be admitted to the hospital for mental health reasons because we were acting out and yelling at each other.
The best part is that they were the best nurses and doctors we ever met. We met our psychiatrist who worked for an island that was used by the Visionaries. She was the only one who could really relate to our hospital stay and seemed genuinely interested in helping us. We also met a psychiatrist who worked at a hospital on another island, and she was great.
The whole thing was a bit of a joke, but it’s such a fun concept that I can’t help but think that I’m now going to start a whole blog series on it.
We also met the nurses who were on the island that we used to work in. They were the only ones who could actually relate to our hospital stay, and they were the only ones who seemed genuinely interested in helping us. While it was quite a bit of fun, there was also a lot of serious stuff we had to deal with. I guess the doctors on the island are quite neurotic. They are not allowed to touch a patient without a doctor’s order.
Of course, the psychiatric nurses were not the only ones who interacted with us. The entire island was quite friendly though, and we were never really at a loss for people to talk to. So we did hear a lot of interesting and helpful things. Like the nurse who told us she knew the island well and had been there more than 10 years, and that she seemed to spend most of her time on the beach.
A psychiatrist or mental health professional can have a large impact on the people they are treating. They come into contact with a number of emotions that can either be very positive or very negative. They can affect patients in different ways, but are capable of changing them in ways that a doctor can’t. For example, a doctor might say to a person suffering from depression that they need to take a vacation. They might make a suggestion or ask a patient to go on a vacation.
We all know that it’s sometimes tough to admit when we’re wrong. For example, if we’re not sure of a patient’s needs, we can sometimes help them find the right treatment, but we can’t always make sure they get the right one. When patients see us we can help them understand how they are feeling and can talk about their problems, in a way that might help them feel better.
