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Should pysch tests be given to nurses?
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Posted over 5 years ago Most employers will conduct a standard background check to investigate a candidate’s criminal and credit history. My employer’s (City of Sacramento Police) screening process includes a psych test along with the standard background check. The custodians have to go through the screening process as well, including the psych test. One’s employment request will be denied if the psych test is not passed. Are psych tests given to nurses? If not, would it make sense for these tests to be administered? |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I know they do it at the prision my husband work at and from what I hear, a lot of law enforcement agencies do it. The nurses there also have to do under a psych test, for obvious reasons. Having to deal with harsh criminals in jails all day could drive you crazy! |
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| Posted over 5 years ago i think that i would be a great idea. due to the employers not knowing the personal background with mental history with candidates...it would help the get a feel of them and get a sense of how strong mentally they are.. and how they could handle things that may be traumitizng, or spawn aggression, depression, anxiety... or htings likd that which could be detremental to the patients and nurses well being. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I would like to see it done to get accepted into nursing programs. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago If pysch tests are given to nurses entering the field then we won't have any nurses because one have to be a certain kind of weird to do psych. When I used to work pysch I used to tell my patients that "if they think they are crazy try me" they would look at me funny, but the acting up behavior would go away. Psych is very complex, a psych test would not reveal much. Psych nurses know how to take these tests and would pass with flying colors. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I didn't have to take a psych test at either of my corrections jobs. I doubt nursing students will ever be required to take one. Colleges are required to be equal opportunity, and psych tests would violate the ADA. Students can enter a nursing program, complete it, and graduate even if they have a felony record--because nursing schools can't conduct criminal background checks. Some such students have finished nursing school only to be denied a license by the Board of Nursing, which does not have to follow the same rules as the schools. There were some hospital facilities in South Carolina IIRC that wanted criminal background checks of students prior to attending clinic. The hospitals in my area heard about it and wanted it too--but weren't willing to pay for them. The college lawyer advised us not to pay for background checks as it would violate the open admissions policies of the North Carolina Community College System. So it never happened, thank god. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago nurz4life It depends on the test. Psych tests can not be faked regardless of your background. Unless of course you were one of the test writers. Psych nurses do not have to be weird to work in psych and that type of thinking and remarks like that is a part of the stigmatization of mental illness. I am very surprised and very disappointed that someone working in the field would make such a reamer. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I'm not sure... I know many psychologists and social workers, and some have said that having undergone therapy themselves for disorders such as anxiety has not only helped them to relate to patients better, but to manage the inherent stress of the job. I suppose it depends on the nature of the test. |
