u/Emotional-Put-6768

wondering if someone can provide me some insight into their experience working inpatient in a hospital setting. I currently work in residential treatment with adolescents w/ mood and anxiety disorders but was offered an inpatient position at a hospital. I’m thinking about making the switch because ill be relocating for school and it’ll be 10 mins away versus my current job making the commute 1hr-1hr and 15 mins one way.

how intense is inpatient? is it often that someone codes, has to be put in a hold, self harms, etc. is it less likely to happen because it’s a more structured and monitored environment, etc.

and…. is it feasible to work as a psychiatric tech inpatient while going into first year? thanks