here_kitty

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1. personality disorders?

   here_kitty replied to cherilee's topic in Psychiatric

   At my hospital, if a patient is in a DBT program outpatient, we are not supposed to even have 1:1 with the patient. We are just supposed to pass meds, address immediate needs, and encourage the patient to refer to their workbooks. I think they are ...

2. Patient Name bands

   here_kitty replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Psychiatric

   The patients in my hospital wear ID bands, but often take them off or they are otherwise made illegible. We are supposed to check 2 forms of ID with the patient, but sometimes they are so psychotic, that they don't give the correct information, then...

3. Seroquel

   here_kitty replied to RN007's topic in Psychiatric

   It gets used a lot on our units for anxiety (like 25-50 mg doses). We usually give higher doses (100 mg+) for sleep.

4. disallusioned with nursing! psych new grad

   here_kitty replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

   Wow! I feel very blessed to work where I do! The usual assignment is 3 patients plus meds on 1 or 2 others, on a day or evening shift. On night shift, it's another story, you could get 8 patients on our least acute unit, but for the most part they ar...

5. shootings and mental health

   here_kitty replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

   :yelclap: Exactly, it's unfortunate, however, that the mentally ill who ARE violent are the ones that are the representatives for all the other gentle, kind souls who happen to suffer from the same disease. If John Wayne Gacy had diabetes (I don't...

6. Something Different

   here_kitty replied to Can't Wait's topic in Psychiatric

   Go for it! I am a relatively new grad (June '06) and started in August working in the psych units at my hospital. They didn't have any problem hiring me, in fact, I think I was hired over a few med/surg experienced nurses. I haven't had a great ne...

7. Inventory and storage of patient's personal effects

   here_kitty replied to psych nurse's topic in Psychiatric

   We have 3 units at the hospital I work at, 2 of them have lockers in which pt's belongings are stored, the third has a drawer for each patient (pretty small one, too) and then any 'overflow' gets put in a bag and labeled with the patients name and lo...

8. Another poll: What DON'T you like?

   here_kitty posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I am interviewing for a job as a new grad on an inpatient acute crisis unit...I had a clinical rotation there and loved it, but I am just curious about what the downfalls to a career in psych could be. What are some of the things you don't like abou...

9. Poll: What do you love about psych nursing?

   here_kitty replied to here_kitty's topic in Psychiatric

   What you don't like is a good question...I wonder how much is similar to what med-surg nurses don't like? I think I'll start a new thread.

10. Poll: What do you love about psych nursing?

    here_kitty replied to here_kitty's topic in Psychiatric

    Morgan314: Thank you for your reply! Your response is very compassionate, a quality all psych nurses should have! I am a new grad, and I REALLY loved my psych rotation, and I have an opportunity to interview for a part time psych position...so I gu...

11. ATI at school: Did it help you in passing NCLEX

    here_kitty replied to Bala Shark's topic in New Nurse

    We did ATI in school too, and had access to non-proctored tests as well as having 3 or so proctored tests. As a learning tool, it was great (my program used the proctored tests as mid-terms and finals...in that way they had no idea what would be on ...

12. Am I Just a dummy (4th time failing!!!)

    here_kitty replied to missea39's topic in NCLEX

    I am so sorry you didn't pass this time, but don't give up! I would REALLY REALLY recommend the Kaplan NCLEX study guide, they teach you strategies to help identify the correct answer and dismiss the distractors. After reading this book, it was alo...

13. Poll: What do you love about psych nursing?

    here_kitty posted a topic in Psychiatric

    what do you love about psych nursing? what was your motivation for choosing psych nursing as a specialty? :monkeydance:

14. Change, change, change

    here_kitty replied to EmilyCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Emilyerin-do we go to the same school? I had this very same assignment, VERBATIM! Thanks, by the way, I posted under 'nursing student forum' and got no bites

15. Introductions

    here_kitty replied to Brian's topic in Oregon

    Hi! I am a student at Clackamas community, and graduate soon, I am very excited about that, and the next big step...NCLEX! I am working on getting my applications out there and getting a job lined up...if anyone has and info re: internships PLEASE fe...