andreadrea

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1. 1 yr out of school, no floor experience - Mental Health nursing info

   andreadrea replied to jayrelic's topic in Psychiatric

   The legal process varies by state, I think. In California there is a thing called a Reise Affadavit that a judge can sign that means the patient cannot refuse psych meds for the rest of that hospitalization. There's also an Affadavit B, but that re...

2. Why do one year Med surg nursing before going into Psychiatry Nursing

   andreadrea replied to PurifiedH2O's topic in Psychiatric

   Personally I never did any med/surg nursing before doing psych, nor did I ever feel that I needed to. However I always tell nursing students it is their choice, as some feel more comfortable doing this. My first nursing job was at a long term care p...

3. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

   andreadrea replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

   Ugh, I need to vent a little. I usually work well with borderlines. Last night my 3 patients were all borderlines. One of them is a very troubled 18 year old male who also has factitious disorder and had the most traumatic childhood I've ever hear...

4. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

   andreadrea replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

   Well to answer the original question, Dialectical Behavior Therapy can be effective with borderlines. Marsha Linehan wrote 2 books: Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder and Skills Training Manual for Borderline Personality ...