jajnurse

Latest Activity

1. new restraint regs

   jajnurse replied to PGH70's topic in Psychiatric

   When the patient is first admitted we have them sign a sheet listing all the psychotropic meds that may be given during their stay. So we do have the right to restrain patient with an injection at our disgression. We are allowed after taking a patien...

2. new restraint regs

   jajnurse replied to PGH70's topic in Psychiatric

   We are not even allowed to use physical restraints in any case only chemical restraints. And that is probably why we have so many serious staff assaults. We were informed that we could wear helmets. I informed them that I was trained to be a nurse no...

3. need help on psych. nursing

   jajnurse replied to Rnpsych's topic in Psychiatric

   I am currently working in a private psych facility and am interested in knowing what type of restraints other psych facitlities use with their patients. We use only med restraints and I have witnessed almost weekly assaults on staff from some of our ...