goettin98

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1. Where Do People Dream This Stuff Up?

   goettin98 replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

   "I don't know how my tox came back positive for cocaine, I didn't do any. I bet someone slipped me some at that party last night." Yeah. Cuz I hate when your nose just falls off into a pile of cocaine, idiot.

2. Hello Psych Nurses & Future Psych Nurses, Please Read

   goettin98 replied to little_miss_hulk's topic in Psychiatric

   Another option (if your hospital has one) is to work as a float/registry nurse for a while. Our registry is set up so that you pick an area, like Women & Children (where you work antenatal, OB, pedi, etc.), Med-Surg (where you work psych, genera...

3. Inpatient Smoke free ward - HELP!

   goettin98 replied to rainbowsunsets's topic in Psychiatric

   I live in a smoke free state, which does include the prisons. I'm thankful for this. If I had to interrupt my day every few minutes for pts to go smoke, I wouldn't be working there. Pts can be prescribed the patch or Nicotrol inhaler, but the MD h...

4. Hello Psych Nurses & Future Psych Nurses, Please Read

   goettin98 replied to little_miss_hulk's topic in Psychiatric

   I'm not sure what your psych unit there is like, but ours is probably just as med-surg as the actual medical floors. We do the same things- Foleys, IV fluids and antibiotics several times a day, extensive dressing changes, G-tubes and NGs, wound vac...

5. Need help committing a family member

   goettin98 replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Psychiatric

   Sorry, I must have misread. I thought you meant she manipulated the medical doctors and they let her go. I'm glad she did get a psych admit that time. Keep us posted.

6. 15 minute checks

   goettin98 replied to GomezKar's topic in Psychiatric

   We have 2 types of precautions- q15 minutes and q30 minutes. On our acute unit, most people are on the q15's. Sorry to say, but on our unit, we are forever playing catch up with these darn things. I have even had nightmares about these (not kiddin...

7. Psych Ward Violence: Safety Measures Where You Work

   goettin98 replied to Vito Andolini's topic in Psychiatric

   We do room checks every shift, but we still find contraband. We have longer visiting hours than other psych units in my area and I'm sure that contributes to it (more visitors, more contraband being brought in). We do check through visitors bags (l...

8. Need help committing a family member

   goettin98 replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Psychiatric

   TraumaNurseRN, So sorry to hear of your situation. It's difficult to face a relative going through a hard time. First of all, it infuriates me that they did not admit your sister to psych after such a serious attempt (her OD)! That's pretty muc...

9. Beyond Meds and Charting

   goettin98 replied to DaFreak71's topic in Psychiatric

   I work in a medium-sized hospital (around 800+ beds) with one floor devoted to psych. We have an acute unit, a step-down unit, and a geriatric unit. Sadly, we can't keep staff. I work 3-11 usually. I would say it is an excellent night if you get ...

10. Inpatient Visitation Times

    goettin98 replied to p0969's topic in Psychiatric

    I know this is a really old thread, but I wanted to bump it. The nurses on my unit (myself included) are interested to know the visiting hours on other units and pros/cons of them. Ours are 4-8:30 pm M-F, and 11 am-8:30 pm on the weekends. (Our ger...

11. No scrubs allowed in psych?

    goettin98 replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't know where the idea ever came from that psych patients aren't "sick." Maybe it's just my floor, but we always have patients on IVF and IVAB, getting units of blood, patients with feeding tubes, trachs, central lines, ports, patients on oxyge...

12. No scrubs allowed in psych?

    goettin98 replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Psychiatric

    On my floor, we can wear business casual or scrubs. I would say about 90% of the nursing staff wears scrubs. The general consensus is that it's better for cleaning up bodily fluids and easier to move when you're tying somebody in 4-pts, etc. if you...

13. 3 hot's and a cot

    goettin98 replied to Billikin's topic in Psychiatric

    JRAI, you took the words right out of my mouth! That is exactly what my unit has become! Rarely do we get the true psych patient, because we're too full with criminals and drug addicts that are just there "living" like they're at a hotel, ordering ...

14. Mental Health Acute Wards

    goettin98 replied to wnoise's topic in Psychiatric

    Our hospital is entirely smoke-free. If the patient wants a nicotine patch, the doctor has to write an order. If the staff thinks the patient has tobacco or a lighter on them (and they usually do), but refuses to give it up and we can't find it dur...

15. Did you work as a CNA before RN?

    goettin98 replied to doglover1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I was a CNA for 3 years while I went to nursing school. In my opinion, at the nursing home where I worked and the hospital where I am currently, you can certainly tell which nurses had been an aide and which hadn't! In my state, now you have t...