rotary

rotary has 4 years experience.

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1. Haldol and Ativan cocktail IV

   rotary replied to TRAMA1RN's topic in Psychiatric

   We've given 10mg Haldol and 4mg Ativan for severe agitation. On occasion, 4mg Ativan with 150mg Zuclopenthixol Acetate.

2. Z track for IM injections?

   rotary replied to gnursjr2's topic in Psychiatric

   That doesn't sound correct. It's rare to hit a vessel but it DOES happen. You definitely don't want to be injecting a long acting antipsychotic into someone's blood stream.

3. Staffing on Inpatient Unit

   rotary replied to swimrn1's topic in Psychiatric

   I work in the only acute psych unit for my city. 56 patients and 10 nurses. No techs or aides. On nights it falls to 6 nurses. I think it's the perfect ratio.

4. restraints and seclusion questions

   rotary replied to coachg's topic in Psychiatric

   It depends on the reason for restraints in the first place and what the circumstances are when they fall alseep. If they're suicidal and sleeping I'll remove and place them on close observation. If they were physically threatening others I'll loose...

5. Cross Country Comparison of Wages and Benefits

   rotary replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in Canada

   looks like they need an update soon, the site still includes current contracts that expired in 2008. Wages have changed significantly since then in some provinces.

6. Mental Health Acute Wards

   rotary replied to wnoise's topic in Psychiatric

   We do not allow smoking, patients have to leave hospital property to light up and must sign a waiver to do so (i think that's unsafe). We do however have Nicotine Replacement Therapy where free gum, patches and inhalers are provided for them to use w...

7. Losing your skills in psych?

   rotary replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Psychiatric

   ANY nursing skill can be re-learned. The majority of our time as students was spent in the class room, not working full time in heavy medical units becoming expert nurses in everything, so I really don't understand the worry that new grads have rega...

8. Nursing in Prince Albert, SK

   rotary replied to germaine06's topic in International

   Make sure you have a winter coat. Not one of Saskatchewan's nicer cities, that's for sure.

9. disallusioned with nursing! psych new grad

   rotary replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

   12 patients? Are you kidding? On my psych unit each RN or RPN carries a maximum of 5. Occasionally we will take an extra patient if someone calls in sick and the shift isn't filled, but that's it. Carrying as many as 12 is a dangerous load, especi...

10. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    rotary replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Students

    I notice a lot of gay men in nursing because I keep an eye out for them However I doubt there's a higher concentration of gay men in this profession compared to others. It's wrongly assumed, unfortunately.

11. I had a very bad day in clinical (ugh)...

    rotary replied to ARRR10's topic in General Students

    Sorry to hear about that, but try and keep your head up. :) In the grand scheme of things, this is quite minor. As students, we're thrown into clinical and expected to know exactly how the unit operates. We need to ask a lot of questions, but some...

12. I hate bedmaking

    rotary replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Students

    Couldn't care less about bed making, just as long as it's clean. My mitered corners look like my failed attempts at wrapping christmas presents. I now go the gift bag route, thank you very much.

13. L&D rotation as a guy

    rotary replied to pharho's topic in Male Students

    My L&D rotation went pretty well. I helped with a delivery at 7am my first day, did the apgar, etc. An hour later I was in the OR observing a section. In all honesty, the only problem I had the entire time was trying to maintain a fetal heart r...

14. Patient searches

    rotary replied to Ruthbud19's topic in Psychiatric

    That is scary... We remove all belongings and clothing. They can have their clothes back in 24 hours if they're voluntary, otherwise it requires a doctors order. Unsafe belongings are kept locked up, though there are certain hospital privileges the...

15. confused psychiatic nurse

    rotary replied to nya2000RN's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't see why it would matter. Unless you're picking up casual shifts on a general surgery floor or something, those learned skills will fly out the window. We have RN's and RPN's who can't and won't start IV's; instead they'll call ICU to send an...