Frankcah

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1. use of panic buttons

   Frankcah replied to jdegagne's topic in Psychiatric

   Check out this link... http://www.pinpoint.ltd.uk/pinpoint5000.html This is the system we use. It is very good (but costly). Based in UK tho.

2. Observation Policy

   Frankcah replied to StuPer's topic in Psychiatric

   I work in a secure assessment & treatment evironment. Patients wear their own clothes. We have 4 levels of observation Level1 - Baseline obs - check whereabouts every 30 mins (basic) Level2 - Enhanced obs - check whereabouts once at a random time...

3. we do have library in school

   Frankcah replied to pretty25's topic in International

   Try refining the data u put in. It is a little confusing, eg. "rise in teenage pregnancies 16-18" ??? Surely it should read teenage pregnancies under 16...? If you have access to OVID in your library, check out the searches on there. Fill in the fiel...

4. mea culpa

   Frankcah replied to Whisper's topic in International

   All nurses make mistakes from time to time, even vastly experienced nurses. The NMC advocates an open and honest culture especially when it comes to drug errors. The evidence is firm that there was a drug error committed. It happens. As a registered...

5. failed nursing student

   Frankcah replied to lilypod's topic in International

   Sorry to read about your non completion of your training. My friend failed in year 3 of his training. After making a few enquiries, he found out that he had enough credits to become an enrolled nurse. Following this he undertook a conversion course t...

6. what kind of unit is this?

   Frankcah replied to Justagirl's topic in International

   A forensic unit is a unit that deals with people who have committed a crime of some description and instead of recieving a custodial sentence, they are sent to a hospital or other secure setting to recieve treatment, usually under a section of the me...

7. My experience

   Frankcah replied to Still Riding's topic in Psychiatric

   At the unit I work at, we advocate to some of our patients who cut/scratch, using an elastic band around their wrist/arm. When the urge to cut/scratch is there, pull it back and let it snap back on the arm. We have had some successes with this. It d...

8. Learning Disability Nursing

   Frankcah replied to toadflax's topic in International

   Learning disability nursing is massive, but unfortunately, I believe it to be perceived as the poorer relation to the big guns such as pschy or general. It does not have the same mass appeal or publicity as other branches and I dont recall ever the L...

9. Restraints - Face Up Or Face Down?

   Frankcah replied to PRNMEDS's topic in Psychiatric

   Even thought there is a small risk of suffocation with patients in a face down restraint, it is inevitable that it happens occasionally in what is the usual melee to restrain a patient when it is needed. Check out the report of "The Bennett Inquiry" ...

10. How to do mental health nursing?

    Frankcah replied to a-rose's topic in Psychiatric

    Fantastic entertainment guys!! This thread is like a soap opera, ...where did I leave my popcorn...:roll

11. How to do mental health nursing?

    Frankcah replied to a-rose's topic in Psychiatric

    The question is simple, the answer is simple, listen & be supportive to the patient, :kiss

12. Staff splitting - Help!

    Frankcah replied to RedWhiteBlue's topic in Psychiatric

    I must agree with psykoRN, there should be a clear and adequate complaints procedure in place which should provide the patient with a forum to make complaints. Of course people will say, "but everyone will be making complaints about the most trivial ...

13. meds

    Frankcah replied to sanakruz's topic in Psychiatric

    My friends daughter died from a dvt while on clozapine and I have specialed a clozaril patient in general hosp recovering from a dvt found in time. However i have many more stories of people who have enriched their lives by regularly taking clozaril...

14. Question

    Frankcah replied to CliveUK's topic in Psychiatric

    Im a uk nurse, and I must say that mechanical restraint really bothers me. There are methods to restrain people that require less than 4 people (and I presume u mean C & R) which I am very much opposed to. Other methods such as the Studio 3 appro...

15. Help! Min. safe staffing issue

    Frankcah replied to jlc's topic in Psychiatric

    it is my understanding that staffing levels are formulated at local policy level, and as such should reflect the level of care needed for each individual client. I have worked in units where there is a staff/client ratio of 1:1, and at the other end ...