Loray

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1. Management of the med window

   Loray replied to wonderbee's topic in Psychiatric

   Hi, We do two rounds. First round call to come for medication. Second round patient's that have not come. I give the patient's the choice of coming in 2 to 10 mins. Most respond to this. Cheers Loray

2. Patient searches

   Loray replied to Ruthbud19's topic in Psychiatric

   Hi to all,:smiley_ab Where I work, 1. It is private so different laws to public.. How we handle it is 1. Risk assesment / any doubt re-clients or others safety all belts etc get put into locked store room. 2.We maybe asked by a Dr or manager to...

3. In-patient Mental Health. Staff shift times.

   Loray replied to Loray's topic in Psychiatric

   Hi Epg_pei, Thankyou for the feedback I will add to our staff discussion. Cheers Loray

4. What do you do after work to unwind?

   Loray replied to chirstine's topic in International

   Hi, NSW (New South Wales Nurses Board )have a interesting download about stress management for nurses. I am interest to here about your 12hr shift and how it works for you and where you work.:smiley_aa Cheers Loray

5. In-patient Mental Health. Staff shift times.

   Loray posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hi to everyone. :balloons: Where I work is an in- patient mental health .There is a discussion happening between the staff about shift times. Q. What are your most common start & finish times. e.g 7am to 1530hrs.. 1400hrs to 2200hrs ...2130 t...

6. Dbt

   Loray posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hi from Aussie Land, I am interested in how much is DBT being used and is it and effective therapy?:balloons: :balloons:

7. meds

   Loray replied to sanakruz's topic in Psychiatric

   :chuckle what is the other name for Geodon has not come to Aus yet.

8. Psych nurses similar to other nurses?

   Loray replied to ferfer's topic in Psychiatric

   ALL Nurses are given two ears and one mouth. Learning to use our senses is part of our skills learning.

9. In-patient acuity measurement instrument

   Loray replied to MHN's topic in Psychiatric

   Hi MHN. Where I work we have a system of patient dependency levels. 1. self care .......routine supervision only. 2.self care encouraged but requires increased supervision eg daily activities monitored.....rountine obs all patients being d...

10. Public Psyc vs Private Psyc Inpatient care.

    Loray replied to Loray's topic in Psychiatric

    HI sanakrus, The Mental Health Act states any psych private inpatient are considered voluntary. They cannot be detained against there will (this is considered asualt). Unless statis is changed to involuntary by a Doctor and are w...

11. Public Psyc vs Private Psyc Inpatient care.

    Loray replied to Loray's topic in Psychiatric

    Thankyou for your replies;I thought I would give you some feedback. I worked public last week and I really enjoyed it. Now I can compare private V public myself. What I did find 1. Private system 6 to 8 patients plus I/C ...

12. Patient's mobile phones in Psych units

    Loray replied to MHN's topic in Psychiatric

    Mobile phones are handed in on admission the interesting part is they reappear. That is some patient's ? have another or visitor's bring one in. It is diffcult to keep track sometimes. However staff need to keep to policy otherwise mobiles will bec...

13. What shortage?

    Loray replied to leeca's topic in International

    Hi Leeca, Try joining nursebanks/join different agency,ring up places,work further from home to start with if you have to. Keep ringing the agency with av or asking why no work. This time of the year can be a problem post christmas. Be ...

14. Public Psyc vs Private Psyc Inpatient care.

    Loray posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Greetings to all at allnurses.com, I have only worked in private psych and I am going to work in public. I have had many comments about this from nurses"what do you want to do that for etc". I want to work public to find out for myself but these c...

15. Psych work and Depression

    Loray replied to GeorgiaGirl's topic in Psychiatric

    Hi Georgiagirl, It is diffcult working with patient's in this area when you feel down and depressed yourself. Having trusted people you can be honest with is really important espically at work even if it is only one preson. Not taking on your patient...