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
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...