IamRN08

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1. Prune Juice and Psych Patients???

   IamRN08 replied to IamRN08's topic in Psychiatric

   Prune juice would be just prune juice if it were only used a cup or two daily. However, we are talking like 5 or more large tumbler type cups and they would drink more if given more. To add to this matter, since this thread started and we have change...

2. Prune Juice and Psych Patients???

   IamRN08 replied to IamRN08's topic in Psychiatric

   OK we slowly started to implement the changes for the juice this past weekend. I make them drink small cups at the counter vs taking small or large cups. Room sweeps are a little harder to pull off but at least things are moving a little bit in a dif...

3. Prune Juice and Psych Patients???

   IamRN08 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   OK I know this is a very odd question but I figured I would throw it out and see if anyone has info about it. I work on a in patient chronic psych unit. We have a variety of juices that we use for our patients. All our juice is kept in the med room s...

4. Smoking cessation ideas for in pt psych

   IamRN08 replied to IamRN08's topic in Psychiatric

   A lot of the patients don't want to quit and I can't say either way if I am for or against the whole no smoking at hospital thing. However, our facility is going smoke free and yes they will provide patches and gum and things like lolly pops to help ...

5. Smoking cessation ideas for in pt psych

   IamRN08 replied to IamRN08's topic in Psychiatric

   Gotcha... thanks for catching my typo.

6. Smoking cessation ideas for in pt psych

   IamRN08 replied to IamRN08's topic in Psychiatric

   Excellent info thank you so much! I am in NJ and I did find some guidelines regarding groups for MICA pts online from the state so hopefully I can work this out. I am going to check this OASIS book.

7. Smoking cessation ideas for in pt psych

   IamRN08 replied to IamRN08's topic in Psychiatric

   Thank you for your reply David. I have fact sheets and such, what I was looking for are guidelines on how to run groups for pts on the topic of smoking cessation. I was hoping that someone had perhaps run a group previously and might be able to give ...

8. Smoking cessation ideas for in pt psych

   IamRN08 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hello everyone. I work on a in pt chronic psych unit in a place that is going smoke free soon. It is my job to do smoking cessation groups with the pts and as a non smoker I am lost on where to go to even begin putting a program together for mental h...

9. Teaching Guided Imagery to Patients

   IamRN08 replied to stellina615's topic in Psychiatric

   This is a very timely topic for me. Our facility just started a treatment program for our chronic pts who do not have the levels to go off the unit. I am excited at this new opportunity and as a RN I want to offer up some activities beyond the basic ...

10. Psych nurses & therapy groups

    IamRN08 replied to IamRN08's topic in Psychiatric

    You all have given such great insight to my question big thanks to each of you! Last week we were told about a new nursing model rolling out which will actually give me more opportunities to work with patients on various aspects so I am excited about...

11. Psych nurses & therapy groups

    IamRN08 replied to IamRN08's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you for such a in depth answer. You provided a lot of information that I needed to say the very least . Originally I had planned on becoming a LCSW but after working with so many of them and hearing the reality of the low paycheck I opted for t...

12. Psych nurses & therapy groups

    IamRN08 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am a recent grad working in psych now. I like psych and it is one of the main reasons I went to nursing school. However, I am finding that there is not a lot of interaction with patients other than answering a question, or passing meds when you don...

13. Ancora Psychiatric Hospital - any recent news?

    IamRN08 replied to mercermom_rn's topic in New Jersey

    Yeah I understand what you are saying about the safety factor. It's not the warm and fuzzy safe feeling of working in different hospital. Honestly after being there for a few months now I really miss the people at the other place I worked. It just is...

14. Psych and Holistic care

    IamRN08 replied to IamRN08's topic in Holistic

    This is just amazing stuff to hear! I hear the hospital where I work is very resistant to change and right now they are going through a flurry of change and there is a lot of staff who are fighting tooth and nail. I would love to hear how your IM dep...

15. Psych and Holistic care

    IamRN08 posted a topic in Holistic

    I would love to hear some experience from anyone who has used a holistic approach in a psych setting. There seems to be such a benefit to that approach yet it is such a rare thing to see in psych settings unless it's a upscale private facility.