blackstarryskye replied to TruDivaRN's topic in Psychiatric
FYI- everyone learns in a different way and some of us have a mental picture of what certain conditions look like on the outside of the pt. For instance, someone suffering from CHF may have difficulty breathing, be pale, or be sitting in a certain po...
blackstarryskye replied to epg_pei's topic in Psychiatric
How very sad, but I bet very profitable. There must be plenty out there waiting to get in for 'Hotel Hospital', not to mention the ones hiding from the law/court. Wonder how joint commision feels about it?
blackstarryskye replied to blackstarryskye's topic in Psychiatric
I waited a little while before posting so someone else could jump in but I guess it's just the two of us. We've been fed the same line as you about there not being any nurses and no money. Somehow I'm thinking if they are offering new nurses the 'no ...
blackstarryskye replied to TruDivaRN's topic in Psychiatric
Soon 2B: Lots of the same classifications have similar side effects (dry mouth, dizziness, fatrigue). Everone's memory retains differently--would making a table/list help? Or drawing a pic of a psychotic person for antipsychotics? Or maybe reading ca...
blackstarryskye replied to epg_pei's topic in Psychiatric
Wow, very interesting..the Hilton part. What kinds of comments do you hear from the patients? Do they percieve they are getting better in this type of environment? What kind of populations do you see?
blackstarryskye replied to JentheRN05's topic in General Nursing
The official psych spin is that there is a difference between being a zombie and being slowed to the point of functional/'normal', which many more manicky people don't care for because they can't get as much done. Pro's and con's.......
blackstarryskye replied to JentheRN05's topic in General Nursing
right now call a psychiatrist for an appointment! i just flipped over from the psych nurse forum (i have been one for 18 yrs) and saw your post. why can't the dr get your meds right? he's not a psychiatrist! please know that psych meds are the psychi...
I'm looking for opinions about staffing ratios in regards to safety on the inpt unit. Of course the hospital is always trying to save money plus our unit director has only been there 6 months and doesn't want to look ineffective. He is looking at way...
blackstarryskye replied to epg_pei's topic in Psychiatric
hi! sorry to hear of the inconsistencies on your unit, makes it hard to manage the unit well. i work on a 23-bed inpt unit taking adolescent to elderly patients, voluntary and not. here's what we do: if a patient is admitted involuntarily, do they r...