Popwhizbangz LPN

Popwhizbangz has 10 years experience as a LPN and specializes in psych, geriatrics.

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1. Need help with charting...

   Popwhizbangz replied to skyla1978's topic in Psychiatric

   I'm do pleased - glad to help! -Pop

2. Group resources anyone?

   Popwhizbangz replied to Zen APRN's topic in Psychiatric

   Myself, I use no materials, found they got in the way. I just get folks talking, and draw valid teaching points (I usually do Medication Ed groups) from what they say, encourage them to think of themselves as important decision-makers on their own t...

3. Group resources anyone?

   Popwhizbangz replied to Zen APRN's topic in Psychiatric

   Sounds interesting - we need ways to draw folks out, especially those trying to describe interior experiences that even the most talented writers struggle to portray, and even more so for folks who have limited ability and/or willingness to discuss i...

4. "blacklist" for patients?

   Popwhizbangz replied to beccajean's topic in Psychiatric

   Of course, there are no guarantees......

5. Group resources anyone?

   Popwhizbangz replied to Zen APRN's topic in Psychiatric

   I've done Medication Ed groups for about five years - I mostly do it without any materials, just question and answer and discussion (Improv, lots of fun), but i do have some materials I worked up along the way - they're all Psych related, and helped ...

6. Have you been afriaid of a pt?

   Popwhizbangz replied to Mashira's topic in Psychiatric

   Fear's normal and at times an excellent red flag to take seriously. At other times, a red-herring, often hard to to tell. Also normal: ambiguity, self-doubt, frustration, anger, intimidation, etc. The big deal is what you do with these feelings we...

7. "blacklist" for patients?

   Popwhizbangz replied to beccajean's topic in Psychiatric

   Its uncommon in general, I'm told, but where I work we have a PNG (Persona Non Grata - Latin for "not welcome back" basically). Doctor files it with Admissions Dep., describes reasoning for it, and it usually sticks, with a variable duration set by...

8. Administration okays family's mental abuse of staff

   Popwhizbangz replied to FoolsErrand's topic in General Nursing

   Indentured servants, if i remember correctly, were basically slaves for a set period of time, in order to pay for some product or service. I have ancestors who were indentured servants in Georgia, it paid for the ride over.

9. Administration okays family's mental abuse of staff

   Popwhizbangz replied to FoolsErrand's topic in General Nursing

   'Should's are important and valuable. But they don't make it so. Only we, together and individually can make it so. Without adequate persistent effort, there would still be slavery in the U.S. Women wouldn't have the right to vote. We'd all still b...

10. Administration okays family's mental abuse of staff

    Popwhizbangz replied to FoolsErrand's topic in General Nursing

    First point: the easiest, most efficient way to succeed in admin is take care of admin - customers come next, then line staff (essentially cogs in the big machine). That's typical throughout health care and everywhere else, sad but true. We need t...

11. How do you deal??

    Popwhizbangz replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    Also keep in mind, generally, that psych units are money losers, given funding cuts not seen anywhere else in inpatient healthcare over the last 20 years. Many units have closed, others on the brink. Thus very tight budgeting, staffing cut to the b...

12. How do you deal??

    Popwhizbangz replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    Feel your pain, but don't let the downers get to you - there isn't really any monolithic nursing, or medicine, or law, etc. - there's good days and bad days, and individuals with varying levels of skill, motivation, professionalism, outside stressors...

13. How do you deal??

    Popwhizbangz replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    Good for you! Sounds like you're off to a fantastic start, and your motivation/heart/ethics are there. Keep it up! Need anything, please let me know. It's pretty easy to do weak psych, not so easy at all to do it well - your post is encouraging -...

14. How do you deal??

    Popwhizbangz replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    Of course, I'm not saying anything global about any age group, just have seen individuals here and there over a ten year span, not the norm, thank God, not common, but a real problem. If you haven't met them, feel fortunate. I've worked over the y...

15. Patient Abandonment

    Popwhizbangz replied to Weebee's topic in General Nursing

    There have been a few times when I feel unable to guarantee safety with new admission(s) forced on me, or with a refused staffing request, and I have made it quite clear 1) that I can't ensure unit safety under those demands, 2) that others have conc...