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1. How much of this seems within CDC guidelines?

   SoCal student replied to GoAway2020's topic in COVID

   Correct.

2. Creating a nursing music program at my hospital.

   SoCal student posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been working in acute psychiatric/chemical dependency for about 7 years now and have always considered incorporating music more in my care. I work in a smaller hospital with plenty of autonomy and have been known to bring my guitar in for times ...

3. Appropriate use of AED?

   SoCal student replied to SoCal student's topic in General Nursing

   Awesome, thanks for the insight, ya'll.

4. Appropriate use of AED?

   SoCal student posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been an RN for 7 years in acute psych inpatient and administered CPR for the first time just this week. I never even had a chance to administer CPR as a student and have been lucky enough to have not needed it in 7 years of practice. It was also...

5. Phenergan Abuse?

   SoCal student posted a topic in General Nursing

   It's been my understanding that many opiate (among other) addicts also abuse phenergan as it can potentiate the effects and can also be sedating. I work in detox/rehab and patients consistently request phenergan, specifically IM. Our docs have instru...

6. Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

   SoCal student replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

   That power point states very basic information that I've been well aware of for years. You're kind of missing the point again. I'm not talking about holding them for any extended period of time against their will. I'm talking about opening the locke...

7. Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

   SoCal student replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

   Thanks for weighing in. As to your last point: I truly appreciate you noting that. I've come here with this question after being dissatisfied with my coworkers' approaches towards this issue (basically, "Well our facilities policy is..."). They seem ...

8. Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

   SoCal student replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

   I already explained the requirements and process for initiating, certifying, implementing a legal hold in my state. I have also already explained how voluntary admissions and discharges work in my state (at least in the facilities I have worked in). ...

9. Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

   SoCal student replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

   With the exception of the probably purposely confusing run on sentence, this is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. I really appreciate you finding it! Can you tell me the source of that passage? Thanks!

10. Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

    SoCal student replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

    Would you mind pointing me precisely to your state's law that cites this? If you can't, you're pretty much in the same boat as me. Psych nurses, at least in my state (the sample of co-workers I've asked - the only ones I have asked before asking h...

11. Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

    SoCal student replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

    Maybe I worded it wrong. Sure, you could find me liable. But, if you're a patient that was falsely imprisoned and you're suing for damages, do you go after the RN or the hospital that enacted policies that, when followed by staff, resulted in the fa...

12. Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

    SoCal student replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

    I've searched the Nevada statutes and could not find an answer. I haven't asked everyone in my facility as I'm not keen on being marked as anything (even if for a valid reason). I have asked a number of people and, no, they do not know the answer. Fi...

13. Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

    SoCal student replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

    Yep, it used to be in the paperwork (not sure why it was removed) and the common reply to that from detox patients was "I was so intoxicated/I was withdrawing so badly upon admission, I signed so many papers, I don't remember..." That's another quest...

14. Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

    SoCal student replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes? I appreciate you weighing in and I'm not being facetious either. Just as I'm trying to figure if a legal right exists for me to keep a patient against their will when they do not fit criteria for a legal hold, you would need to figure out if a ...

15. Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

    SoCal student replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

    Totally. And that is my ultimate question. What is the state's legal precedent? Yea, my employer would fire me if I opened the doors. And it's very unlikely that a patient would come after me personally for liability if I followed policy and, went u...