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1. How often do you get psych pt self walk ins

   chimpanzee replied to chimpanzee's topic in Psychiatric

   thanks for the responses and also thnks for being patient with my stupid questions. i appreciate

2. How often do you get psych pt self walk ins

   chimpanzee posted a topic in Psychiatric

   How often do you get psych patients who bring themselves into the er.... is it a common occurance or are they mostly brought in by someone else or by authorities? What is the percentage of self...

3. Just when you thought you'd heard it all

   chimpanzee replied to mizfradd's topic in General Nursing

   uhh

4. What is considered a large hospital??

   chimpanzee replied to SiempreBella's topic in General Nursing

   The big hospital in the inner city has 950+ beds and is a teaching hospital.There's also a bunch of smaller community hospitals in suburban areas with about 250- 400 beds in each hospital. There's...

5. Involving family members and patient confidentiality

   chimpanzee replied to chimpanzee's topic in Psychiatric

   Thanks i was asking in general and also because of personal experience. Hmm i have never ever signed a consent(or even been asked to sign one) in the hospital. They've always just gone ahead and...

6. Do you bag your bodies naked?

   chimpanzee replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

   So when a patient passes away are the sheets and gowns etc washed and then re used or are they thrown out? It's kind of gross if your a patient and to think that someone could have died in the gown...

7. Why did you pick your username?

   chimpanzee replied to made's topic in General Nursing

   I was going to go with orangatun but decided chimpanzee was better. I just felt like having a weird and random monkey

8. parents please talk to your teens

   chimpanzee replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

   I know this is an old thread but i just wanted to add this. When i was in highschool.... about grade 10 so around 16 years old i went to a party with friends from school in a rough part of town. We...

9. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

   chimpanzee replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

   Anyone with kids... Dr. McQueen Payne is quite a common last name. I've known a few people with that surname... no one in the medical field

10. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    chimpanzee replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Dr.

11. Dr Jokes

    chimpanzee posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Dr Jokes, A man comes into the ER and yells, "My wife's going to have her baby in the cab!" I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady's dress, and began to take off her underwear....

12. Busiest Time For The ER

    chimpanzee replied to chimpanzee's topic in Emergency

    Do you get a lot of firecracker related injuries on halloween and new years or is it mainly just drunks on those holidays/events... or same

13. Busiest Time For The ER

    chimpanzee posted a topic in Emergency

    This is a completely random question coming from someone who's not even in nursing school yet so forgive me if this is a dumb question. I've just always wondered this. What is the busiest time in the...

14. Involving family members and patient confidentiality

    chimpanzee replied to chimpanzee's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank your for your response Davey Do. I am aware that doctors and other health providers can with hold information from a patient if they believe it will have an impact on their health/well being. I...

15. Involving family members and patient confidentiality

    chimpanzee posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm just wondering from a patient point of view, when does it cross the line to involve family members. I've been in psychiatric wards before and as a patient i've had both doctors and nurses...