Stephalump

Stephalump has 2 years experience and specializes in Forensic Psych.

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1. Patient Population?

   Stephalump replied to smoup's topic in Psychiatric

   Adults who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial...so inmates. Mostly male. I honestly love the population. My goal is to get into detox/addictions.

2. Eliminating Seclusion/Restraint? Um, NO.

   Stephalump replied to Angeljho's topic in Psychiatric

   How would that even be possible?

3. Comfortable shoes?

   Stephalump replied to Chickie77's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I love me some Nike Air Max!

4. Esme Needs Your Prayers

   Stephalump replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   You are loved, Esme. Best wishes for your recovery

5. Benzo free inpatient hospital?

   Stephalump replied to PeacockMaiden's topic in Psychiatric

   It's not out of line. It's my opinion, which I'm entitled to. Out of line is "monitoring" people's freedom to express such opinions on a public message board. But I suppose you're entitled to your opinion about my opinion.

6. Perhaps this Wasn't for Me

   Stephalump replied to PG2018's topic in Psychiatric

   I love forensic psych. Love, love, love it and intend on starting grad school soon and hopefully working with the same population. That being said...yes, it can be horribly boring at times. I can be finished with my paperwork by 1000 and spend the n...

7. Benzo free inpatient hospital?

   Stephalump replied to PeacockMaiden's topic in Psychiatric

   I don't work in a benzo-free facility, per se, but very, very few of my patients receive them outside of an ETO. Their reasoning is a bit more straight-forward. I work in a forensic facility where all the patients come from jail and all will be retur...

8. Security guards

   Stephalump replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

   I had to laugh out loud at the idea that all of my medication restraints could've been avoided by something so simple....JUICE!!! I'll admit, sometimes if you know a patient well enough and they're maybe just stubborn or feeling like they need to ...

9. Security guards

   Stephalump replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

   We have four safety officers per shift and usually around 90 or so patients.

10. Four years to earn an ADN :/

    Stephalump replied to mdiada's topic in General Students

    It took me four years to get my ADN as well. Trust me, those kinds of thoughts only matter when you're at the starting line. You won't be the least bit concerned about the details of getting there once you hit the finish line.

11. You may want to consider looking at less desirable career options such as a nursing home o

    Stephalump replied to fin0814's topic in Home Health

    Less desirable doesn't mean "bad career choice." I'd be willing to bet money that the difference in the number of applications for every home health job and the number of apps per hospital job is exponential. I work in psych...it's less desirable b...

12. Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    Stephalump replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    I knew right away that I wasn't going to do med-surg, l&d, nursing homes, or OR. I wanted ER or psych and ended up in psych with no regrets thus far!

13. Love the Job, Hate the Environment

    Stephalump replied to Stephalump's topic in New Nurse

    I haven't read the book, but I definitely need to! I have very little experience dealing with people like her. My normal method of keeping my head down doesn't seem to be working. Probably because of what you said...she can sense my hatred of confron...

14. Major Boundary Violation

    Stephalump replied to Psychedoutnj's topic in Psychiatric

    Turn yourself in to someone you trust . Boundary violations beget more boundary violations and it's a hard cycle to stop with manipulative populations or struggling nurses. You can get some help. I haven't quite been in your situation, but I have be...

15. Love the Job, Hate the Environment

    Stephalump posted a topic in New Nurse

    4 months ago I started a forensic psych job. It's stressful and challenging, but I love it. Watching my patients improve has been an amazing experience. What hasn't been amazing is my experience with my supervisors. Both are extremely unprofessional...