sanctuary

sanctuary BSN, MSN, RN

pure and simple psych

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About sanctuary

sanctuary has 45 years experience as a BSN, MSN, RN and specializes in pure and simple psych.


Psychiatric nurse for 45 years, happily partnered, mother of 4 furry ones.

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  1. Why we work on holidays

    Once, when informed that I couldn't work (whatever day), as it was a holiday. As a life-long psych nurse, I replied, "Mental illness does not take a holiday."
  2. Does allnurses.com make you a better nurse?

    Every time I log in, I learn something. Some times it is that others feel the same or vastly differently than I do about a topic.
  3. Lazy Aides I have worked with..and my answer to it

    In any facility, the licensed nurse (RN or LPN/LVN) must be in charge and direct the care of the CNAs. I know some of them think they can go it alone, but legally, we are in charge, and responsible for their actions. So, you are in charge whether or...
  4. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    Those of us who have known that there will be a pandemic of some sort in our lifetime are already prepped for this or the next one. I'll work. My kids are grown, I've got a month's supplies or more ready, and that includes PPE. Masks and gloves are f...
  5. Navajo Nation in the 1970s

    What a lovely experience. Thanks so much for sharing it.:typing
  6. Lithium toxicity

    Most docs consider 1.5 to be the higest safe level. LiCo3 has initial signs of N/V & diarrhea for toxicity. It progresses to confusion, loss of balance, and verbal gibberish. I saw a man once with a 2.3 level, naked, crawling around the room, bar...
  7. Is it okay to give an IM through clothing?

    Seems that you only want to hear support for a highly dangerous practice. I did not say that I would give Narcan through clothing. I believe it was the manufacture who stated that it was OK. I supposed that that would refer to the EMT or police who ...
  8. Prayer at work??

    Think I'd get a few of my Lesbian friends to waylay the doc and pull him into a prayer circle of the Goddess Clitoria. It would be good for him to "celebrate diversity."
  9. Is it okay to give an IM through clothing?

    NO, it is never OK to give an injection through clothing. No matter how agitated, or psychotic a person is, you must be sure where you are injecting, and you must insure that you are not injecting through an old abcess or infection caused by the pt. ...
  10. Disaster/Pandemic preparedness

    Once again, indigo girl, you present the most amazing information. How nice of Japan to become the clinical trial for the world. I just hope that the next administration is a bit more focused on this.
  11. Funniest thing a confused pt. has told you...

    It causes pressure on the sphincter, causing a "too full" feeling.
  12. Male nurses dominate b/c they are Male?

    Well, sorry to say, many times I have seen a lesser qualified male get a promotion or even have one hired from the outside before a woman gets the "leadership" role. Once, being young and prickly, :uhoh21:I asked my supervisor why a male nurse with ...
  13. Pediatric Burn Case

    Well, this little fellow was in a sleeper, playing in the back yard while his dad burned yard rubbish. Somehow, he fell in or got close enough for the sleeper to catch fire. It was nylon, and sort of melted into the baby. He had third degree burns on...
  14. mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    Wow, well said, and as part of that vast middle-ground-philosophically-accepting-of-the-need-for-ethics-without-wanting-to limit-that-to-any-religious-idiology, Thanks again.
  15. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    Is that United Arab Emirates ??? (sp?)