sewingkelli

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1. Anybody really love your job?

   sewingkelli replied to ToughLover's topic in General Nursing

   LOVE my job! ER Nurse for 3 years. Granted I have my days but I still love to go to work, only have ever called out of work twice in 3 years!

2. Rights of Psych Patients?

   sewingkelli replied to sewingkelli's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. I have a feeling I have just opened a HUGE can of worms.

3. Rights of Psych Patients?

   sewingkelli replied to sewingkelli's topic in General Nursing

   If I remember correctly, I think her father brought her in for bizarre behavior and she did already have a known psyc illness in her history. She was young, 20 y.o, and she was post pardom, which makes it all the more complicated. I say we keep them...

4. Rights of Psych Patients?

   sewingkelli replied to sewingkelli's topic in General Nursing

   I wasn't "hell bent", she wasn't even my patient, it just bothers me how this patients urine was obtained. I agree that they do have the right to refuse. And yes she was stubborn because when her primary nurse again asked her to provide a urine sa...

5. Rights of Psych Patients?

   sewingkelli replied to sewingkelli's topic in General Nursing

   nope no one on call, telephone interview? never heard of that, not even and option, and tying up a bed, LOL we have had psyc patients held in the ED for 2-3 days because there isn't an inpatient bed for them anywhere! This hasn't happened in a wh...

6. Rights of Psych Patients?

   sewingkelli replied to sewingkelli's topic in General Nursing

   no liason, we don't even have a psyc nurse that works in our ED, only social workers and psyc NP's and MD's. I do feel like it is battery but I will look into my state's laws. Thanks everyone!!

7. Rights of Psych Patients?

   sewingkelli replied to sewingkelli's topic in General Nursing

   here is where I am coming from, I am an ED nurse and this is all before psyc workers see them. They need to be medically cleared first and then psyc will see them, if the ED doctor feels they need to be seen, now I work overnights and psyc leaves ...

8. Rights of Psych Patients?

   sewingkelli replied to sewingkelli's topic in General Nursing

   what if they admit to SI/HI, then they can't sign out right?

9. Rights of Psych Patients?

   sewingkelli replied to sewingkelli's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks I am definitely going to look into it.

10. Rights of Psych Patients?

    sewingkelli replied to sewingkelli's topic in General Nursing

    just for the record I agree with you, but this is an issue that is bothering me and think I may take it to my superiors.

11. Rights of Psych Patients?

    sewingkelli replied to sewingkelli's topic in General Nursing

    nope not an OD patient, just a stubborn young female with obvious psyc issues. BUT, because they aren't in the "right state of mind" do they have the right to refuse?

12. Rights of Psych Patients?

    sewingkelli posted a topic in General Nursing

    What rights do psych patients have? Specifically when a new patient comes into the ED and a urine sample is needed for medical clearance. What if the patient refuses or simply is non verbal to the request and won't move? Do we wait until they sponta...

13. New mom wanted to go to a Nursing School

    sewingkelli replied to mtopolinski's topic in Pre-Nursing

    You can ABSOLUTELY do it. If you want it bad enough you will find a way. I went back to school when my 3rd child was 4 weeks old and my other 2 were not even 2yrs or 4yrs old yet. You will need back up plans though, somehow you have to figure out a p...