last wednesday, my dtr was admitted to a psyche facility in the dual dx program.
she was started on lithium and zoloft, w/prn vistaril.
today when i went to visit her, i found out she was on 45/15 room lock-up; 45 minutes in her room, 15 minutes out.
today she told me that there are 4-5 of these teens who pocket their meds in their mouth, then later pool them altogether and divide them.
so tiff hasn't gotten 1 dose of lithium because another girl wanted it.
she told me she took 3 seroquels, 1 trazadone, 1 adderall, and 1 librium.
also she gave her self rubber burns on her wrist from an eraser; her wrist has 3 lg-sized scabs.
so instead of getting better, she told me all the things she has learned on this unit. this a.m. she got a prn vistaril for agitation. she told me she pocketed it, then crushed it and snorted it. she had never known about snorting before this.
we talked for quite a long time, and as i left, i shared all the info w/the nurse.
this particular nurse is wonderful and works the 3-11 shift. he could obviously tell i was enraged.
when i got home, i left 2 voice mails on the case mgr's phone, relaying the info tiff told me, and threatening to call the state.
i then called the evening nurse back and told him i wanted tiff taken off the 45/15 with the rationale being, had the nurse done his/her job properly, these kids wouldn't be pooling their meds together and they'd be receiving the meds they should be getting. so this nurse told me he'd remove the restrictions. to me that shows he understands and agrees with my rationales.
have any of you psyche nurses experienced this? they want to transfer her to another in-pt facility for intensive therapy; this hospital is just for medically stabilizing her..... i am SO SO ENRAGED. why should the kids be punished for those nurses who don't do their job correctly?
do i have any say in the decision to tranfer her to another in-pt facility?
if she starts taking her lithium a/o and she stabilizes, do i have any legal right to refuse this transfer? i would put her in an out-pt program where there is therapy 8 hrs qd then go home at noc.
any feedback, advice, input, perspective??????? this so totally sucks all around. she's worse now, not better. and just for the fact that she shared all this stuff with me, is a cry for help in itself....
