I'm new here, and i'm sorry for my bad english, i'm from israel.
I'm working a few years in a psychiatric hospital, it isn't easy to work in a place like that, but today it's become more bad.
I had to take care of a patient old no more then 12 year old, but very strong! And he become a very aggressive temper, he was danger for himself and for the persons around, i tried to calm him with containment holding, but it didn't work, he struggled out..
Finely i must to put him on the floor and i sat on him for aboute 5 mins, and his mom come into the room, and when she see the situation, she become angry on me. I tried to explain her that i had no choice, but it didn't help to calm down her angry, she argue with me why i sat on her son, i could hold him with other ways, and etc.
Any way she told me that she will give a complain on my behavior.
My name is Anat, I'm a nurse in a similar ward in Israel
Just to make things clear- It is NOT leagal, acceptable or customary to sit on your patients here in Israel if there was any doubt about that..
Reute- it sounds like you're very frustrated with your work there, I think it's important to disscuss ways to anticipate these situations ahead of time and find ways to prevent them (or call for extra staff). also, you should have set ways to give treatment in such situations (protocols i.e. a code or call for help, mediaction, special room for the kids to calm down) so you won't need to "invent" your own treatment (i.e. SIT on him ) when the situation occurs.
I believe this accident can be used in order to make an improvement where you work. Good luck!
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My name is Anat, I'm a nurse in a similar ward in Israel
Just to make things clear- It is NOT leagal, acceptable or customary to sit on your patients here in Israel
if there was any doubt about that..
Reute- it sounds like you're very frustrated with your work there, I think it's important to disscuss ways to anticipate these situations ahead of time and find ways to prevent them (or call for extra staff). also, you should have set ways to give treatment in such situations (protocols i.e. a code or call for help, mediaction, special room for the kids to calm down) so you won't need to "invent" your own treatment (i.e. SIT on him
) when the situation occurs.
I believe this accident can be used in order to make an improvement where you work. Good luck!
:chair:Anat