Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

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Psych nurse action figure ?

Specializes in critical care.
Yes, Farawyn. And, speaking of Crusty Old...

The warning that we could be any of those psych patients was how my psych rotation in school was started.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
The warning that we could be any of those psych patients was how my psych rotation in school was started.
A very good place to instill a Mindset, ixchel!

Part of the Negative Stigma with the Mentally involves the Perception of Weak, or Lesser Beings in the Human Hierarchy. The Concept of Being Equal Across the Board allows us the Opportunity to Feel and Act Empathetically. Empathy is a Required Ingredient in Caring.

It's easier to Blame someone for their Lot in Life and just go about Our Business than to Delve In and Face the Fact that an Illness can affect ANYONE! Facing this Fact is Scary and causes us to Face our own Mortality.

In the Endeavor to attain a Higher Consciousness, we also need to attempt to Understand and feel Empathy for Those Who Cannot See.

Take, for example, the I Don't Care Bear who represented a Bratty Young Tech recently. If we Empathetically interpret the Words and Actions in Other Terms, we are more Open to Identification and Empathy:

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

Dealing with Co-Workers' Behaviors can be more Stressful than Dealing with Patient Behaviors.

Case in Point: I worked at the Anomaly State Hospital in the Acute Admissions Cottage known as Deadwood in '91 and '92. The Nurses Station was located in a Corner of the Dayroom. Patients in the Dayroom came up, or were called to, the Nurses station at Med Times. The Nurses had to Track Down those Patients who were not in the Dayroom. I have Memories of Nurses' Loud High-Pitched Screechy Voices Echoing down the Halls things like, "JOHNNY JONES! COME GETCHER MEDS!"

In my Endeavor to Light a Candle to Spite the Darkness, and wanting to Have Fun, when it came my Time to Track Down the Patients, I would Sing Out in a Loud Bass Operatic Voice, things like,

JOH-HON-NEE JONESA! COOOOOOME GEEEEEET YOUR MEDI-CA-HA-SHON!"

This Technique became Quite Popular with the Patients. Once, a Tearful Patient dressed in a Moo-Moo named Latrina, who had no medication coming at this Particular Time, begged me...

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
Hahhahahahaa!

Look at bright, shiny, hopeful, "I'm going to be a NURSE someday!" Davey Do.

You're Correct, Farawyn. Now, in the Autumn of my Career, I'm only Hopeful that I've been Successful in Plucking all the Hairs out of my Ears!

Here's a More Recent Pic of Belinda Inspecting my Ear Hair Plucking Endeavor:

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

I worked in Psych shortly after becoming an LPN, from 1984-86. In '86 and '87, I worked in Surgery. Due to Spending Cuts, I was one of the many who was laid off. An LPN could only Scrub, not Circulate, so I guess my Position was Expendable.

Two weeks later, the Hospital offered me a Job, which I accepted, working in the Newly-Developed Chemical Dependency Treatment Program.

While the CD Treatment Program was Getting Off the Ground, there were no Patients, so it was Requested of me to Help Out in Surgery on easy Cases, such as Colonoscopies.

This is a Quote from a Post from a Thread about Funny Patient Stories with a Cartoon I've Recently Located:

Back in 1987, an extremely hard-of-hearing elderly Patient was to undergo a Colonoscopy. We were in a closed room, so I felt comfortable SPEAKING VERY LOUDLY!

I explained every portion of the procedure in minute detail. The Patient would reply now and then with "uh huh" indicating understanding. FIRST, THE DOCTOR WILL SPREAD YOUR CHEEKS ! "uh huh" THEN THE DOCTOR WILL APPLY THE LUBRICANT! "uh huh" THEN THE DOCTOR WILL INSERT THE SCOPE! "uh huh". Through the entire explanation of the Procedure.

Silently, the stone-faced Doctor walked into the room and without a word, sat down, spread the Patient's cheeks, applied lubricant, and readied the scope for insertion.

HERE IT COMES! I yelled.

The Doctor lost it, laughing.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

This is a Side Note: In Reviewing my Posts, I noted, After the Fact, yet Another Typo. In the Past, I've Requested and Received from the Gracious SirI, the Deletion of a Cartoon with a Typo Replaced with a Corrected One.

Since I make So Very Many Typos, Replacing Images Got Old Very Quickly. So, I've Allowed the Cartoons with Typos to Remain as They Are.

After All, Accepting One's Mistakes and Going On from There is a Sigh of Good Mental Health, Right?

ETA: Davey fixing my typo without busting my chops!
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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

Many of us Subconsciously Know our Destiny and are Led by The Angels of Our Nature.

For Example, I Believe I was Destined to be Psych Nurse from a Very Early Age. I was Interested in Other's Behaviors and Closely Studied the Effects of Certain Stimuli Encountered.

I Grew Up on a Small Farm where we had, among other Animals, a few Head of Beef Cattle. They Pastured in a Field surrounded by an Electric Fence.

My Dad informed me that, if the Electric Fence Wire was tightly held onto while simultaneously Grabbing Someone Else, the Person Grabbing the Wire would not be Shocked, but would Act as a Conduit, Shocking the Other Person.

I Believe my Little Sister is a Happier, Mentally Healthy Person today as a Result of my Early Interests, Studies, and Subconsciously Predestined Experimental ECT Psych Interventions.

I Reminded her of One of the Probable Causes for her Happiness on One of Her Birthdays:

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You're Correct, Farawyn. Now, in the Autumn of my Career, I'm only Hopeful that I've been Successful in Plucking all the Hairs out of my Ears!

Here's a More Recent Pic of Belinda Inspecting my Ear Hair Plucking Endeavor:

Are you sure she's not checking for your Brain Radio?

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There seems to be a bit of Blue Yellow collision here.

Poetic license? :)

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

It's Exciting to be able to Witness Two Nursing Legends in Action!

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

The Ability to have a Positive Outlook in a Negative Situation is indicative of Adaptive Behavior and Good Mental Health. Chronically Obsessing on the Negative is a Sign of Neurosis and Maladaptive Behavior.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
Are you sure she's not checking for your Brain Radio?

Farawyn, since Art and Writing helps me to Deal With my Neurotic Feelings by putting them Down on Paper, if Belinda could Check Out my Brain Radio and Hear the Music Playing, she might hear a Version of Loretta Lynn's "Out of My Head..."

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