Talila72

Talila72 has 3 years experience.

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1. Z track for IM injections?

   Talila72 replied to gnursjr2's topic in Psychiatric

   The CDC position on the matter is that aspiration is not necessary. If you have the correct site, needle gauge, and needle length then your chances of hitting a vessel is really low to begin with. As far as Z-track, I only do it with a patient who...

2. Dealing with disturbing patients

   Talila72 replied to studentbear's topic in Psychiatric

   On my unit no one person was stuck on a 1:1, especially the really challenging 1:1 all day. The responsibility for staying with them was rotated through all the staff members, including RNs (though RNs usually only did 1h rotations vs 2h). Even wit...

3. I'm bipolar, can I be a psychiatric nurse?

   Talila72 replied to Frybot's topic in Psychiatric

   I am a psychiatric nurse and I also have Bipolar Type 2. I have been stable with only a little tweaking of my medications 11 years now. I had more issues starting to destabilize when I worked in a traditional hospital with 12 hour shifts that were ...

4. How many hours is your shift?

   Talila72 replied to motor_mouth's topic in Psychiatric

   We have 8 hour shifts as well.

5. Should I learn martial arts for psych nursing?

   Talila72 replied to Wanderer RN's topic in Psychiatric

   I studied martial arts many years before I became a psych nurse. I have never utilized any of it in nursing. The bottom line is you can ONLY use holds that are approved by your facility and that's only after every other technique to deescalate the ...

6. How do I know if a patient is dangerous?

   Talila72 replied to lishka15's topic in Psychiatric

   I agree with many of the others. I assume they all can be dangerous. Even the most seemingly docile patient can turn violent.