Safety Coach RN replied to Naturally Brilliant's topic in Psychiatric
Honestly, you run the risk of getting hurt in any part of direct patient care nursing, ED, providing patient care involving lifting and turning patients, etc. I do intake now which is more case...
Safety Coach RN replied to FloForLyfe's topic in Psychiatric
Been sober 32 years from drugs and alcohol. Multiple suicide attempts with bouts of depression/anxiety. Juvenile criminal record/ adult felony arrest for involuntary manslaughter, which I served out 5...
Safety Coach RN replied to smiling_riley's topic in Psychiatric
Really depends on what population. Gero can be the exact opposite of an adolescent unit on what to expect, for example. Do you know what population you'll be dealing with? In general, nights...
Safety Coach RN replied to The0Walrus's topic in Psychiatric
Medicate using your best judgement to keep yourself and patient safe. I take note of others reports and requests on patients but ultimately I'm not medicating unless I can justify that medication on...
Safety Coach RN replied to penelopelp's topic in Psychiatric
All ours are in private rooms which puts our two largest units at 13 a piece. Social distancing is encouraged. No masks. I'm currently doing Intake Coordinator position so every direct admit is...
Safety Coach RN replied to cin808's topic in Nursing Career
You have to take care of you, first and foremost. If you can’t do that, then what is there to feel guilty about? We can’t really fault any nurses that are high risk for COVID-19 or have someone at...
Safety Coach RN replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric
OK, as a safety coach, I need to inform you that stepping on these 3 inch cockroaches are a serious potential for slip and fall hazards. By the way, did you hear about the one I took out with a rubber...
Safety Coach RN replied to ksuheather's topic in Psychiatric
Actually, licensed therapists run most of our scheduled groups throughout the day. We fill in on occasion when they're absent and a few groups we do, like crisis prevention planning for