worrywart01

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1. How does your unit ensure staff/patient safety?

   worrywart01 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Back again with some questions for anyone willing to offer some advice. Recently started working as a MHW at a free standing acute care psych facility. I am on the most acute unit--an all male, 26 bed crisis stabilization unit. I really enjoy workin...

2. Assistance needed! Feeling overly paranoid

   worrywart01 replied to worrywart01's topic in Psychiatric

   I really appreciate everyone's feedback. Since I'm still new to the unit, my director came up to me the other day and had asked how everything was going and I had asked if we could go somewhere to talk and I was able to explain to her what had happen...

3. Assistance needed! Feeling overly paranoid

   worrywart01 replied to worrywart01's topic in Psychiatric

   I had thought about calling, but I didn't know how to voice my concerns without coming across very strange (which I'm sure is what is happening now). I have this strange urge to.confess what happened to someone because it will be one of those weight ...

4. Assistance needed! Feeling overly paranoid

   worrywart01 replied to worrywart01's topic in Psychiatric

   I do agree that I'm being a little over the top, but only because I would feel HORRIBLE if something were to happen. Apparently an RN is supposed to do a skin check when the patient comes back, but that was never done either. As far as the patient's ...

5. Assistance needed! Feeling overly paranoid

   worrywart01 replied to worrywart01's topic in Psychiatric

   Anyone?

6. Assistance needed! Feeling overly paranoid

   worrywart01 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   fellow workers of the dark side, I am new to this realm of patient care. I recently started working as a mental health tech on a locked crisis unit for a private psych facility. I really enjoy the work, but one thing I am still so paranoid on is when...