edorn

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1. Reader-friendly references for schizophrenia

   edorn replied to Lady_in_red's topic in Psychiatric

   I just finished a book loaned to me by one of my nursing students called the quiet room. It is very intense, and told from the world of the person with hallucinations. edorn

2. Exorcism??

   edorn replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Psychiatric

   I agree with your statement. I have a lot of stories as I was appointed to provide spirituality groups to the child/adolescent population in both inpatient and partial hospitalization settings. One day a particularly disturbed boy from the partial pr...

3. Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing-Sex Offenders

   edorn replied to momthenurse's topic in Psychiatric

   I applaud your decision as we know that perpetrators were once the victim. I have worked with many adolescent offenders and they are a mess of woundedness and their ability to appreciate appropriate boundaries has often been destroyed during their ow...

4. Good job gone bad-I'm FRIED (warning long post)

   edorn replied to MsPiggy's topic in Psychiatric

   I feel your pain, even felt a little triggered just reading your post. I too was traumatized in the mental health day treatment child/adolescent program where I just resigned my position after developing anxiety attacks following 2 assaults that happ...

5. Metal Detectors/Wanding/Frisking

   edorn replied to xenogenetic's topic in Psychiatric

   you are NOT over-reacting. We have had lots of potential weapons brought in that even the wands did not detect. Our institution recently upgraded this security level after the run of school shootings last month. You cannot be too scrupulous about thi...

6. Need Psych Mentor

   edorn replied to MSN Student's topic in Psychiatric

   I would be happy to try to respond to questions you may have. I have worked for some time on acute inpatient settings across the lifespan and also am a psych nursing instructor. I also know how you might feel as I entered psych nursing after over 20 ...

7. instructor discouraging student from becoming a psych nurse!

   edorn replied to RN1263's topic in Psychiatric

   Hey everyone, This is my first post. I am so glad I stumbled onto this particular thread. I am a psychiatric nurse and also a BSN nursing instructor, and I take my students to clinical to my practice setting!! I have 8 students who are beginning to ...