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1. Impact in ED of hospitals closing psych beds

   Old RN replied to Old RN's topic in Emergency

   Just a little but it is hard not to be, esp. for those of use with a life-long mission to care for the mentally ill.

2. Please help!

   Old RN replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in Psychiatric

   I have enjoyed reading the above excellent posts. I would submit that psych nurses are born, not made. Growing up, I always wanted to be a nurse, either in peds or PACU (not sure why that appealed to me but at the time...). My first day in psych c...

3. Impact in ED of hospitals closing psych beds

   Old RN replied to Old RN's topic in Emergency

   Thanks very much for your reply. I'm hoping to get more real-world feedback from ED RNs so I can share it with administration before they take this same step.

4. Closing psych beds

   Old RN replied to Old RN's topic in Psychiatric

   Orca, thanks for your reply. I am waiting to see what will happen to our psych beds and if they will close all, or part, or just what.

5. Impact in ED of hospitals closing psych beds

   Old RN replied to Old RN's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for the follow up.

6. Impact in ED of hospitals closing psych beds

   Old RN replied to Old RN's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for your reply. That is our concern as well. Has it been 6 years since your psych areas closed? Are you in a general hospital? How do you maintain those patients while they wait? (Your information is very helpful and much appreciated.)

7. What do you think about wearing or not wearing uniform in psych field.

   Old RN replied to Loray's topic in Psychiatric

   We did a patient survey a couple of years back and patients and families told us that they preferred a "dress casual" look and for staff to be clearly distinguishable from patients. (This was so they could feel comfortable and secure when a person n...

8. Impact in ED of hospitals closing psych beds

   Old RN posted a topic in Emergency

   I work in a general hospital in the psychiatry service. Administration is thinking of closing all/some of our psych beds because they are not as profitable as others may be. Can anyone speak to experiences in the ED resulting from having psych pts....

9. Closing psych beds

   Old RN replied to Old RN's topic in Psychiatric

   Thanks for your very helpful comments. I hope I will hear from some other RNs who can speak to the internal and external impact of closing. I will also post in the ED nurses' section.

10. Closing psych beds

    Old RN replied to Old RN's topic in Psychiatric

    So how is that impacting the hospital at this point? Where are the pts. going? Are you using sitters? ED back ups? Other issues? Our hospital is talking about this based purely on $$ issues, not clinical issues. I need some real-world feedback f...

11. Closing psych beds

    Old RN posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Does anyone have experiences they can share with negative results in a general hospital when psych beds are closed? (For example, psych patients being held for long periods of time in the ED.)