faithful11 replied to StephieRN2Be's topic in NICU
Hi guys! No, not finished yet. Started back to school but between working full time and life's little dramas, I took a hiatus. I aim to go back this fall. Still working in mental health though, which adds to the stress! LOL.:chuckle
faithful11 replied to StephieRN2Be's topic in NICU
Update on my son again--I LOST MY SIGN IN INFO FROM YEARS AGO, BUT FOUND MY THREAD...this is still stephie! :redbeathe Khalil is now 6 yrs old, in the 2nd grade and is still healthy and happy. Up to this point, from his discharge date til now, he has...
If it comes up again, and it relates to YOU---let the RN know what you are ALLOWED to do. I think your friend messed up by not standing up for herself, as well as for placing unknown medications within reach of a child. Nothing bad happened as a resu...
faithful11 replied to Skysail's topic in California
Hi! It's funny that I was browing the board of RNs right now, and noticed A NEW SCHOOL...LOL, always searching. Looks like you ladies found it a bit ago and researched it very nicely. I requested info from them, and will call them monday as well. I w...
faithful11 replied to Aviationurse's topic in Psychiatric
I agree..as far as I am aware, at my state facility, if you are unable to EVADE or GET AWAY...and the state approved techniques ARE NOT WORKING or your LIFE IS IN CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER--then we are reasonably allowed to use reasonable force. Anyho...
faithful11 replied to Aviationurse's topic in Psychiatric
Micky--I am not sure if I even read correctly as far as ANY consequences occurring. My bad, as well. In addition to the incident report, there at our facility there would have been notification made to the Department of Corrections watch commander, H...
faithful11 replied to Aviationurse's topic in Psychiatric
Thank you. That's the point I was trying to get across and you also hit on another important aspect which has not been mentioned. People have to think of the proper way (not just ethics here, but the legal aspects as well) to treat and handle patie...
faithful11 replied to BoogiePop's topic in Psychiatric
Where I work, any level of care that has been trained to monitor 1:1 observation is assigned to do so. Licensed, NonLicensed, PreLicensed etc. The distance depends on the individual patient. Arms length, 6 feet, line of sight etc...are all distance s...
faithful11 replied to lkinsworthy's topic in Psychiatric
I work at the state forensic psych facility---we (level of care nursing staff) wear street clothes, jeans (no shorts) and/or scrubs. We are not permitted to wear khaki anything, as the inmates/patients wear khaki and dark brown. At my sister's prison...
faithful11 replied to Aviationurse's topic in Psychiatric
In the eyes of Patients' Rights, and along the guidelines of CRIPPA...one must be able to substantiate the decision made to PREVENT, DIMINSH or INTERRUPT a behavior which is dangerous to self or others. So, keeping that in mind ---if patient A has ju...
faithful11 replied to Aviationurse's topic in Psychiatric
I work at our State Psych Facility in CA. If a patient is CALM or has returned to baseline bx post assault, then you cannot place them in phsyical restraints. The reason is obvious---restraints are used as a PROTECTIVE OR PREVENTIVE measure, NOT for ...
That is what happened when we had our son---LOL, after his 6-8wks in NICU, we were so elated to get him home, LOL we didn't even THINK about circumcision until AFTER. It just skipped our minds. I think his grandmother is the one who noticed.
Both my kids are NICU graduates, from different hospitals and 3 1/2 yrs apart. That being said---both NICU experiences went well. The RNs WOULD actually call to let us know how the babies were doing at least once in a 24hr period, and BOTH of my kids...
faithful11 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing
Someone asked me this in another thread---and I think I explained pretty well what happened. There ARE staff who run to management with EVERY LITTLE THING. "so and so went to lunch at 1131 and it is now 1239 and she isn't back yet!" and who came to w...