JaneFidgets

Hey all, To provide a bit of background, I am newly licensed grad and landed my first nursing job back in October of last year. I was so ecstatic about having secured a job working with my dream population (Dual diagnosis/detox). However, I am a lit...

It is an inpatient locked unit and we typically do at least one admission during day shift and approximately two discharges. I would say that the majority of our patients are not voluntary. I have yet to have a patient requiring a 1:1. We do currentl...

Clarification, we typically have 3-4 nurses for 21 patients. Sometimes we have a tech, sometimes we don't. All patients are on 15-minute safety checks.