kurlos

Hi, I'm new to inpatient psychiatry, and the recommendations for using seclusion or restraint are vague. Usually, its to prevent "imminent" harm to self or others. I'd like someone to describe specific behaviors which indicate that you, the RN, are observing imminent harm. Some possibilities: Holding up a chair Threatening to throw feces Any verbal threat--"I'm going to hit you." And what about after the fact? If someone has punched a person or wall, but then appear relatively calm, does that warrant S/R? I am unable to find specific descriptions of behaviors. Thanks in advance.

Correct you are! Don't ever say it...but go ahead and think it, because it is so obviously true. If someone comes to your private practice and you give them a MEDical diagnosis, prescribed MEDicine, and then MEDicare reimbursres you for that service, you, by definition are practicing medicine, regardless if you asked them about their spirituality. By like she adviced, don't ever say the truth out loud.

My first post...new to psych. Just wondering what can be done when a patient is not dangerous to self or others, but simply refuses to stop loitering around the nursing station or insists on standing in front of the TV saying the same word over and over again...Basically things which are unpleasant to staff and other patients but do not warrant taketowns... Thanks