Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears

Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears

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  1. how to get a new grad psych job?

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to mf04dalb's topic in Psychiatric

    I would stress your EMT experience as a background for psych. You probably had to deal with patients who were experiencing stressful situations that affected their behavior. Give different situations...

  2. Polite way to deal with AWOL CNA’s?

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to Beepbeepbeep's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't find one of my CNA's for over an hour one day. When I did find her she said her car broke down when she left the facility to take someone home from a previous shift. As she was speaking to...

  3. TMS to treat depression?

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Anyone ever dealt with patients undergoing TMS? Does it

  4. TMS to treat depression?

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank

  5. Very new RN.. hate bedside nursing... thinking about leaving

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to brunetteRN06's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am so sorry you are feeling this way. I myself worked med-surg after graduation. It was incredibly busy and I would work thru my lunch break and stopped taking bathroom breaks just to get finished...

  6. HR wants meeting or report me to BON

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to AbbeyR's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So I got reported to the state board of nursing after I gave a honeybun to a paranoid schizophrenic that hadn't bathed for 66 days. Security was called to restrain him so they could put him in the...

  7. New nurse leaving hospital for office job.. advice?

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to Cabana's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I loved changing from my med-surg unit I worked for 10 years to working with a physician. You learn so much more about disease process and establish a great load of really cool patients. He taught...

  8. Preceptor is a bully....

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to Hardhands's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't be able to handle the bullying from staff without telling them that their behavior is affecting me. They either will respond that they didn't mean to come across this way. (You will have to...

  9. MD saying I didn’t do something

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to Gigi27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    How could he do this to you. I bet he has done this before with other nurses. Please don't feel bad about this. In the future I would have a back up when dealing with him. Speaking with your nurse...

  10. New to psych

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to Grande_latte04's topic in Psychiatric

    On your tour look to see if the patients are clean and their rooms are clean. Find out what happens if a patient gets combative. Do you have backup from other units? Do you have security guards? Where...

  11. Psych nurses don't know medical?

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to futurepsychrn's topic in Psychiatric

    I had the same problem with a medical director I worked with. As u said 9 out of 10 times I was right. I came to believe that the director didn't want the affected patients medically sent out because...

  12. Is there a Stigma with a Male working in Nursing?

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoy working with male nurses. They seem to break up the cattiness women tend to spew out on each other some

  13. Bullied at work, and the DON won't do anything about it. (venting)

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to NewRN'16's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in the same bullying environment u described. The unit manager all the way up to the heads of administration would condone the actions of a group of people because they were afraid of...

  14. Colleague asked me for a Tylenol from my med cart. What to do?

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to FromMNtoCA's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We got into a habit of supplying are own Tylenol for such

  15. Contested a Doctor's Order Psych ?

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to mhadvrn34's topic in General Nursing

    There is a patient advocate number that is supposed to be posted on the unit. Not sure how you can give the patient the info without you being in trouble for disobeying the primary. But if acute pain...

  16. New nurse questions

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to LeeL's topic in Psychiatric

    It sounds like a normal day to

  17. Schizophrenia

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to Hershey Kisses's topic in Psychiatric

    Consistency, Consistency, Consistency. They have to feel they can trust you. We worked on patients all the time about their hygiene. The patients had the worst dental hygiene and many refused to go to...

  18. What to do when Nurse is attacked and employer doesn't file police report?

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Violent assaults were frequent where I worked as a charge nurse at a state mental facility. it left me with major depression, ptsd , and severe anxiety. I know what your saying when u would go into...

  19. HELP ME

    Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears replied to Glycerine82's topic in Psychiatric

    Have u tried given her a warm shower, getting her something to eat. We used to let our hardcore patients play cards or put puzzles together.Our psych docs told us that their sleep/wake cycle had...