Emmeline22

Emmeline22 has 6 years experience.

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1. Currently on shift and disagree with instructions from charge nurse. WWYD?

   Emmeline22 replied to RileyisSmiley's topic in General Nursing

   I totally agree with your instinct. I can only imagine that the young patient woke up this morning and realized what what had happened and was terribly embarassed. I think now that the kids are throughout the ward I would take the patient aside and k...

2. Patients not allowed to shower after accident

   Emmeline22 replied to Emmeline22's topic in Safety

   Psych crisis unit of 20 beds in large room hospital (roughly 600 beds)

3. Am I being unreasonable about my concerns regarding safety/hygiene?

   Emmeline22 replied to Emmeline22's topic in General Nursing

   This is Missouri. During training we had the locked bathroom doors explained as a safety mechanism. I'm only about 3 months in so still getting oriented to the place, but everything is always explained briefly and when you ask questions they tell you...

4. Am I being unreasonable about my concerns regarding safety/hygiene?

   Emmeline22 replied to Emmeline22's topic in General Nursing

   Our admin has told us that for urine incontinence they just need wipes and for fecal incontinence they are allowed to shower most of the time. Our admin is all about saving money and really make it a horrible place for patients. They have even gone ...

5. Patients not allowed to shower after accident

   Emmeline22 replied to Emmeline22's topic in Safety

   Since I am new I would love to get some pointers about the exact language that you would use in the following scenarios. 1) A pt comes to the nurses station at 2am stating that they have wet themselves. We have been told to ask, "Why didn...

6. Am I being unreasonable about my concerns regarding safety/hygiene?

   Emmeline22 replied to Emmeline22's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, well on our unit it can take anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour before there is a staff member available to unlock/supervise bathroom. No, our facility is allowed to lock the bathrooms. The main problem is we are so understaffed so fro...

7. Am I being unreasonable about my concerns regarding safety/hygiene?

   Emmeline22 replied to Emmeline22's topic in General Nursing

   @hppygr8ful It is adult crisis stabilization. The reason many accidents happen is that all bathrooms are locked so when patients need to go they have to get a staff member to assist. Given that we are chronically short-staffed (we are down South) thi...

8. Am I being unreasonable about my concerns regarding safety/hygiene?

   Emmeline22 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am about 3 months into my first nursing job out of school and have been offput by some stuff on my unit. For reference I am on an adult psych crisis stabilization. Can people either validate my concerns or tell me if I am being unreasonable. 1...

9. Patients not allowed to shower after accident

   Emmeline22 posted a topic in Safety

   Hello I work in a crisis psych unit and I have a question for other units about how urine and BM accidents are handled. If our patients experience daytime incontinence issues that are just urine or have an accident overnight they are not allowed to s...

10. helping patients feel less embarrassed?

    Emmeline22 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, just got my first job out of school working in a adult psych unit. Have already had a few patients very embarrassed by having nocturnal enuresis and not sure how to approach this in a way that makes them less embarassed. Most often young adults w...