Ms Blue Sky

Ms Blue Sky

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  1. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    His case will go to extra care panel next week, we never would have got this far for him to move, if I'd just dished out pills and

  2. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all nursing angels My question is, I work as a community mental health nurse and have formed a therapeutic relationship with a client who didn't engage for many years, it has taken weeks,...

  3. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    He is engaging again now with myself and his social worker which is wonderful news I will be leaving and introducing him to his new nurse before I go

  4. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    It kind of feels like Sisyphus, like pushing this gigantic heavy boulder up hill, getting to the top. Then the boulder just rolling down and you're back at square one again To compensate for his...

  5. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Davey Do, in a nutshell that's how it is He is angry because he feels he has no control over his own destiny and I don't blame him. The problem is he is more vulnerable than he knows or...

  6. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    So maybe it's better I leave it so he feels he pushed me away and can be angry...than me leaving? Less

  7. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    Awww yes for sure, it's a really tough one, just before this pushing away he said a previous nurse had helped him and then left him ? And with his BPD he probably dreads abandonment I love...

  8. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    If I can I will say bye and explain I got another job It will be hard but I was starting to feel like I would never get free and had to forever be his carer as he is so vulnerable I may...

  9. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    Update: I have made the wrench! I had to quit the job with notice as the commute was killing me...I had another wonderful opportunity and couldn't turn it down. I almost didn't take it because of this...

  10. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    This man is so extremely hard to engage with if one does not persist due to trust issues then when he trusts he is lovely, he has fallen between the cracks and lost access to so many services in the...

  11. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    Hey No Stars In My Eyes that's just what I was planning Just has to be the right person once I have found someone I will feel free to move on I will be happy to find someone as I can then...

  12. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Okami, I'm thinking straighter now and seeing how ridiculous the idea of working with him in a new job would be The truth is though (cannot write much here because of confidentiality)...

  13. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I will discuss it moving forwards, as for sure there is a danger of it getting out of hand I like the idea of a well thought out plan thank

  14. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    Well I changed my mind and decided to stay as at this point I don't want to let him down it feels wrong I will try to break the unhealthy dependency / dynamic Thank you all

  15. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, yes I do I will leave and still present the case at panel for him luckily that is coming up soon ☺️ I will say goodbye and explain I am leaving as this job is right near my...

  16. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    Davey Do that is lovely such a sweet story but yeah it is quite a different situation to mine I guess, but like you I do care about this patient In my case, it's got to the stage where this chap...

  17. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the post though, it expressed what I think I'm worried about perfectly, it has been a fear in the back of my

  18. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't "made myself" the only one who can engage, another person visits as well and I'd be really happy for him to mix more Gut instinct informs me, back off as this could turn into an...

  19. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you klone and for the good luck ? yes I'm impatient to

  20. What length to get a Preceptorship

    Ms Blue Sky posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey lovely nurses I'm a new grad doing learning disability nursing Been looking for a Preceptorship and I've found two, one in a brain injury unit which sounds excellent but would require...

  21. What length to get a Preceptorship

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello, I think there has been a misunderstanding here...as I am in the UK where I believe it is slightly different from USA I have done my consolidation placement of five months with a mentor in...

  22. Seeking advice on which job to take

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello Golden! Thank you so much for your kindness and your encouragement and this is the option I'm going for now It is considered "acute rehab" and they offer ten days of induction plus all...

  23. Seeking advice on which job to take

    Ms Blue Sky posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Dear nursing angels I'm an MSc learning disability nurse and been doing my final year placement in a brain injury unit I've been lucky enough to have been offered two jobs for when I...

  24. Seeking advice on which job to take

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ps. 51 years experience! Wow X Yes, I could always move to another setting as well ? I keep forgetting that, there are a lot of options Also, for the interview as well, the care home...

  25. Seeking advice on which job to take

    Ms Blue Sky replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LOL yes a no-brainer indeed hehe I have used trachs and tubes luckily, I'm using them now but in this particular unit, my Mentor told me it would mainly be PEG feeds and catheterisation, I guess...