I will try to make this brief.
I work on a psych unit in a not so good hospital in a not so safe city
I have seen a lot of abuse since I started working here 10 months ago, but yesterday...
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So my boss wants me to come back. I feel like they kinda guilt-tripped me by saying the patients need me. They said I can call out abuse and refuse to let other RNs from scanning meds into my MAR....
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UPDATE
I put in my resignation and listed all the patient maltreatment I have seen. I also left an anonymous complaint to the DPH. To top it off I also left my contact info for the Recipient...
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Not doing vitals on a sleeping patient is one thing, not giving psychotropic medication because you can't be bothered to wake the patient up, which results in a prolonged stay at the hospital and...
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Update
Probably quitting this job this week. Got into a fight with two other nurses.
I had a patient who would take his risperdal every night that I was passing out meds. This guy falls...
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klone,
Thank you for responding. I feel like I'm going crazy because that behavior is so common on the unit.
One woman's clothes were lost/stolen in the ER, and she was crying and yelling...
I started at a psych unit a couple months ago and this is my first job as a nurse.
I don't like the way I hear staff talking to/about the patients.
Examples:
One patient had a history...