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OUr hospital has been non-smoking inside the facility for a long time. Starting in July, the patients will no longer be able to go outside to smoke. That means that for the last several months, they have been limiting the amount of cigarettes the pat...

I've been offended on this site, too. When that happens, I just log off for a while until I feel like I'm ready to come back. You have to realize that a lot of people can look at others and judge them, but it takes a bold person to judge themselves...

You can check out the requirements at www.nursingworld.org I'm actually due to be recertified this year so I need to be looking into it myself. Good Luck!!

Your story was so touching! As for the guy at work, if you lose his friendship at least you can be sure you made a difference in his life. You've had to endure so much pain in your life and to turn all that experience into a way to help others is, in...

Very well said. Thank you for your post. You are absolutely correct in all that you said. I don't think the problems and issues being listed are only seen in psychiatric nurses, but in all nurses. I also don't believe that a true desire to help other...

Our State hospital takes anyone. We have court committed, voluntary, and emergency admits. We also have forensic patients who have been there for many years. After the patients are sent on an emergency pink slip, the doctors have to decide whether or...

Has anyone seen this new bill summary? I think we need to all write to our representatives and support it. If anyone is interested, I have a sample letter that I would be glad to forward on to you to send. We need to fight for the safer ratios in hos...

I was just wondering what was the worst about OSU? I think the nurses there are unionized, aren't they? Or maybe they are just working for the state. I always thought that would be a good place to work but now I am doubting it.

I stand corrected. I didn't mean that ALL who strongly oppose should be suspect. I should have said that SOME may be more likely to have contraband. You're right that many will have other issues relating to the invasion of privacy. I should have been...

Just a couple of suggestions. We have the tank lids on the commodes bolted down so we don't have to check inside of them. Secondly, we don't search visitors but they aren't allowed to bring purses or packages on the unit. We have a visitors locker th...

www.genesishcs.org You might try Genesis hospital in Zanesville. It's a shorter drive from Wheeling to Zanesville than it would be to Columbus. I work in Cambridge. Good luck with your job search!

www.genesishcs.org You can try this link. It is for Genesis Hospital in Zanesville. That may be somewhat farther than you want to drive but they have twelve hour shifts and the pay is rather alluring! Welcome to the area. I work at the State hospital...

I've never seen the movie. However, a couple of things off the top of my head is the reduction of people being placed in restraints and moving mentally ill patients out into the community rather than keeping them institutionalized for years and years...

That's hard to say given the individuality of each case. If the person is acutely psychotic, you may not want to encourage them to start beating up on a punching bag. They might not be able to back off from it! My experience with psychotic patients i...

Teens can be tough to work with. Lots of times they come across as being angry when they really have a lot of emotional pain that they don't know how to deal with. Just be patient with them and don't take it personally when one or more of them offend...

Are you, by chance, in SEIU?

What state are you in?

You may want to check about a waiver. I know there is such a thing when there is a survey coming up and you have extreme circumstances that can effect the outcome. Look on the JCAHO website for some info. They may have something posted there.

The priority of the healthcare staff involved should be to do no harm to the situation. There is no evidence that mental health services can do anything to alleviate personality disorder. There is plenty of evidence that providing support can be a da...

It doesn't sound like your daugher has a mental illness. I agree that it does look like Borderline Personality Disorder. The best thing the staff can do is to lift all the restrictions and play each event of self harm down. In reality the fact that s...

Congrats on the promotion. Try the following link. It has some great sample policies and a multitude of questions that you could be asked by JCAHO. www.4nursingmanagers.com If we can help you out at all, just post!

I don't take it as being rude at all. You are the only one who can fathom the whole situation and I'm sure you've heard all the excuses from staff. I sincerely do wish you the best of luck in this. I apoligize if this comes off as rude but, I feel th...

Every facility has their own policies and protocol. However, I don't think you can open all of the packages and put them in little cups prior to medication administration according to JCAHO standards. You need to identify the patient using two identi...

in ohio, the department of health regulates staffing in nursing homes. however, the ratio is very high (1 stna to 15 residents). you figure in an eight hour shift you can give less than 30 minutes to each person on your hall and maybe you'll have tim...

I sent the letter via private message. You can also check out other political actions at the following site: www.seiu.org