Aerolizing

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1. Electric Shock Therapy

   Aerolizing replied to Mazzi's topic in Psychiatric

   Where I work, ECT is done quite often especially to those patients who have complicated medical histories who may not be good candidates for the usual antidepressants or who have had no sucess with...

2. dilema

   Aerolizing replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

   As for the breaking of sterile technique, I would simply say, ooops, you touched this or that. Then I would offer to open up or go get sterile supplies if I was there doing the assisting. As...

3. Brink of nervous breakdown!

   Aerolizing replied to SbRN2002's topic in General Students

   Hi Shannon, Hang in there. I felt the same way during my schooling. It was pretty stressful. Others don't understand how much nursing school takes over your life. Stay committed to your...

4. nursing options after psych nursing??

   Aerolizing replied to misseymac's topic in Psychiatric

   Hi Missy, Well, let me tell you that in my large teaching hospital, we get very complicated psych patients. We rarely have a patient with only one diagnosis. We get OB, ortho, PICC lines,...

5. Med Errors!!!

   Aerolizing replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Night Owl, You made a paperwork error, not a med error. I would hate to work where you work. I always alway always miss at least one narc on the narc sheet (even though it is marked in the MAR...

6. Med Errors!!!

   Aerolizing replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have a med error story of my own. I was new and had prepared my meds in cups to go into two seclusion rooms (on psych unit) with patients who needed a security escort to get meds and meals....

7. PERSONALITY DISORDER/SELF ABUSE

   Aerolizing replied to BarbRPN's topic in Psychiatric

   Canoehead, Bingo. In order for people with BPD to get better, they need long term (outpt) therapy with a committment from the patient to want to change. Keeping them inpt for long periods...

8. frequent flyers

   Aerolizing replied to canoehead's topic in Psychiatric

   All places have frequent fliers. We have a set of vacationers too. It is frustrating from a taxpayers point of view. It costs $800.00 a day to just be admitted to a bed on our unit. If you want...

9. PERSONALITY DISORDER/SELF ABUSE

   Aerolizing replied to BarbRPN's topic in Psychiatric

   Borderlines....What a difficult population. I totally agree, with 1:1constant supervision harming borderlines. It does make them helpless and dependent. I have been a psych nurse for 10 years and I...

10. should psych patients be held accountable?

    Aerolizing replied to psychnurse01's topic in Psychiatric

    I have very strong opinions on this topic. I worked in public hospital who had insurance contract for our local correctional facility (the work house we call it). We had many mentally retarded too....