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Recently, the administration had one of their "great ideas" , and decided to open another ward next to the teenagers ward. Problem is, this ward treats adult population, and the only thing separating both wards is a large door. For you to get a basic...

Is it true that the less mg you recieve of seroquel, the more drowsy you get? I remember a psychiatrist once telling this to a patient but I couldn't find any objective data on the internet or in the PDR.

Found it! apparently Wren 54 was right, its because of the Histamine receptor. you can find the link here; http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/484929_8 or try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seroquel and look on reference 15 at the end of the page prett...

Here we never use it. We use a lot of klonopin and Ativan, but never valium. We still have it though, but I don't know why we don't use it. I read somewhere that the Ativan was actually more potent as an ansioltic than valium, is this true? I once as...

I think she is wrong. Can't ask her today cause she's not in here today. However I wanted to make sure nobody else had heard anything. Thanks anyway, and if someone else knows anything else it will be appreciated. Who knows maybe she just want it to ...

yes. I also understand is not an hipnotic nor an ansiolitic. The thing that this patient was complaining that the seroquel 400mg that he was receiving was making him sleepy, and ask the psychiatrist to lower the dose. that was when the psychiatrist t...

I understand this, but what I need to know is if a low dose of seroquel, is more potent for sleeping that a high dose.

How does your hospital do it, and who does it? What's the apropiate distance that the staff must have from the patient? During nightshift while the patient sleeps, do they allow the staff to read a book or keep his mind busy? From where I work it's ...

I heard there was a recording that allows you to hear or at least gives you an idea of what a squizofrenic patient hears during what seems to be a job interview. May someone please tell me where to find the recording online? (considering if its for f...

wow! thank you very much! it is quite different than the one they describe me but it still great!! it will sure help a lot.

That's horrible! isn't OSHA supposed to do something about it? Kind of makes me think because in my hospital we do get our share of violence but never on these extremes!

thank you very much, it will certainly help. Still it would be nice to find the recording. One coordinator at my job told me some pharmaceutical company played it on a powerpoint presentation they where giving there but forgot what company that was.....

The patient detox process varies depending on how long has the patient's been abusing from the substance and the quantity. From what I seen, in teenagers or adult patient that go on detox for benzodeazepines, is that they have a hard time falling asl...

It puts me in a stressful situation. For my part, I won't scold the assistants for reading or doing other stuff while watching the patient, because I can't expect them to do something that I know not even I will be able to do. Pretty sad too cause I ...

Is it possible to make a specialty in Family Nurse Practitioner and then make another one on Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner? I love psychiatry, and I like working on mental hospitals, but I also enjoy working with physiologic diseases a...

I work as an MHT auxiliar in a psychiatric institution and I hate having to watch the patient 1:1. It's such a frustrating job, even more on nightshifts, where you have to watch the patient sleep through the whole night without doing anything. What b...

Yeah I always bring my books and stuff from college to study. I often work the nightshift so my supervisor doesn't mind, but my DON, thats a completely different story. She expects us to sit tight and watch the patient torso go up and down for 8 hour...

Im sorry to tell you this, but currently in PR, APRN aren't really practicing their profession. The only APN that practices is the anesthetist and THEY MUST be supervised by an MD. Also Im not sure you would like their salary, since an anesthetist ma...

Im from Puerto Rico. And currently the ONLY CRNA school officialy aproved by the ANA is the Program they offer at the Interamerican University on the Arecibo district. Recinto Medico lost their certification a few years back because students were fai...