AlwaysTired

Get a copy of the hospitals patient rights policy (don't they all have one?) and slip it under her door.

I am a psych nurse and proud of it. I tried working M/S and couldn't handle it so I'm in awe of hospital nurses but I know that we are all important and valued in whatever field we choose. However, my issue is with my family (husband, in-laws, etc) ...

Anyone else find it hard to believe that the surgeon walked out of an ongoing operation to go and check on an ER patient? Just sayin...

Why didn't you leave and go to another ER??

You haven't indicated what specific Mental Health field you will be working in. Is it Developmental Disabilities, Substance Abuse, Chronically Mentally Ill, Geriatric, Pediatric, a combination of all? Inpatient/Outpatient? I work in an Adult Detox/Cr...

My Dad passed the day after Thanksgiving. I'll keep some of his ashes in a wooden trinket box that he built along with his beloved crossword puzzles and a few small items to remember him by. While we were at the funeral home I remember seeing a displ...

I made one today and I've cried so much I can't hardly see to type this. Patient is ok but I can't even express how stupid I feel. I let the pressure to hurry up get to me and got careless. Clerical told me patient was in for shot, I checked for a...

When I first got my present job (psych nursing) the med room was across the hall from the nurses station. It was so peaceful and quiet...just me and the patients at my half-door of course. (It's not the patients that bother me). So after a few months...

I had a cute little 'ol lady that told everyone that she was a "diabetical" and a guy who always asked for his "Blistaril" (Vistaril). Oh... and I have a precious Aunt from Alabama who rants about her 70 year old brother taking "that damn Viagner"!!!

I work in crisis stabilization for substance abuse and MH patients (we call them consumers). There are 2 nurses on duty per shift for 30 consumers. The charge nurse works up referrals and does the initial nursing assessment on admission. After that s...

I work in a detox facility and I love it. I've been doing it for less than a year so I can't address the burn-out issue, but I suspect that it's no worse than any other field of nursing. I'm emotionally tired a lot of nights when my shift ends as opp...

I work in crisis stabilization which is acute detox for substance abuse and stabilization for MH patients off of their meds and in crisis. Our patients are up walking around and perform their own ADL's but do quite frequently get sick or have a medic...

Just wondering...does anyone dream about their phobias? I've got a few: rats, roaches, heights and elevators. For some darned reason I dream about elevators quite frequently. It's not always the same dream, just stupid, crazy dreams that don't make...

A couple of days ago we had an attempted suicide on my shift. I'm a new psych nurse (less than a year) and it was one of the most horrible things I've ever seen or been through but instinct kicked in and I am confident that me and all my coworkers di...

Thanks for the positive comments. I'm off duty today and when I called to check in on a coworker who was there that day she says that all of the people in management and all of our doctors are raving about our performance. That makes us both feel be...

Is the term you are looking for: "chemical restraint"?

My 11 year old son broke out with an ugly awful rash just around one side of his torso last summer. When I saw it I said to my husband "my gosh, it looks like shingles...but it can't be; kids don't get shingles!". So my husband took him to the doct...

I work in crisis stabalization drug/alcohol detox and deal with addicts daily. As a matter of fact I just got home from a very frustrating 12 hour shift and the patients were particularly rough today! And yes I get very tired of their demanding, mani...

My horrific first experience on M/S was made even worse by the cordless phone system. Ours rang straight to the nurse when the pt hit the call button. While it's a great system for comm between staff (calling for someone to bring supplies or needing ...

OK....just wondering....is there anyone out there who took the NCLEX without studying? Seems like I read so many comments that say things like "I got questions about things I hadn't ever seen before" or "even though I studied, I don't know if it he...

I had a hysterectomy and bladder surgery and after they removed the foley I couldn't pee. I was sick as a dog and they gave me pain/nausea med. Well it knocked me out for a good while and when I woke up my bladder was so full and distended that I tho...

Is there anyone out there who will advocate going straight into dialysis nursing as a new grad? (ADN). I know there are a million of you who insist that it can't be done without Med/Surg experience, but I'd REALLY like to hear some success stories i...

I truly admire what you did. I was offered a "study guide" from a student sitting next to me and stuck it in my notebook. Later when I got home and looked at it I realized that it was obviously old test questions and answers from a recent semester. I...

I laughed so hard about zilla704's comment on sitting at the front of the class. I do the same thing. In high school I was a wallflower and always scrambled for a seat at the back of the room. Now I go to class early so I can get right up front. I...

Sounds so much like my story. I'm an LPN getting ready to graduate with my ADN in May !!! I worked in Public Health for years and attended night school the last two of those to get in my core classes while still working full time. When it came time ...