Tiggur

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1. counting controleds when your the only nurse?

   Tiggur replied to Tiggur's topic in Psychiatric

   I work as an out pt nurse in a rural area, for mental health ... im the only nurse in this program....and to reply to one of the other ,,,,,so the state pharmacy board would be the one that would be...

2. counting controleds when your the only nurse?

   Tiggur replied to Tiggur's topic in Psychiatric

   Im it in the program that we have there are 3 other nurse with their own progarms and we dont see each othe on a daily basis ... my meds are delivered from a local pharmacy such as a cvs .... i count...

3. counting controleds when your the only nurse?

   Tiggur posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I am the only nurse in a small rural communty psyc setting on out pt setting ... i need to come up with a policy that will cover my tale i have another nurse once a month count with me. but i dont...

4. Psych Nurse Recently Diagnosed Bipolar

   Tiggur replied to Nutty RN's topic in Psychiatric

   i worked with a nurse in a psyc unit inpatient that had a diagnosis of bipolar .... she was a super nurse and a wonderful psyc nurse .. if its what you love and what you do best then you ll be fine...

5. Mom of 3 trying to go back to school

   Tiggur replied to MYAgirls3's topic in General Nursing

   it can be done but i will tell you from experience everyone sacerfices/suffers...im telling you though by the time i graduated that if i would have had to go through the stress of taking one ,more...

6. does a misdemeanor affect chances of becoming rn?

   Tiggur replied to Busy20yo's topic in General Nursing

   i have a battery charge on my record from when i was 18 and i had to write a letter telling about the situation to send in with my appication to take my boards.... i had no troubles at all... i took...

7. desperate need of info

   Tiggur posted a topic in General Nursing

   im in desperate need of info on falls in elderly patients. one is what constitutes a fall does walking in a room and finding a patient on the floor concidered a fall if there is no apparent injury....

8. Need advise from experienced psych nurses

   Tiggur replied to BadBird's topic in Psychiatric

   i have three teenagers in the house and they are a hand full in anycase just being teenagers .....my heart goes out to you ... hang in there

9. I need help...i have to do an inservice

   Tiggur replied to Tiggur's topic in Psychiatric

   thank you von ...von do you guys document a fall if you just find a patient on the floor ....do you guys have ways of identifing higher risk patient then others ... i have heard other places use like...

10. I need help...i have to do an inservice

    Tiggur replied to Tiggur's topic in Psychiatric

    The web site was wonderful good help ....But any personal input would be great...on how your units deal with falls .....Big Thanks

11. I need help...i have to do an inservice

    Tiggur posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I have to do an inservice on falls... i work in a geriatric psyc unit our fall #'s have been up so there was a group of us picked to be on a fall task force and do some research on how other...