diawc

diawc has 15 years experience and specializes in OB, ER, ICU, Supervision, SANE.

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1. Seizures

   diawc posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I work in a free standing psych facility and we are looking to strenghten some of our policies. One I am working on is around seizures - what do you do for nursing interventions, what meds are you...

2. Physician Assistants in psychiatric hospitals?

   diawc replied to shumphrey's topic in Psychiatric

   we have hired quite a few where I work. We use Rns and NP/PAs, they help the psychiatrists

3. Domestic Violence....Against Men

   diawc replied to DaddyO's topic in Psychiatric

   Interesting....what hurts worse, a physical "slap" or an emotional one? I deal with abuse victims all the time. As a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, I find people sympathize with the women, and...

4. Acute Psych Facilities - All the Same?

   diawc replied to NurseJJ09's topic in Psychiatric

   No, all facilities are not the same Some are "for profit" some are not. Facilities can be selective, based on what type of programming is available. The really agressive patients do end up going to...

5. Police on psych unit

   diawc posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I am looking for information related to allowing police onto the psych unit with their weapons. What are you all doing? Also if there is any relavent research out there. Thanks for helping as we...

6. Looking for inpatient adult psychiatric suicide hospital screening information

   diawc replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in Psychiatric

   admission criteria here, simply is a danger to self or others, incapable of performing ADL's d/t psychosis, ect. Of course thats all open to interpretation, but it works. Our social workers screen...

7. Pts who assault, is there any protection or policy?

   diawc replied to WVStarFish's topic in Psychiatric

   We do have to transport patients at times, and it is AlWAYS with 2 staff members. Safety goes both ways...like the above poster, assaults happen. If you have patients who are touchy/feely, they...

8. Residential childrens facility..

   diawc replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

   I have found in our facility that the first thing is to show no fear, nor act surprised. They will say things to get a rise. Act like you've heard/seen it all. Show respect but also show you are in...

9. Medical clearance

   diawc posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I currently work in a freestanding psychiatric facility. We are doing some policy reviews, and would like to establish some general medical clearance standards. What are the minimums that your...

10. Funny Websites or Blogs With Nursing or Hosp Stuff

    diawc replied to kidsnstudyn's topic in Nursing Humor

    http://www.ertards.com/ stupid reasons that people go to the

11. you know you work in mental health when...

    diawc replied to sairin8's topic in Nursing Humor

    You know you're in psyche when.... 1. Your patient refuses to go to bed because "its on fire" 2. you know what "cheeking" is.... 3. Nudity is a normal condition of some of your patients 4. You...

12. How to tell you've worked too many shifts in a row

    diawc replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Nursing Humor

    you know you've worked too many.... When you wake up in the afternoon, yell at the kids (who just got home from school) to get to bed right away because its way past their bedtime.....and not even...

13. Memo to All Hospital Staff

    diawc replied to nminodob's topic in Nursing Humor

    I think we work at the same place???

14. Nursing Supervisors

    diawc replied to PediRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Depends on the hospital....I have worked mainly community Hospitals, and they hired me into supervision primarily because of how I managed the unit work I was on. Had a 6 week orientation and let me...

15. Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

    diawc replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I dont identify myself - I dont often hear waitresses telling other waitresses of their occupation prior to ordering, or hear people at check-outs telling their occupation. I am there/my family is...