SeeK

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1. Charting Bloopers

   SeeK replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

   oooohhh and my husband is an ICU nurse, he said one dr. wrote in the patients chart...."if patient codes, be sure to SLOW code him, IF he makes it through the night, get chest xray"...my husband...

2. Charting Bloopers

   SeeK replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

   i once wrote in a paranoid schizo's chart that had a BS on the lower side...."offered patient a snake"....of course you know i meant snack and even after i drew my line through it you could tell what...

3. patient load and other gripes :)

   SeeK replied to G'smommy's topic in Psychiatric

   this is how our unit is staffed and according to accuity it can change, we just have to say something.... adult psych- 20 beds, 2 nurses, 2 techs, split in half evenly all the way down to 10 beds...

4. How "MEDICALLY" stable do pt's need to be on a geropsych unit in a hospital?

   SeeK replied to RN1263's topic in Psychiatric

   i wanted to add...the reasons we do not have patients with IVs, trachs, feeding tubes, ect...is for safety...other patients may go into the other patients room and mess with the equipment, suicidal...

5. How "MEDICALLY" stable do pt's need to be on a geropsych unit in a hospital?

   SeeK replied to RN1263's topic in Psychiatric

   i am a geriatric psych nurse on a unit in a HOSPITAL, the unit is locked and they HAVE to be medically stable...this unit is not like a nursing home at all (I have worked at a nursing home to). the...

6. Inpatient Visitation Times

   SeeK replied to p0969's topic in Psychiatric

   our times are only m-f ,