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Hi, We do two rounds. First round call to come for medication. Second round patient's that have not come. I give the patient's the choice of coming in 2 to 10 mins. Most respond to this. Cheers Loray

Hi to everyone. :balloons: Where I work is an in- patient mental health .There is a discussion happening between the staff about shift times. Q. What are your most common start & finish times. e.g 7am to 1530hrs.. 1400hrs to 2200hrs ...2130 t...

Hi to all,:smiley_ab Where I work, 1. It is private so different laws to public.. How we handle it is 1. Risk assesment / any doubt re-clients or others safety all belts etc get put into locked store room. 2.We maybe asked by a Dr or manager to...

Hi Epg_pei, Thankyou for the feedback I will add to our staff discussion. Cheers Loray

Hi, NSW (New South Wales Nurses Board )have a interesting download about stress management for nurses. I am interest to here about your 12hr shift and how it works for you and where you work.:smiley_aa Cheers Loray

Hi from Aussie Land, I am interested in how much is DBT being used and is it and effective therapy?:balloons: :balloons:

:chuckle what is the other name for Geodon has not come to Aus yet.

ALL Nurses are given two ears and one mouth. Learning to use our senses is part of our skills learning.

Hi from Aussie Land, At my work place discussion is on going of how to best manage borderline personality disorder. There is never an agreement made or a policy put into place. I am wondering from your experience what has being the method in your wo...

Hi MHN. Where I work we have a system of patient dependency levels. 1. self care .......routine supervision only. 2.self care encouraged but requires increased supervision eg daily activities monitored.....rountine obs all patients being d...

HI sanakrus, The Mental Health Act states any psych private inpatient are considered voluntary. They cannot be detained against there will (this is considered asualt). Unless statis is changed to involuntary by a Doctor and are w...

Greetings to all at allnurses.com, I have only worked in private psych and I am going to work in public. I have had many comments about this from nurses"what do you want to do that for etc". I want to work public to find out for myself but these c...

Thankyou for your replies;I thought I would give you some feedback. I worked public last week and I really enjoyed it. Now I can compare private V public myself. What I did find 1. Private system 6 to 8 patients plus I/C ...

Mobile phones are handed in on admission the interesting part is they reappear. That is some patient's ? have another or visitor's bring one in. It is diffcult to keep track sometimes. However staff need to keep to policy otherwise mobiles will bec...

Hi Leeca, Try joining nursebanks/join different agency,ring up places,work further from home to start with if you have to. Keep ringing the agency with av or asking why no work. This time of the year can be a problem post christmas. Be ...

Hi Georgiagirl, It is diffcult working with patient's in this area when you feel down and depressed yourself. Having trusted people you can be honest with is really important espically at work even if it is only one preson. Not taking on your patient...

Care plans/Care tracks. What is currently used in your area of inpatient care? I would be really interested to be informed about different plans for patiets care. Care plans are what we use but they are many staff unhappy about them. I was thin...

Hi to all from Aussie land, There is a discussion where I work about the pros and cons of wearing uniform. There are mixed ideas and reasons for and against I have not worn uniform for many years and now wear a uniform in my new position. I am intere...

I do not nurse children however it appears from what you have said things get pretty confused for her and her child. In my experience family therapy sometimes can be helpful. The question is where will this child be in 10yrs if he is not recieving th...

Hi Adrienurse, I have some ideas but don't now what a LTC is therefore I don't now if they would be helpful. Cheers Loray.

Hi from Loray, Thankyou for your feedback. I wear a coloured shirt and navy pants all staff look the same. Cheers.

I agree with the issue of pay rates. Is this the reason we have so few male nurses. Loray