StuPer

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  1. At what point does patient autonomy and self determination end?

    StuPer replied to hairtocare's topic in Psychiatric

    I think I would be right in assuming that the law in regard to when a person is sufficently unwell that it is appropriate to enforce treatment/hospitalisation changes depending on your state or...

  2. Clinical Supervision

    StuPer replied to maxthecat's topic in Psychiatric

    Clinical Supervision is a valuable tool in maintaining your sanity and keeping perspective in a psych role. It is not part of the management structure and certainly nothing said in a clinical...

  3. Abilify

    StuPer replied to Orca's topic in Psychiatric

    I too have a poor opinion of Abilify, not least of which was the test trial data submitted to the FDA which showed it destroyed the cornea of albino rabbits, the company was ordered to do post...

  4. Psychiatric Nursing Differences?!

    StuPer replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

    Apart from the ongoing issues which rotate primarily around medication side-effects, most psych facilities only complete a physical assessment of a client on admission, and that is to rule out a...

  5. 3 hot's and a cot

    StuPer replied to Billikin's topic in Psychiatric

    Having read the posts in this thread there are 2 distinct points being made 1) the frustration at people, while having no treatable mental illness are using mental health facilities to avoid an...

  6. Mental Health Acute Wards

    StuPer replied to wnoise's topic in Psychiatric

    this is an absolutely brilliant point, i had forgotten to mention in my response, without diggin up the research i think i'm accurate in saying both lithium and clozapine metabolism is affected by...

  7. Losing your skills in psych?

    StuPer replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Psychiatric

    Over the years on this forum I have seen repeated stories from students saying their lecturers have advised them to do med/surg for a year or two before going into psych. Invariably the reasoning...

  8. disallusioned with nursing! psych new grad

    StuPer replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    Sorry for the delay in answering, I dont check these forums as often as I used too, and I've been crook for a few days. Anyway, as for money, well its a tough one to answer as a simple monetary...

  9. disallusioned with nursing! psych new grad

    StuPer replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

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  10. Mental Health Acute Wards

    StuPer replied to wnoise's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm afraid I have some experience of this as we recently enforced a no-smoking policy across the area in all health care facilities. Now don't get me wrong I understand the reasoning behind...

  11. personality disorders?

    StuPer replied to cherilee's topic in Psychiatric

    Hello Cherilee, RN2begin ofers excellent advice and in order to get a good insight into BPD the DBT books are gold. Just some words of caution though, people surrering with BPD can be very very needy...

  12. disallusioned with nursing! psych new grad

    StuPer replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    Hey Guys, I have to say I'm truely amazed at the level of staff/patient ratios you guys in the States will put up with. There is no way on god's green earth that either the staff or the public would...

  13. What do you say? What do you NOT say? Mentally ill patients on a non-psyc unit...

    StuPer replied to kristenncrn's topic in Psychiatric

    Hey Guys, I work in the ED, or ER as you guys seem to call it, and usually have to deal with crisis scenarios, so communication is a big key. Generally I find, while yes it is important as to the...

  14. New RN and stressed out!

    StuPer replied to alambert603's topic in Psychiatric

    Hey guys, This is an issue every where it seems, and there is no easy answer, however admiting terminally ill people to a psych ward because they are depressed is just in one word a 'dump'. Good god...

  15. Psychiatry in UK

    StuPer replied to Thanet's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanet, Sorry for the late response, but I trawl these threads a little too infrequently. Could you highlight the changes please, there has just been a review of the MHA here in NSW, wonder if the...

  16. Exorcism??

    StuPer replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Psychiatric

    While I dont doubt that some people have the belief that demonic possession is possible, I don't believe there is a place for that in a clinical setting. If you acknowledge demonic possession as a...

  17. Psychiatry in UK

    StuPer replied to Thanet's topic in Psychiatric

    Hello Thanet, Originally trained as an RMN in the UK, moved to Oz in 2000..... why are you asking incidentialy? regards

  18. How to become a psych nurse...??

    StuPer replied to lavarn's topic in International Nursing

    Hi lavarn, I cant speak for Vic, but I imagine it won't be much diferent from NSW, you shouldnt need a diploma to start working in the MH field, particularily in ward work. Some specialist units may...

  19. Antisocial Personality disorder....

    StuPer replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Hi I guess I would say no I havent seen anyone successfully treated with this diagnosis, but I would measure that against the fact I havent worked in any specific programs/facilities that cater for...

  20. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    StuPer replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    hsieh, I seriously have to wonder about your ability to compare like with like, and then draw very poor comparisons as a result. You cannot draw any parallels between someone going to college and...

  21. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    StuPer replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    hsieh, I'm sorry to say I find your posts largely lacking in any evidence to back up the ideas/approach you promote, and the idea that sending someone to a 3rd world country will somehow resolve a...

  22. borderline-help: 2 different nurses/2 different approaches

    StuPer replied to gcja's topic in Psychiatric

    Firstly it is an absolute fallacy to say that by simply not having psychiatric services that a diagnosis will not exist. Simply because, as a result, you are unaware of these people, doesnt mean they...

  23. Getting burnt out?

    StuPer replied to vegnurse21's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree with your post Charlie, and would love to see Nurses acting together for the the better of their profession and their patients. Unfortunately in my experience we as a profession seem to spend...

  24. my encounter with a schizophrenic

    StuPer replied to shock-me-sane's topic in Psychiatric

    Ummmm reading your post, I think you handled it very well, particularily as you didnt rise to her aggressive outburst. Im not sure but, I think there maybe other issues here, for a start dilaudid can...

  25. Getting burnt out?

    StuPer replied to vegnurse21's topic in Psychiatric

    TitaniaSidhe... I feel your burnout..... I cannot for the life of me understand how hospital administrators the world over are under the delusion that it is more cost effective to have a highly...