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    Cbt

    sanakruz replied to Mike RGN's topic in Psychiatric

    CBT stands for cognitive behavioral therapy. it works well for both AXIS I and AXISII patients. DBT works for AXIS II, particularly folks with boreline personality disorder
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    "Regular" psych vs. geriatric psych?

    sanakruz replied to Hacamila's topic in Psychiatric

    you will meet some very endearing people in geropsych. I will never forget the woman who had had a labotomy because she was "promiscious'' in the 1950's, or the survivors of the death camps in Europe....
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    Did you work full time while going to school?

    sanakruz replied to Faye714's topic in General Nursing

    10 hours a week
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    pLEASE aDVIZE ME

    sanakruz replied to sanakruz's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I have standing orders. I had to fight to get it into the chart. I have to fight to get the MDs to sign each and every one in each and every record. I have been unable to convince my boss that we...
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    Artificial Nails

    sanakruz replied to Nursekatydid's topic in General Nursing

    I personally find decoration of this type akin to bondage and torture (IMHO). There were a few cases awhile back where post op pts in Santa Clara Valley developed endocarditis, and it was eventually...
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    ? Men on Depo Provera ? Help ?

    sanakruz replied to obillyboy's topic in General Nursing

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    does everyone really hate nursing?

    sanakruz replied to piper_for_hire's topic in General Nursing

    I, for one, hate the health care delivery system, and I hate watching people try to access care and not be able to do
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    Unfair Policies

    sanakruz replied to RavenSong's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Some states are worse than others but any one can be fired at will without collective bargaining rights in place. In other words,a labor
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    Prozac or Metformin for Weight Loss

    sanakruz replied to nptobee's topic in General Nursing

    How about diet and
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    Us vs Them

    sanakruz replied to NancyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with
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    transgender nurse (transvestite)

    sanakruz replied to nursecathy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    WOW, WHAT A THREAD ! I do have an opinion about this potential student, But'll kept it to
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    Tommy Chong Jailed

    sanakruz replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    Ok.....just say" no ",
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    Very frightening website

    sanakruz replied to justjenny's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto,
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    How to do mental health nursing?

    sanakruz replied to a-rose's topic in Psychiatric

    I think this is a good question a-rose. I have read that in China the menta health system is very arcaic and those with a mental illness tend to be treated like they have commited a crime. Nurse them...
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    Too much testosterone at work- frisky doctors

    sanakruz replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

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    need a psych nurse's opinion

    sanakruz replied to LilgirlRN's topic in Psychiatric

    ssri's can cause a bipolar person to become manic, quickly. The 2 meds you mention are quite often given to someone with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. A person with schizoaffective d/o...
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    Frustrated and exhausted

    sanakruz replied to shorty0201's topic in Psychiatric

    You MUST get this child into therapy. I agree with luci about meds and the cutting- No it's just not BPD. I hate to say this but you need to be sure she is not on street drugs. They will only make...
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    A family needing help dealing with psychosis

    sanakruz replied to norm's topic in Psychiatric

    Please realize that whatever the cause of your sister obvious distress, she is still reacting to it. ALL OF US need to have our experiences validated. Just because one believes strangers are draining...
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    A family needing help dealing with psychosis

    sanakruz replied to norm's topic in Psychiatric

    Say to your sister"it must be very frustrating and even scary to think people are tampering in your personal life;you should talk to a counselor, No one should feel as badly as you do. Maybe a doctor...
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    Hospital industry seminars advise administrators how to evade RN ratios

    sanakruz replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    [There are not enough nurses in California to meet our needs now - and that is without mandated and ill thought out staffing ratios! :angryfire [/b] EXCUSE
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    12 STD's of Christmas

    sanakruz replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Nursing Humor

    Sent this to my 20 year old that just recovered from trich and his 18 y/o sister that doesnt know he just recovered from
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    Bathing - scared to death!

    sanakruz replied to jennysjewels's topic in General Students

    I still hate the smell of nuetrogena soap because of the anxiety I felt the first time I had to touch a naked stranger! The anxiety faded quickly and now all that remains is a powerful memory when I...
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    Patient Protection LAW!

    sanakruz replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The issue here is not lvn vs rn It's the CHA- The well paid lobbyists for the hospital industry attempting to subvert a law that they see attacking their profit
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    Fainting blood donor ?

    sanakruz replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Nursing

    I dont think enough of us respire fully at any given time, never mind when anxious among
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    Fainting blood donor ?

    sanakruz replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Nursing

    And i dont mean for a reply, I mean you forgot to breath! I would always tell folks "breath now" as i was drawing blood, (which I havent done in 14 years), but you would be surprised how many folks...