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aahh current events where I learned how to type and use the internet here is a link for those who do not go to current events http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/247942_patch11.html two big problems with this announcement: 1. womens' lives have been endangered because a company suspected and so therefore avoided earlier research to protect its' profits 2. this is our system, not out of the ordinary. companies pick and fund research. profits over people

Ortho McNeil maker of Ortho Evra has finally warned the public it's patch exposes women to 60% more estrogen and greater risks than a typical BC pill I say finally because we have known since August the patch is more risky than the pill causing three times the risk of blood clots and death I also say finally because of a 2003 internal company memo shows the company refused to fund a comparison study between patch and pill because there was too high of a chance the study might not prove a positive result for the patch. profits over people

Nurses led the way against Schwarzenegger's initiatives they rallied teachers, social workers, firefighters and students they showed the voters the governor's initiatives would not solve California's money problems they kicked gluteus maximus hooray and congratulations! http://www.alternet.org/story/28058/

it is macropsychiatry which interests me most now human experience has always included conditions of pain, depression,stress but today we look to diagnosis only the suffering individual as sick we overstate and oversimplify our knowledge of brain chemistry we offer pills so people can maintain in a dysfunctional environment too much complication and contradiction overwhelms too much feeding not enough nutrition too much stimulation not enough rest too much running around not enough excercise

if anti-depressants are over used? why cognitive-behavioral therapy is not first choice for treatment? if perhaps our lifestyles are making us sick?

we call the attending doctor informing of the discharge meds which are usually continued at least until the client sees our doctor

MSPB is a psychiatric problem >>Why would anyone do such a thing? That question haunts everyone who encounters MSBP, since few other behaviors so sharply challenge our concept of what "motherhood" is supposed to be all about. Typically, it seems, the MSBP parent is on a misguided mission to feel "special," to garner attention from people--family, friends, and community--as the heroic caretaker of a tragically ill child. Other perpetrators crave a perverse relationship with doctors in which they simultaneously engage and defeat them through their carefully-crafted deceptions. And virtually all have personality disorders that lead them to behave in odd and even destructive ways, especially when they feel under stress http://www.munchausen.com/

I work in a small mental health center the program started in 1975 with a 15 bed house and has grown to 80 clients most clients started by coming out of the state hospital progressing from the boarding house to apartments or houses mainly owned or rented by ourselves all clients come back to the house, monthly, weekly or several times daily, for medications. we have groups and activities and provide work opportunities: people work here as paid janitors or for our lawn crew which has outside contracts [all these jobs start at minimum wage] or as volunteers at food banks or wherever; some clients work regular jobs as well in grocery stores a bakery, a messenger service.... we also have an organic garden the philosophy is positive and hopeful focused on abilites more than symptoms the web of time and relationship makes strong support for several years I had hoped to work here; specifically, had hoped a nursing position would be established. my wish came true and now I serve as the first nurse to work here ever

after many years working inpatient involuntary psych I applied for and obtained a new job last year [next week is my one year anniversary!] I made a mental inventory of my abilities, strengths and goals, finding to my delight some areas of former weakness were now areas of strength when I interviewed I knew I was the best candidate and was able to say so convincingly good luck! *be sure you have reviewed your state's committment laws *focus on your skills, especially with detox *think about and be able to talk about how being a lead nurse would be different than working as an inspector *understand and communicate why and how much you want the job and why they need you *wear clothing you feel comfortable in *be cheerful

I had a BS in psychology and was working at a community mental health center as a Vista volunteer when I realized I liked the nurses' style [this was back during Nixon times] so off to nursing school I went bodies and fluids make nursing more real to me and the ability to touch people is wonderful you could check out if nursing is for you by volunteering in a nursing home

we assigned times for each staff to cover checking on all patients while staying out in the hall most of that 1.5-2 hour period. documentation was done realtime at the site walking the hallway on a night shift I could sometimes feel the friendly 'ghosts' of nurses past many times problems were obviated because someone was watching and checking

this is an area of healthcare where we spend too many of our resources on medications and too little on staffing

>> According to Barbara Haskins, M.D.--an expert in the field of deafness and psychiatric disorders--"Deaf patients can hear voices, even if they have been deaf from birth and have never heard sound...there is ongoing debate about the neural mechanisms for this." (See Psychiatric Times, December 2000; and Altshuler KZ, Am J Psychiatry 127:1521-26). >>Dr. Haskins also reports the occurrence of auditory, visual, tactile, and olfactory hallucinations in deaf individuals with co-morbid schizophrenia. Interestingly, according to Haskins, some deaf people with schizophrenia will report seeing "Jesus signing to them", which Dr. Haskins describes as "...a unique...psychotic feature that seems to fall between a typical auditory hallucination of communicative input and a typical visual hallucination." She points out that a disease like rubella can produce both deafness and schizophrenia-like symptoms (Lim et al, 1995). http://www.mhsource.com/expert/exp1040901d.html

thank you for this and for the links lamictal is being used for a mood stabilizer and I am on the lookout for this rash I hope never to see

we need to figure out if there is any type of social pact in this country right today nearby a hotel is housing foreign nurses cramming to take the nsg board what wages/benefits/conditions will these workers accept? if we want decent jobs left for our children and grandchildren we have to see through to a big picture I do not claim to clearly see but one thing I keep thinking everyone needs health insurance the bigger the risk pool the more sensible why do we have a hitn'miss employeer sponsored system? meanwhile I have changed my shopping routine to boycott my local Safeway lockouts are dirty business