Piper12 replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Psychiatric
I think you will be surprised how much you know about psych from working in the medical world. Watch the other nurses that pts want to talk to, check out the nurses style of communicating. If he or...
Piper12 replied to CNAinNeb's topic in Psychiatric
Regarding the chances of physical harm. I work in a state hospital where we used to put pts in restraints "to prevent harm to self or others". This occurred at least weekly. I will tell you that in...
Piper12 replied to CNAinNeb's topic in Psychiatric
I am a psych RN of 25 years and it is my passion. The secret to learning the trade is to genuinely care about your patients, realizing there is a fine line between those that are diagnosed with a...
:uhoh3:Please share how you inventory pt valuables at the time of admission. I need a method that can be utilized from adm TO dc....so when a pt needs a valuable during their hospitalization, it is...
The great nurses that I worked with over the years were the nurses who knew on a very deep level that being a nurse is truely who they are. You sound very definite. It can be very difficult to get...
In the last 25 years this has happened several times to me! It is so frustrating. Several years ago, I was "pulled" to a child and adolescent psych unit. A few minutes after going to the unit, I...