CliveUK

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  1. Nurse Charged with killing patients

    CliveUK replied to tamar2020's topic in International Nursing

    Excuse me?! So some vague group of "other nurses" are to blame for this woman attempting to kill her patients? I think you may well have lost a bit of perspective on this one. No wait - make that...

  2. Paxil and Suicide-Confirmed in trials

    CliveUK replied to lsyorke's topic in Psychiatric

    lsyorke - my best wishes to Ry and yourself now that the bad days are behind you. I read your thread and what a story that is! Good luck to you both for the

  3. Mental health and fantasy

    CliveUK replied to susanna's topic in Psychiatric

    I think the point should be made here though that the difference between my fantasising about being king of the world and a patient's delusions about being king of the world are that I am aware that I...

  4. Doing away with Restraints?

    CliveUK replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in Psychiatric

    Here in the UK, mechanical restraints aren't used at all. We use a three/four-man team to restrain a person and more often than not, medicate them under restraint. Once they are calmer, we let go....

  5. New to Nursing and Psych

    CliveUK replied to chr!ssyrn's topic in Psychiatric

    Your manager behaved incredibly badly in encouraging you NOT to document such an important event, just to save on paperwork! That just wouldn't be tolerated here in the UK. It may only have been a...

  6. Hepatitus b vaccine

    CliveUK replied to Balco's topic in International Nursing

    No, they're not enrolled nurses: a practice nurse is a registered nurse who works in a general practitioner's (family doctor's) practice. The one at my local health centre syringes my ears, but I...

  7. schitzophrenia?

    CliveUK replied to stephera's topic in Psychiatric

    Of course, there is some controversy over whether schizophrenia - as a discrete disease entity - actually exists. Some psychiatrists - most notably Jan van Os in the Netherlands - have jetissoned the...

  8. How to do mental health nursing?

    CliveUK replied to a-rose's topic in Psychiatric

    I think a-rose is talking about psychological problems rather than diagnosed mental illnesses. However, I would say the first thing you need to do with both is to listen to the patient and work with...

  9. Question

    CliveUK posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Am I right in thinking that, over there in North America, you sometimes use physical restraints (leather straps and the like) to control violent behaviour? If I am right, I'd like to know what your...

  10. Question

    CliveUK replied to CliveUK's topic in Psychiatric

    I am a fluffy bunny nurse - make no mistake about that, but personally, I have no problem with sensitively-used restraint techniques. I have found that in some cases, being held by nurses has...

  11. Question

    CliveUK replied to CliveUK's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you for your answers - very illuminating. As I said, over here, we never use mechanical restraints. De-escalation is the first line of defence, followed by restraint (by nursing staff trained...

  12. Experience using punching bags so patients can vent their anger frustrations

    CliveUK replied to MHN's topic in Psychiatric

    Morrison, E.F. (1993) Toward a Better Understanding of Violence in Psychiatric Settings: Debunking the myths. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 7(6): 328-335 Simulated violence tends to hype you up...

  13. Experience using punching bags so patients can vent their anger frustrations

    CliveUK replied to MHN's topic in Psychiatric

    Morrison, E.F. (1993) Toward a Better Understanding of Violence in Psychiatric Settings: Debunking the myths. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 7(6): 328-335 Simulated violence tends to hype you up...