SwampCat

SwampCat BSN

Psychiatry

2 yrs of pedi psych and 2 yr s of older adult/dual diagnosis

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  1. Gero-Psych... good resources and essentials

    SwampCat replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in Psychiatric

    How weird, I did two years in child psych and just transferred to the "older adult" unit. That staffing is unsafe in my opinion. We have pts with stable med issues (maybe an iv a few times a yr) and...

  2. LGBTQI and Psych Nursing

    SwampCat replied to medic1969's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm not an MSN either, but at least once a month we get a kid on the floor that is here for one thing but the kid is also questioning their gender identity. The youngest I've seen dealing with this...

  3. Geropsych?

    SwampCat replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in Psychiatric

    One of the great things of geripsych is you don't lose all med/surg skills. I will go and help out on the geri floor now and then and it is always busy! It appears to me that morning is the same as...

  4. Pros and cons of psych nursing?

    SwampCat replied to AngelusLapsus's topic in Psychiatric

    How often does one work with a violent/aggressive patient? (daily, weekly, monthly?) Verbally aggressive is a all day thing where I am. Physically aggressive is usually at least once a week....

  5. Self harmers

    SwampCat replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    We really try not to use it, but we have a restraint chair which is essentially a wheelchair with restraint straps. We have a de-escalation team we page and they come down (maybe, if their units...

  6. Adolescent Psych RN

    SwampCat replied to Nurseladyt's topic in Psychiatric

    Every day I thank the gods of my place of employment for hiring me onto pedi instead of adolescent. I wanted adolescent, now I cringe when I float up there. I've seen 17 year olds trying to kill...

  7. Theraputic ideas for patient activities

    SwampCat replied to amwatkins72's topic in Psychiatric

    Jenga with questions about goals, coping skills, aspirations, etc on each

  8. Is Psych Nursing Easy?

    SwampCat replied to resilientnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    We could sure use some magical de-escalation powers on my unit! Especially when there are two seclusions and everyone else is feeding off the

  9. Is Psych Nursing Easy?

    SwampCat replied to resilientnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Let me show you my bruises from my last restraint/IM and you can guess how laid back psych can be. And ignore that healing bite mark. Kids do the darnedest

  10. Psych Nurse for kids ?

    SwampCat replied to kalexis226's topic in Psychiatric

    This. Daily I feel like little more than a well-paid babysitter. Yes there are certain kids that you will reach and you will get the warm fuzzies like you made a little difference in the world, but...

  11. How many hours is your shift?

    SwampCat replied to motor_mouth's topic in Psychiatric

    We have 8's but some of the adult units have 12's. Our unit is a bunch of younger-ish nurses who are trying to come up with a way to switch many of us to 12's. We can do 16's either voluntarily or...

  12. Dealing with disturbing patients

    SwampCat replied to studentbear's topic in Psychiatric

    I found it interesting that my unit gets animal abusers quite often. I just remind myself that it's not the child's fault. Ot's not like any healthy 7 year old would stab a cat or try to hang

  13. Child psych patient restrictive interventions

    SwampCat replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in Psychiatric

    Our facility has been basing a lot of our changes on Butler Hospital (Providence, RI) 's methods. I'd start with their Director of

  14. Child psych patient restrictive interventions

    SwampCat replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in Psychiatric

    I work with the under 12 group. In my facility we just get them into seclusion asap, even if that means two people escorting a child whose feet aren't even touching the floor. Legend has it that we...

  15. Need a Job!

    SwampCat replied to DZcarrie's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Day Kimball is cutting jobs. Windham cut jobs. Anything owned by Hartford Healthcare is either cutting jobs or only looking at BSN. Middlesex is magnet therefore will only hire

  16. Spanish resources for psych nursing?

    SwampCat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Yesterday we admitted a kiddo that is Spanish speaking only. Our facility is not particularly capable of handing this, and these past 24 hours have shown that our unit is probably the most poorly...

  17. Spanish resources for psych nursing?

    SwampCat replied to SwampCat's topic in Psychiatric

    Yeah I used Google translate on my phone and we had some dialogue. The problem was getting him to slow down so I could look up different words. An ADHD kid does not understand "hablar despacio". I...

  18. Wanting to switch to psych nursing - questions

    SwampCat replied to Scarlettz's topic in Psychiatric

    I am super new in this field, but I will share what I have experienced. I am currently working the pediatric floor on the day shift in a stand-alone psychiatric facility that is affiliated with two...

  19. Spanish resources for psych nursing?

    SwampCat replied to SwampCat's topic in Psychiatric

    I didn't know that. I will ask this morning.

  20. Spanish resources for psych nursing?

    SwampCat replied to SwampCat's topic in Psychiatric

    Nope, no translator phone. I tried the translation app on my phone but it had a hard time understanding the kiddo. He doesn't get "hablar despacio". But I also think this would be a good thing to...

  21. Patient Population?

    SwampCat replied to smoup's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm starting orientation on Monday for the under 14 crowd. I rotated through this floor during my clinicals and I'm not really all that excited. I originally wanted to get into adolescents (I did my...

  22. Stay at home mom after degree?

    SwampCat replied to ajm16's topic in Nursing Career

    I was a SAHM for 10 years and it was the hardest, most isolating thing I ever did (no family involved, but did join the cliquey-catty MOMS Club). If it were me knowing now what it was like (and if I...

  23. Would I be in over my head? - long

    SwampCat posted a topic in School

    Today I interviewed for a school nurse job that splits between a middle college and a magnet arts school. Basically, they have no system. No nurse to guide me. No policies. ...NOTHING! It would...

  24. Would I be in over my head? - long

    SwampCat replied to SwampCat's topic in School

    With some digging around, I actually found out that per CT regulation 10-212-2B, they should not even be looking at hiring me: Each nurse or nurse practitioner shall have at least the equivalent of...

  25. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    SwampCat replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Funny TMI moment in labor with my 2nd... In the throes of transition I tell the nurse I need to use the bathroom. She reassures me that it's just the baby pushing down through the birth canal. I...