aloevera

aloevera

telemetry, med-surg, home health, psych

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  1. The Older Psych Nurse

    aloevera replied to maxthecat's topic in Psychiatric

    Well said.............Perfect..............that is what I experience,

  2. Insomnia meds for psych patients?

    aloevera replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

    MrIan......No cookies, too much sugar...would get the kids rockin n rollin..... maybe warm milk and an apple

  3. Unprofessional nurses/power tripper's/ trouble makers

    aloevera replied to chicsurfs's topic in General Students

    GET USED TO IT OR GET OUT........ sorry, but that is the way it is.........ignore it and do your work or become "one of them".....you will find the nice, kind ones, the bossy ones, the control freaks,...

  4. What type of security do you have in your psych facility???

    aloevera replied to ecipsoh's topic in Psychiatric

    our security people have all been let go.........on our codes, techs from other units and the supervisor shows.........usually enough to handle things...but I certainly miss our security guards

  5. Insomnia meds for psych patients?

    aloevera replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

    SWEETLEMON.............I LIKE BENODRYL ALSO...............PLEASE DON'T GIVE ME A POST RE: crazy side effects of that, too !!!!!! We use Benodryl, trazodone and more commonly....Seroquel... Seems...

  6. Insomnia meds for psych patients?

    aloevera replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

    How can that drug rep sleep at night knowing he is pushing Ambien????? Guess he is on it, too......... These posts are so frightening !!!!!!! 1/2 the nurses I work with take Ambien due to the fact...

  7. Physical Restraints on Acute Child and Adolescent Unit

    aloevera replied to tconlgirl's topic in Psychiatric

    No 5 points used at my facility either........but I try to use PRN's at the first sign of escalation.........we use Zyprexa and Benadryl most frequently.... Seroquel sometimes but haven't used Ativan...

  8. How old is too old?!?!?

    aloevera replied to Amy Married to Art's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    oh, by the way, my best friend is 72 yrs. young, works the pants off the younger gals and everyone just loves her

  9. How old is too old?!?!?

    aloevera replied to Amy Married to Art's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I didn't read all the posts, so this may have been mentioned........ THE AVERAGE AGE OF A WORKING RN IS 50 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! need I say more???? You are going to age anyway, so may as well do what you...

  10. Your facilities position on using "float" nurses to psych?

    aloevera replied to stephva1008's topic in Psychiatric

    Our psych facility hires new RN's all the time with aboslutely NO psych experience....usually older, coming from med/surg, OB, ER, etc etc....... I thought that was the way it was everywhere.....this...

  11. Dangerous nurses

    aloevera replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I understand that in our line of work we must be more careful than in other fields...... BUT....nursing is like any other business, you will find diligent people who care about their work, and take...

  12. Dangerous nurses

    aloevera replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    life is good 1973........Bravo to you for seeing the light and recovering from your addiction......I work on the CD unit at times (float) and believe me, we get MANY nurses in our facility......it...

  13. Dangerous nurses

    aloevera replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    blueshoe..........I feel for you and your relative....Would she possibly consider moving into the Administrative aspect of nursing? Or a supervisory position? These would benefit her greatly by her...

  14. What The Bleep Happened To The Shortage?

    aloevera replied to Pedinurse888's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    You gals up in Mass. sure do have job security !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down here in the South, a different story......we have 26 PRN's RN's on our call list....for a small rural hospital.......people are...

  15. Private forensic facilities

    aloevera replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    I would guestimate 90% of our pts. are voluntary.....other 10 are 1013's....brought in by police/sent direct from hospital for trying to commit suicide.......I have not worked in a state run facility...

  16. Private forensic facilities

    aloevera replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Economy bad in New Zealand too???? It is horrid here............government spending, spending, spending, on ridiculous things............we are leaning towards socialized medicine in the future it...

  17. Psychiatric Nursing Questions

    aloevera replied to jujucna's topic in Psychiatric

    sorry but am too tired to answer this

  18. Am I in trouble?

    aloevera replied to johnsavv's topic in Psychiatric

    I am so sorry for your situation......that was awful of Doc to report that.....BUT...you did learn a good lesson without harm to anyone.... Do not give med without verbal/written order under no...

  19. The Older Psych Nurse

    aloevera replied to maxthecat's topic in Psychiatric

    we have many "older" nurses in our facility.....I would say 1/2 of us are over 55........there are enough other staff (techs, etc.) to handle the strong arm situations while we call the doc, get...

  20. Violent Borderlines

    aloevera replied to Leahr's topic in Psychiatric

    rn/writer...........I couldn't agree more.....my favorite and most used saying to all my techs and even other nurses is "DON'T TAKE ANYTHING SAID TO YOU PERSONALLY"........so many take things...

  21. Violent Borderlines

    aloevera replied to Leahr's topic in Psychiatric

    we have meds to control bi-polar, schizo, and many others.....sad thing is, there is not a whole lot we can do with borderlines,.......we must not feed in to their manipulations....that is the utmost...

  22. Violent Borderlines

    aloevera replied to Leahr's topic in Psychiatric

    agree with above post...Smitty08...borderlines are too busy being manipulative to get violent....bi-polar's rarely get escalated to the point of violence.... violence I see are from schizo c PF,...

  23. Violent Borderlines

    aloevera replied to Leahr's topic in Psychiatric

    I wish we had the time to search for reasons and cause of behavior but with usually 30 pt. ++ we a re lucky to get 10 min. with a pt. per shift......just enough info to chart

  24. Any males out there tired of the drama?

    aloevera replied to HumptyDumpty's topic in Male Nursing Students

    you think it is "drama" now ???? just wait till you are working........same thing......instead of about study, instructors.....it is other nurses, DON, staffing, pts, etc. etc. etc...... get used to...

  25. What The Bleep Happened To The Shortage?

    aloevera replied to Pedinurse888's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I do apologize.....I just noticed that this thread was for Mass. nurses..... I am south about 1500 miles so I do apologize......oops