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What type of writing utensil do you provide for your patients? Pens or pencils? Do you have any specific reasons for this decision?

Can anyone offer me advice for taking the test? I am not a studier, how much studying did you do? Were you able to pass in one take?

Is there a system you use for staffing for acuity or do you just use general judgement?

Does your psych unit staff for the number of patients or for the acuity of the patients?

I'm just curious if there has ever been a situation where you have had to call the police on a patient? Due to violence or destruction in the inpatient setting.

Maybe that judge should spend a day with the violent mentally ill patient and attempt to get a hold of the supervisor before he can do anything about it. I agree there should be strict laws, but that is ridiculous! People get hurt!

A lot of our falls are behavior. Either being careless or just silly and then also the "I need attention" falls.

Does anyone know where I would find the information for my state?

If it makes you feel better, we don't get Holiday pay. Only benefit to working the Holidays is sometimes they provide food. (Yep, hospital cafeteria food. Yum.)

I'm almost positive my manager's badge says "unit manager" on it. All the managers do. I agree with OP. I would want recognized for my extra work!

I would never comment or say anything. I should have clarified this. I was just venting my feelings, not meaning I was considering it.

We have a patient who is involved in a legal issue and due to the patient's job it makes headlines. It hurts to read the stupid comments people are making on Facebook when the newspapers post the headlines. I just want to say something about how this person just made a mistake and is doing his/her best to make it better.

The psych hospital I work at does not have a high turnover rate. Maybe you should do some more looking around.

Does it only occur during the high?

The specific situation I am thinking of is a BPD with some psychosis. So it's partly a "look at me"