TitaniaSidhe

Can't help you much even though I live in the valley I work in NJ. I can however tell you Muhlenburg Hospital off route 22 was bought by Healtheast Corp- they own Lehigh Valley Hospital off 78 & Allentown Hospital on 16th. & Chew St.-- St. ...

Myself I just try to avoid skirts or dresses all together that way if I do have to struggle with anyone my underware isn't flashed to the world & it avoids issues with the sex offenders. Make sure you wear shoes you can run in & make sure yo...

Sounds like you are in the VA system since you refered to going out after homeless vets...I myself am in the NE- US Tri State Area, seems to me perhaps you might try asking around in VISION 3 as I almost SURE they have programs set up & can tell...

I have had this happen to me, myself & a NA found him hanging in the bathroom from the hand rail during health & safety rounds. We managed to get BP & pulse back but he never regained breathing & family made the decision to remove hi...

Extreemly irresponsible on the part of the treatment team not to address this behavior prior to discharge. First thought that came to my mind is he an only child or will he be exposed to other younger or smaller children for they will be at serious ...

Men search the male patients women the females. Strip & change into hospital PJs & slippers. All clothing is then washed, dried & returned. I have had patients come in with weapons, knives, ice picks...never a gun. I have seen them se...

Been awhile since I last viewed this post....some excellent info shared & of course also some unproductive & argumentative replies. One thing sprang to mind, one can not learn with a closed mind for a closed mind is unteachable. *sigh* so y...

Again excellent post, very good info in this, a shame you always have one or two staff/tyreatment team members that allow a split to happen, very hard to keep everyone on the same page, possible but difficult. However I guess therein lies the challe...

I agree, well said

have a friend with psorisis who swears by duct tape as the best for keeping it under control & not looking too yucky.

Just b/c one is in Psych does not mean that they do not need good med-surg or physical assessment skills. Matter of fact I would say that going into Psych requires even more astute physical assessment skills than average as many times a psych pt. ca...

In truth I am more burnt out on how administration is making our job more & more difficult with endless, tedious policy & procedure. They care more about protocol than the actual care the patients recieve. Not to mention being expected to d...

Sounds like you handled yourself quite well. Anxiety is to be expected esp. being your first time in that sort of situation. The most important thing is to stay calm through dealing with the situation & get worked up later. Sometimes way easie...

My stepdaughter is Bipolar & AD/HD. Currently she is on Concerta 54mg QAM - Depakote 250mg BID & Abilify 5mg at 5PM. She is 15 & a half years old & 110 lbs. Today she had a physical altercation with a boy on the way walking home fr...

Don't wish to create any problems here, please just close this thread. Thanks. -Heather

I have had forensic psych patients over the years on my unit(murder, arson, sex offenders), currently have a violent sex offender. Also had a patient who had been inpatient at our facillity numerous times convicted in NJ for serial murders of young ...

Well it has been an ongoing thing, as you know with MI this is how it works. We are hopeful to see her get on the combo of meds which will work best for her. Our summer has been challenging but we are slowly getting to the better tract with her med...

Nice in theory however there will inevitably arise a crisis situation & unfortunately no restraints ever is a somewhat unrealistic goal( unless you have some other unit that will utilize restraints that you can transfer the patient to in your fac...

I agree it is all about the money...sadly patient care is the least of any ones' concern until that is there is a problem which may make the institution look bad or loose money, then of course it will be nursings' fault for not asking for more staff....

Occasionally where I work this also happens however the means I have found to protect myself is documentation in the patient record. When dealing with addicts, who often times have such wonderful personality disorders, it is always best to very clear...

Couldn't have said it better. Adjust their meds to a correct dose & the need for PRN meds should deminish. Meanwhile, as the adjustments are being made & unless you are dealing with a substance abuser, listen to your patient & give them...

I am higher than the average community or even state hospitals in the area. At present the Federal system is paying rather high, although they are hireing new nurses at Grade 1 & I am grade 3. I think if you are coming in with a BSN & even ...

" Addiction is a physical, mental & spiritual disease, affecting every area of our lives. The physical aspect of our disease is the compulsive use of drugs: the inability to stop using once we have started. The mental aspect of our disease is t...

$82/hr on night shift, working every weekend, with BSN + 16yrs experience in North NJ

the following are examples of note templates we use at our facillity for our patients on discharge. #1 Note Example for discharge TITLE: NURSING DISCHARGE SUMMARY (T) DATE OF NOTE: ENTRY DATE: AUTHOR: ...