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  1. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    lucianne replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    Actually cat123, some of us here are qualified to make medical diagnoses and order treatments. And there is absolutely no need for any doctor or nurse in the psychiatric field to "give unwarranted...

  2. about psychiatric nursing course

    lucianne replied to Hannah001's topic in Psychiatric

    You may have to enroll in an associate's degree program in California and then challenge or test out of as many classes as you can. You might end up taking more classes than just psych to meet the...

  3. Psych NP Questions

    lucianne replied to malusport's topic in Psychiatric

    thanks for the reminder--I never look at my own

  4. Psych NP Questions

    lucianne replied to malusport's topic in Psychiatric

    It depends on where you're working. When working in the clinic, I spend pretty much all of my time doing med management and throw in some suggestions as time allows. The clinic has LCSWs who do the...

  5. New here

    lucianne replied to Nanaie4ever's topic in Psychiatric

    Do you have a lawyer yet? I'd get one ASAP if I were you. I'm sorry this happened to you, but maybe it will ultimately be a good thing. It sounds like your facility is a disaster waiting to happen (or...

  6. Pay Scale

    lucianne replied to PRNMEDS's topic in Psychiatric

    The pay scale does vary enormously depending on what city or state you work in. In the south, starting pay seems to be about $18-20 an hour--less in rural areas and more in urban areas. Of course, the...

  7. staff safety

    lucianne replied to kenyanthropus's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't know of any specific alert systems, but I'm sure there must be some similar to the fall alert alarms used with older people who live alone. If your facility wants to cut down on the number of...

  8. Help please! Failed Psych NP boards...

    lucianne replied to yelper42's topic in Psychiatric

    I know it's easy for me to say, but you should absolutely NOT feel bad about not passing--I've heard that the pass rate in past years has been lower than 50%. I know several psych NPs who didn't pass...

  9. What can I do legally?

    lucianne replied to NoCrumping's topic in Psychiatric

    I think in your situation I would probably let her therapist/NP know she isn't taking her meds. Don't worry about getting started with a therapist, just take that first step. I would definitely get...

  10. What can I do legally?

    lucianne replied to NoCrumping's topic in Psychiatric

    The suggestions above are good but wanted to add: 1) Find a copy of "I Hate You..Don't Leave Me" if your mother is displaying borderline characteristics. Mine doesn't meet all the criteria for a...

  11. Embarrassing Incident/Klonopin?

    lucianne replied to calicamper's topic in Psychiatric

    I can see how this incident was distressing and embarassing for you (on top of being pretty scary). Even without a psychiatric diagnosis, none of us likes to be in a weakened position in front of our...

  12. Sweating Bullets

    lucianne replied to stutl2ep's topic in Psychiatric

    Wonderful news! The next semester will fly

  13. Abuse or Sacrificial Love?

    lucianne replied to pocu123's topic in Nursing Career

    As long as you spend time with your baby every day and the sitter is warm and affectionate and responsive to her needs, she should be just fine. Cuddling, eye contact, talking to her--don't let anyone...

  14. Scary Incident Happened to Me Yesterday

    lucianne replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    Is there a somewhat private place where you can have pts come to get their meds (and vitals) rather than going into pt rooms? When I was working inpatient child and adolescent, we ocassionally had...

  15. Zoloft???

    lucianne replied to grannypatches's topic in General Nursing

    Just be prepared that many nursing schools will require you to disclose your health history and current meds, including antidepressants. This information is supposed to be kept confidential, but it...

  16. Sweating Bullets

    lucianne replied to stutl2ep's topic in Psychiatric

    I seem to remember that my NCLEX review book had rationales for answers--that might be a good source. The best therapeutic responses are usually the ones that reassure the patient of their safety,...

  17. Lexapro

    lucianne replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Your situation is what is maddening about PCPs prescribing antidepressants--they generally just don't take/have the time to do a thorough evaluation and get a good history. You most likely would have...

  18. weight gain and antipsychotics

    lucianne replied to stnursebee's topic in Psychiatric

    For some reason, my point doesn't seem to be sinking in with some people. Maybe the "nice" thing to do would have been to supply an answer or references for this student. She would have had an answer...

  19. Anyone work as a Psych nurse with sex offenders?

    lucianne replied to funnygirl_rn's topic in Psychiatric

    Providing nursing care to a sex offender does not involve putting your morals "behind you." Providing care does not mean that you are condoning or participating in immoral behavior, it means that you...

  20. weight gain and antipsychotics

    lucianne replied to stnursebee's topic in Psychiatric

    Sorry Cindy, I am not ashamed of myself and refuse to turn this into personal

  21. weight gain and antipsychotics

    lucianne replied to stnursebee's topic in Psychiatric

    Let me say again, I was not and am not trying to be harsh or unwelcoming. I am not frustrated with students and in fact teach psychiatric clinical classes because I enjoy students. I may be guilty of...

  22. Heroin addiction

    lucianne replied to simon greasley's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't work in chemical dependency at all, but this is an interesting take on

  23. Assertiveness training project for school...please help

    lucianne replied to tjusnjon's topic in Psychiatric

    Jon, I will tell you what I just told someone else looking for help with a school assignment: In your case, all you need to do is Google "assertiveness training" and you should find plenty of...

  24. weight gain and antipsychotics

    lucianne replied to stnursebee's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm not trying to be harsh, but think about what you are asking. The point of these assignments is not simply getting information about topics you've been assigned, but learning how to do lit searches...

  25. Need psych help in Texas--No insurance

    lucianne replied to AggieNurse2B's topic in Psychiatric

    There should be some sort of community mental health agency where she can go for evaluation and/or outpatient treatment and possible crisis