Mish56

Mish56 BSN, RN

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  1. Falls in Psychiatry

    Mish56 replied to MrChicagoRN's topic in Psychiatric

    HUGE problem for us also! Can't wait to see the responses here. We end up putting an awful lot of geriatric patients on constant

  2. patient/license safety

    Mish56 replied to MollNick's topic in Psychiatric

    Holy Cow!!! Start looking for another job! I work on a 26 bed inpatient unit, normal day shift staffing is 4 nurses, 4 MHW's and one "nurses aide". The weekends we are down to 3 nurses. The MHW's help...

  3. Got my first psych job!

    Mish56 replied to luvtwilight's topic in Psychiatric

    Here is a helpful medication brush up. NIMH - Mental Health Medications You may need to brush up on your basic psych dx, such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar disorder, major depression. If...

  4. Looking for psych nurses with experience of wearing uniforms and street clothes.

    Mish56 replied to jeffthenursern's topic in Psychiatric

    My hospital went to color coded scrubs about 5 years ago. I spent the 1st 30 years of my career wearing street clothes. I think it makes it harder for the patient to identify their assigned...

  5. Psych nursing is easy

    Mish56 replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    Wait?? I'm supposed to get a

  6. Just want to thank you all

    Mish56 replied to clousehaus's topic in Psychiatric

    Wow! It is always nice to hear thank you. Hospital stays are so short these days we rarely see people actually get "well". We help stabilize from crisis, then it's on to a IOP or PHP. Thanks for...

  7. Borderline Personality Disorder on the Behavioral Unit

    Mish56 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Psychiatric

    Great article Thunderwolf! I am one of the nurses on my unit that actually enjoys working with people with BPD. The lack of understanding/education about this particular disorder never ceases to amaze...

  8. Why are we as Psych nurses seen as bottom of the barrel?

    Mish56 replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in Psychiatric

    My thoughts exactly "TOP OF THE HEAP!" (Do I hear Frank Sinatra singing?) I usually DO NOT tell people I'm a psych nurse, but it has nothing to do with "gasps", it has to do with too many hours...

  9. Hostile Work Enviornment

    Mish56 replied to WhitemountainmagicRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Lord, I hate this! I am a staff nurse, and intend to stay as one. I want no part of management. Here's my 2 cents. Set the rules (backed by policy of course) and apply them. Equally and firmly!...

  10. APRN to DNP Change

    Mish56 replied to morecoffeepls's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    oh and BTW, sorry for no definitive answer. I'm gonna guess

  11. APRN to DNP Change

    Mish56 replied to morecoffeepls's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    So I'm guessing you live in CT (tags of Yale and Fairfield) and as an old ass psych RN I can give you this advice. Regardless of license start school NOW! I believe Fairfield is already stating you...

  12. New nurse in a psychiatric facility concerned about preceptor's behavior/attitude

    Mish56 replied to gasuperstar's topic in Psychiatric

    Sorry your preceptor is such a burn out! What a lovely intro to nursing. I've been doing acute inpatient psych for 32 years. I hate the fact that some of our patients will "never get better". For...

  13. manipulative patient

    Mish56 replied to adrienurse's topic in Psychiatric

    "He is condescending, asks for help but then refuses our care and says we are incompetent." 1st I would remind this man that he is being spoken to with respect and you will except nothing less in...

  14. Nursing intervention for schizophrenic patient having sex?

    Mish56 replied to robinslapsRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I can only hope you are joking! The ramifications of a hyper-sexual Bipolar? The rape or incest victim? The depressed pt. who has lost all interest...might be effecting marriage or relationship?...

  15. DR. & ROUND EVERY DAY??????

    Mish56 replied to Shell5's topic in Psychiatric

    WHAT???? Are we talking acute inpatient here? On my unit the patients are seen daily by their attending, on the weekends they are seen daily by one of our consistent building attendings, who have...

  16. How many patients do you have as a Psych. RN?

    Mish56 replied to lion09's topic in Psychiatric

    Holy Cow! 20 to 1????? I work on a 26 bed adult acute care unit. On the day shift we have 4 RN's, 2-3 MHW's and 1-2 PCA's, about the same on eves, nights has 2 RN's and 2 or 3 PCA's. We pass our own...

  17. Starting Travel Nursing in NYC

    Mish56 replied to AshleeRN84's topic in Travel

    Sin City instead of NYC? I've never been there, but should get there one of these years. Now don't gamble all that hard earned cash away. I've always thought about travel nursing when my kids are...

  18. Starting Travel Nursing in NYC

    Mish56 replied to AshleeRN84's topic in Travel

    Oh just go to NYC! Sick people there are no different than sick people in OK...oh maybe a little more pushy. Everyone who likes urban living should live in NYC at least once! I worked at NY Cornell a...

  19. Yale New-Haven, where should I live?

    Mish56 replied to ctnurse420's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Welcome to YNH! Where to live....New Haven is no different than any other city in the world. Good areas, bad areas. It has a lot to offer with the numbers of colleges around the area. Here is a city...

  20. Any VERV Volunteers?

    Mish56 replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I got a request in the mail, and my schedule actually allows me a fair amount of free time, but I haven't gotten around to looking into it yet. Sounds like a worthy

  21. Psych Nursing jobs as a new graduate

    Mish56 replied to LolaBunnie's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm not sure how any of us would become experienced, if no one ever hired someone with no experience.....I went into psych nursing right out of school, still here 31 years later. My unit just hired a...

  22. Teaching psych, what is most important/valuable?

    Mish56 replied to ruralnurs's topic in Psychiatric

    You've gotten some really good ideas here, sylubus done. I will try not to repeat any of the great ideas already posted. I work in acute inpatient, so that's my viewpoint. I have always wanted to...

  23. No You Can't (Long)

    Mish56 replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Psychiatric

    number one: do NOT disclose your diagnosis to anyone in a position of hiring. It is absolutley against the law to discriminate against someone due to mental illness, but it happens all the time. 2)....

  24. At what point does patient autonomy and self determination end?

    Mish56 replied to hairtocare's topic in Psychiatric

    This is a State to State issue, every law is different. In CT we must have an "involuntary medication hearing" to force a patient to take meds. If they "lose" the hearing, they will be given IM meds...

  25. First day coming up, really nervous.

    Mish56 replied to lizzlebizzle's topic in Psychiatric

    Liz, So tomorrow's the big day!!! I wish I could tell you about my 1st day, but that would have been in June 1978, I guess it must have been unremarkable...because I don't recall it. I will tell you...