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  1. What's Your State Hospital Policy R/T BPD/O?

    autumn-moon posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Just curious..... There is always griping going on at my job in a state acute care facility that pts. with Borderline Personality D/O require so much staff and so much time to keep them safe that the...

  2. Resources to study for certification

    autumn-moon posted a topic in Psychiatric

    It's getting near to the time when I can apply to take the exam for certification in my psych specialty. Anyone know where there are any resources out there to help me prepare for this? And for those...

  3. Resources to study for certification

    autumn-moon replied to autumn-moon's topic in Psychiatric

  4. new grad RN- want to quit nursing

    autumn-moon replied to sax_journey's topic in General Nursing

    I remember the last semester of nursing school....we all felt like *imposters*....and going to work as an actual nurse, it was even worse...here were these trusting patients, thinking that I actually...

  5. Resources to study for certification

    autumn-moon replied to autumn-moon's topic in Psychiatric

    I think I can see that this is going to be another "Big Anxiety Event" like the NCLEX exam. I was so nervous that I forgot where I parked!!! But I did manage to pass the exam with the minimum...

  6. Resources to study for certification

    autumn-moon replied to autumn-moon's topic in Psychiatric

    I appreciate the feedback. Yes, I do mean the ANCC exam. In my hospital, nearly all the nurses who have been there awhile do have their certification and we need it to move up from the lowly position...

  7. enclosed nurse's station

    autumn-moon replied to margo123's topic in Psychiatric

    No enclosed nurses station here. I work in an acute care state psych hospital and my unit has a cap of 26 pts (although at times we have been so full that we've had to take in an additional pt. or...

  8. What's Your State Hospital Policy R/T BPD/O?

    autumn-moon replied to autumn-moon's topic in Psychiatric

    Unfortunately, in our setting, most of the borderlines are hardcore....even the kids (with whom I don't work...I don't have the energy for that! I actually do enjoy working with them....up to a...

  9. Who transcribes med orders?

    autumn-moon replied to AHarri66's topic in General Nursing

    State acute care psych hospital. MD writes, primary RN (usually)or other available RN notes it in chart and transcribes into MAR. Order faxed to pharmacy. Each shift does at least one informal chart...

  10. Dbt

    autumn-moon replied to pjhrn1north's topic in Psychiatric

    DBT cont...... TREATMENT STRATEGIES Within this framework of stages, target hierarchies and modes of therapy a wide variety of therapeutic strategies and specific techniques is applied. The core...

  11. Dbt

    autumn-moon replied to pjhrn1north's topic in Psychiatric

    Here is an article I found recently about DBT. It's long, so I'll have to post it in 2 sections. Hope it's helpful for those of you who were asking...... An Overview of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy...