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  1. What do you do in the nursing station in your down time?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    WOOOOOOOOO HOLD UP. Are you hijacking this thread? The information you require will only be made available when you disclose what you do in the nursing station when things get quiet on the

  2. What do you do in the nursing station in your down time?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm sure they wouldn't be thrilled reading this but on a forum I remain unnamed along with my place of work. So if they do read this they will never be able to connect the dots. Well so far looks like...

  3. What do you do in the nursing station in your down time?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    I am aware med/surg is a job that is very busy compared to some mental health jobs. As a student when doing a placement on the med and surg run I realised that these are extremely busy area's of...

  4. Tragedy in Melbourne

    kiwipsychnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

    The unit that this patient was housed seems to be a mirror image of my current work place....

  5. Inpatient psych nurse/pt ratio

    kiwipsychnurse replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in Psychiatric

    In our acute service at night the patients are locked in their rooms. The ratio drops down to 3 staff to 15 patients. One is always an R.N 22 patients with 5 staff in an acute forensic unit would be...

  6. Inpatient psych nurse/pt ratio

    kiwipsychnurse replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in Psychiatric

    I would say 5 of the 8 would be R.N's. The other 3 would be P.A's (psych

  7. Inpatient psych nurse/pt ratio

    kiwipsychnurse replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in Psychiatric

    Auckland New Zealand, Work in Forensic Mental health: Ratio is 15 patients and 8 staff on the acute ward. Ratio's thoughout the service vary depending on acuity. IMO 15:8 is the best ratio I have ever...

  8. Does Psy nursing pay more

    kiwipsychnurse replied to caribbeanbeauty's topic in Psychiatric

    I live in Auckland New Zealand. Top rate Staff nurse (meaning top of salary scale), do shifts and work full time. Take home pay last year was around $88000. That was with very little overtime. At...

  9. Nursing intervention for schizophrenic patient having sex?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to robinslapsRN's topic in Psychiatric

    i'm sure the area you work in has polices around sex and keeping patients safe. For a start walking in on someone having sex is not the norm in a hospital setting. If they are a couple (in a...

  10. Is it hard to get into Psych nursing?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to colleennurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Still lots of jobs in New Zealand despite the recession. Inpatient, community,

  11. Private forensic facilities

    kiwipsychnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Just wondering if anyone on this forum works for a private forensic hospital. In New Zealand all our forensic hospitals are run by the govt. However with the current economic climate I never know what...

  12. Private forensic facilities

    kiwipsychnurse replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm quite pleased no one said "yes I work in private forensic hospital and it runs well" Thanks for the reply aloevera, yep budget cuts around the corner and some people have mentioned maybe they will...

  13. Vitamins as treatment

    kiwipsychnurse replied to Whispera's topic in Psychiatric

    Looked up your man Abram Hoffer: "Hoffer's claims regarding schizophrenia and his theories of orthomolecular medicine have been rejected by the medical community.[13] In 1973, the American Psychiatric...

  14. Vitamins as treatment

    kiwipsychnurse replied to Whispera's topic in Psychiatric

    I'd need to read some serious research before I even started believe that vitamins could be used to treat mental illness. And if they did work I'm sure we would be using them by now. Sounds like...

  15. pros/cons of psych nursing?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to Ilya's topic in Psychiatric

    We had a student in our workplace a few years back (forensic psych hospital), our senior manager was on the ward and asked him if he planed to work in mental health. His reply was golden. He said "I...

  16. Pennsylvania: No seclusion, PRN or restraint.

    kiwipsychnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm currently trying to understand how an entire state remains restraint, seclusion and PRN free. Pennsylvania is often quoted as being the benchmark that other mental health departments look towards...

  17. Pennsylvania: No seclusion, PRN or restraint.

    kiwipsychnurse replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Ghostwriter, thanks for your reply to my original question. What I have learn't from your post is: Seclusion and mehanical restraint are still permitted to be used in Pennsyvania and seclusion is...

  18. Nursing and restraining

    kiwipsychnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Part of the inpatient mental health nurse's job in New Zealand is to restrain patients when needed (In the hospital I work in is quite a uncommon event). For those of you reading this post, is this...

  19. dating someone with schizophrenia

    kiwipsychnurse replied to dipsett08's topic in Psychiatric

    Agree with above post. Bi-polar is very different. If I was married to a person withbi-polar my number priority would be to block access to the joint bank account. Wow that bi-polar illness can do...

  20. How does a psych RN spend her time?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to linda2097's topic in Psychiatric

    When people ask this question I always compare psych nursing to the fire service. Some days can be busy doing all the paper work, family meetings etc. Other days can be very slow. If you work acute...

  21. dating someone with schizophrenia

    kiwipsychnurse replied to dipsett08's topic in Psychiatric

    Hi Dipsett08. Before I can judge your relationship there would be so much more I would need to know. From my 10 years experience, Schizophrenia affects people in many ways. Just be aware of the early...

  22. Restraint Instructors

    kiwipsychnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi there, What I'm trying to do is get in touch with someone that is involved with restraint instructing in a US state psych hospital. Also If anyone could provide feedback as to nurses in the states...

  23. Consequences for Smoking on Non-Smoking unit

    kiwipsychnurse replied to NPAlby's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm guessing, but all your patients have access to lighters and matches? If they do and continue to flaunt the rules just put it back onto management to sort out. Tell them you are a nurse and not the...

  24. Male psych nurses

    kiwipsychnurse replied to linda2097's topic in Psychiatric

    There are many area's he can work in as a psych nurse. If he ends up on an acute admitting ward then size has its pro's and cons however the pro's outweigh cons any day. Regardless of his size he...

  25. Got slapped by pt. Staff splitting. Need feedback.

    kiwipsychnurse replied to wonderbee's topic in Psychiatric

    I've been punched in the face three times and kicked in the genitals once, de-ecalating someone after they did that was not an option. All of these cases were dealt with by restraint and seclusion....