kiwipsychnurse

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  1. Pennsylvania: No seclusion, PRN or restraint.

    kiwipsychnurse replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for that. So thats how they keep their seclusion figures down, they farm the hard to manage patients to other states. Very

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

    kiwipsychnurse replied to wonderbee's topic in Psychiatric

    After thought. There is a difference between bad behaviour and assault. You assault a nurse in my work place you will end up being

  3. Can Staff Close Their Eyes While On 1:1?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to Vito Andolini's topic in Psychiatric

    Most funny 1:1 I ever saw was when we had just had handover and the morning and afternoon shift were exiting the handover room. A female patient was on 1:1 and the nusre assigned to her had their back...

  4. Pennsylvania: No seclusion, PRN or restraint.

    kiwipsychnurse replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    The reason I am quoting PA is that at present whenever research is quoted it seems to come from the state of PA. I'm realistic about restraint and seclusion. I personally teach restraint training to...

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

    kiwipsychnurse replied to wonderbee's topic in Psychiatric

    So you can get badly beaten up in your unit and the patient is allowed to just carry on what they were

  6. Can Staff Close Their Eyes While On 1:1?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to Vito Andolini's topic in Psychiatric

    No sleeping on a 1:1, they are on those ob's for a reason. Only time you can close your eyes is to

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

    kiwipsychnurse replied to wonderbee's topic in Psychiatric

    This is bad. Is seclusion not an option? From what I read in your initial post, this situation will probably continue to escalate. Your hospital must have policies around violent patients and how to...

  8. Pennsylvania: No seclusion, PRN or restraint.

    kiwipsychnurse replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    The research paper I have states that there was no increase in staff injuries. If your from one of these hospitals in PA I would love to talk to you, I have a few

  9. No scrubs allowed in psych?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Psychiatric

    No scrubs here in New Zealand. Most of us wear jeans and t shirts. T shirts cant have any logos that promote alcohol or drug use. Which makes sense when you are taking and alcohol group and trying to...

  10. How dangerous is Psych nursing?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to Asklepios's topic in Psychiatric

    10 years and only been punched twice. Nothing serious. You get more injured playing soccer or rugby. Also Nurse to patient ratio is big factor

  11. How many patients per RN/LPN?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

    usually 1:3 ratio here in New Zealand Forensic Nursing. Sometimes 1:2. I keep telling people we have the ratio's in the

  12. Admissions process, is this how it is everywhere?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to RNdaze's topic in Psychiatric

    You will be pleased to know that its very much the same in New Zealand. NZ law requires that in order to be sectioned (placed under the mental health act) they require assessment from a doc, hence...

  13. how do you manage a patient who has delusions

    kiwipsychnurse replied to ritaPHIL's topic in Psychiatric

    For me delusions are all about risk management. If they seem quite harmless eg. I have a million dollars somewhere, then I just ignore it. If there is any element of danger/risk involved then he/she...

  14. Management of the med window

    kiwipsychnurse replied to wonderbee's topic in Psychiatric

  15. Mental Health Acute Wards

    kiwipsychnurse replied to wnoise's topic in Psychiatric

    We are gearing up for non smoking in 2010. Glad I dont work in the acute side of the service, thats going to be a rough 3

  16. do you talk about work?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to green12's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in the end of the service where people are about to be released. The only unit that is unlocked in the whole complex. Yep he can feed the

  17. Losing your skills in psych?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Psychiatric

    It's like anything, if you dont use it you lose it. For me to return to a medical hospital I would need a very good induction. Skills are there but would really need alot of polishing. For example...

  18. do you talk about work?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to green12's topic in Psychiatric

    At first I used to tell my wife so much about the in's and out's of a general mental health ward. 9 years later, generally only the funny stuff. Recently one of my patients was feeding eels in a...

  19. No Inpatient Psych RN positions available, now what?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to spirit08's topic in General Nursing

    New Zealand mate!! Lord of the rings All Blacks (Rugby) Clean and

  20. Seclusion/restraint reduction

    kiwipsychnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi, I looked around to find an active nursing forum and this one seems to have it all. Just joined up and look forward to becoming an member. Work as an R.N in a forensic hospital in New Zealand. I'm...

  21. Seclusion/restraint reduction

    kiwipsychnurse replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    This is good guys, the information you are providing. I'm shocked to here a Rec officer is running the hospital, that would not happen here. Nurses run hospitals. Sounds like you need to make this a...

  22. borderline-help: 2 different nurses/2 different approaches

    kiwipsychnurse replied to gcja's topic in Psychiatric

    Boderlines in general mental health suck you dry and cause mass disruption. No easy answer will solve this one. As stated you need the whole team coming from the same direction and that is hard to...

  23. Management of the med window

    kiwipsychnurse replied to wonderbee's topic in Psychiatric

    We have a locked smoking room and the room remains locked until everyone takes their meds. Peer

  24. disallusioned with nursing! psych new grad

    kiwipsychnurse replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm sure we have the best ratios in the world. Our acute inpatient unit has 15 beds and 9 staff, hence very little violence. The unit I work on has 8 beds and 2 staff, however ours is the end of the...

  25. No Inpatient Psych RN positions available, now what?

    kiwipsychnurse replied to spirit08's topic in General Nursing

    Hard to believe NY has an over supply of psych nurses. We are so short of them in NZ. Have you thought of having a 2 year break and coming to the otherside of the