mare4322

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1. Safe staffing levels

   mare4322 replied to chelleanne's topic in Psychiatric

   I am also concerned about the staffing ratio. I am the charge nurse 3 days a week 12 hr shifts of a 26 bed psych unit We are allowed me, a med nurse, and 2 MHTs for a census over 19. When the census...

2. New at leading medication group on CD Unit

   mare4322 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hi, I have been working on a CD unit for the past 2 years. Well, I was just told that I'm going to start having to do a group with the patients on medication. We have dual diagosis patients there....

3. AA Meetings for Nurses

   mare4322 replied to mare4322's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Thanks Billyhanes, That's a great idea to start a Nurses AA Group. If I do you'll be the first to know. Thanks for your

4. AA Meetings for Nurses

   mare4322 replied to mare4322's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Thanks for the feedback on this thread. I agree that a drunk doctor is no different that a drunk of the street. We are all equal in AA. I do feel however that some of the things we do in our...

5. Giving IM Injections

   mare4322 posted a topic in General Nursing

   This is a stupid question but I need to ask. When you give an IM or other injection, for that matter, if you withdraw to see if it's in a vein and you do get a blood return. You are supposed to stop...

6. AA Meetings for Nurses

   mare4322 replied to mare4322's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Chellet98, Thank you for responding to this thread. I was beginning to think no one would. I think that it's important for nurses to have a meeting strictly for nurses, pharmacists, and doctors....

7. AA Meetings for Nurses

   mare4322 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

   Years ago when I first got into recovery there was a group call Nurses for Recovery. It was strictly for nurses and we had some pharmacists attend. I have not been working my program to the best of...

8. No direction on Chemical Dependency Unit

   mare4322 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I've been working on a chemical dependency unit for 1 1/2 years. We do not do detox, as pts. are detoxed on one of our psych units then transferred to us. On my unit we have Residential Treatment...