MADHAT6

MADHAT6

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  1. so many suicides

    MADHAT6 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I have been seeing more and more people of all ages just after they have overdosed and i am finding it difficult to cope with seeing so manyserious suicide attempts. i have been a psych nurse for 14...

  2. Punitive Computer Documentation?

    MADHAT6 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working at a community mental health crisis emergency room for 12 years and just returned to the hospital setting this week,i cannot believe how tied down the nurses are by the computer...

  3. Burnout

    MADHAT6 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing left to do but

  4. Nursing is Making Me Sick

    MADHAT6 replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    As you get more experience you will be able to bargain for better hours and jobs,know your worth,you may not be able to make your current employer give you good /better hours,but job hunt and parlay...

  5. Psych to medical to psych, then back to medical in the future?

    MADHAT6 replied to Jean1313's topic in Psychiatric

    Once you go psych Med Surg you won't like

  6. Violent Borderlines

    MADHAT6 replied to Leahr's topic in Psychiatric

    Determine the secondary gain from these violent attention seeking behaviors and assist the client to find other ways of fulfilling that need,is the client deliberately provoking to acheive the type of...

  7. Crappy Nurses Day

    MADHAT6 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just thankful i still have a

  8. Important Lessons my Patients have Taught me...

    MADHAT6 replied to SweetLemon's topic in Psychiatric

    i love my bipolar patients and the things they say like "why the hell can't i be in the damn religious program !" or "i have been fired from over 200 jobs for my excellence,now tell me do you think...

  9. Considering becoming a nurse for a drug rehab center any advise?

    MADHAT6 replied to LadyVengeance's topic in Psychiatric

    I have worked detox and rehab units and the thing to remember is that people in recovery have developed coping skills that appear highly manipulative,they can be extremely demanding and assertive and...

  10. Still No Job offers

    MADHAT6 replied to dec2008houRNgrad's topic in General Nursing

    try working in a skilled facility,the pay is good and you would be amazed at the types of patients you get to work with,pts with central lines,tpn,on chemo,trac pts,you get to do ostomy care,wound...

  11. Stress of violence at work

    MADHAT6 replied to makawiliwili's topic in Psychiatric

    WOW!Have you read your own description of how you feel? you sound like you know you need a break...read your own letter to us and treat it as if it was coming from a stranger then take your own...

  12. so burned out

    MADHAT6 replied to edisonnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Your facility sounds terribly understaffed,i cannot understand why you are assigned 10 patients who are children with this level of acuity,no wonder you and your physician have been injured,you are...

  13. leaving inpatient psych nursing...

    MADHAT6 replied to kele24's topic in Psychiatric

    Its never good to criticize your last employer,its better to say it wasn't a good fit or didn't meet your needs,wasn't what you were looking for

  14. I have a Question for you Male Nurses out there.

    MADHAT6 replied to lorster's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have read that Ruth Bader-Ginsberg made her reputation by taking on discrimination cases against men...unfortunately what you describe i have seen happen to men and women by clinical instructors who...

  15. Specialty with low/least stress?

    MADHAT6 replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    i hope this does not sound mean but if you are not even in nursing and yet you are already worried about the stress level is it the right choice

  16. why can't we tell them?

    MADHAT6 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I just feel like venting! i am a psych nurse who acts as liaison for inpt psych,when we have indigent clients we assess them for acuity,if they meet criteria we admit them or petition them to the...

  17. why can't we tell them?

    MADHAT6 replied to MADHAT6's topic in Psychiatric

    i am wondering why we can't be truthful,but we have been told to avoid stating why we are not keeping them after medically stabilizing them,i have been truthful and have been,shall we say,redirected

  18. why can't we tell them?

    MADHAT6 replied to MADHAT6's topic in Psychiatric

    EMTALA requires us to provide medical screenings and prevent negative consequences,so yes,if they are without medical symptoms and have no insurance and we have no indigent beds or money from the...

  19. Gentlemen (and viewing Ladies)

    MADHAT6 replied to moneyline702's topic in Men in Nursing

    i did not have the support of my partner but i went ahead anyway,it's tough when the person you lives with does not support you and actively argues against your chosen field,and like you i was 33 when...

  20. call pay

    MADHAT6 replied to sadiej1's topic in General Nursing

    Speak to HR,this is clearly a violation of same job,same pay and violates common HR practices and sets the institution up for a law suit they cannot

  21. So, would you or wouldn't you (brand new nurse on unit...)

    MADHAT6 replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Psychiatric

    one of the problems with psych nursing is that an act of kindness must always be considered in terms of boundaries,there would be no problem bringing cookies to a med surg unit or an ortho unit are we...

  22. shaken about psychotic patient incident last night.. very long..

    MADHAT6 replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    I think your capacity to empathize with others and feel is a great asset to you as a psych nurse,it is people who can no longer feel the tragedy of such situations that are at risk,i would want...

  23. Simply the best...

    MADHAT6 replied to Whispera's topic in Psychiatric

    I love Psych nursing because our clients are often wise and powerful,they exert a lot of power back on the health care system and they are independant and often fierce against tremendous odds.I have...

  24. Schizoid Nurse... Oxymoron?

    MADHAT6 replied to Seishiro's topic in Health, Stress Management

    From what you are describing this person is not schizoid,but schizotypal,a schizoid personality would not be expressing strong feelings of dislike or hatred towards others as they generally aresimply...

  25. Dangerous nurses

    MADHAT6 replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a very frightening post,we all know some nurse out there who is dangerous...how many of them are there