Mr Ian

Mr Ian has 15 years experience and specializes in mental health; hangover remedies.

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1. Monitoring patients for lithium toxicity

   Mr Ian replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

   I was going to post what I remember about Lithium titration and testing (been a few years since I did in-pt acute so I had a quick read up) - but I found this PDF file instead which might be of use to...

2. Insomnia meds for psych patients?

   Mr Ian replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

   jjohnny - informative post; thx As for the general debate: I've long had a problem with the sledgehammer approach to sleep issues. My local medics (non-psych rural hospital) have a standard practice...

3. Monitoring patients for lithium toxicity

   Mr Ian replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

   It would indeed be a RM issue. The risk factor being an incompetent doc. I'd be wary of the nurse manager not wanting to report the issue and your colleague should get something in writing to that...

4. I am RED HOT over this one.............

   Mr Ian replied to thegreenmile's topic in Psychiatric

   To hopefully clarify the legal point - it would be the union's practice to exhaust all non-legalese avenues before engaging their legal services. This is common as it seeks to reduce the use of legal...

5. The Secret Hospital

   Mr Ian replied to facecrime's topic in Psychiatric

   oh you young 'uns

6. The Secret Hospital

   Mr Ian replied to facecrime's topic in Psychiatric

   Not a clue. But I had a look about. Found this on Hansard of you hadn't seen it before - http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1980/nov/11/rampton-hospital And there was a page with a follow up...

7. I am RED HOT over this one.............

   Mr Ian replied to thegreenmile's topic in Psychiatric

   You're probably not far wrong that the U/M is intimidated by your union status. Most places function as adversarial with unions - which is a pity. They function much better when they are mutual goal...

8. I am RED HOT over this one.............

   Mr Ian replied to thegreenmile's topic in Psychiatric

   I'm not a lawyer - (INAL) - but.... If the U/M has written you up repeatedly for things others have done - getting that evidence together may serve you well after these shenanigans. It's not uncommon...

9. I am RED HOT over this one.............

   Mr Ian replied to thegreenmile's topic in Psychiatric

   I understand your frustrations - I was in a similar position 3 years ago - and one prob 5-6 years before that about clinical judgment. It is not pleasant and management tend to target scapegoats with...

10. I am RED HOT over this one.............

    Mr Ian replied to thegreenmile's topic in Psychiatric

    So what are they pulling you up for? Some medication adminstration error? And reporting it to the BON? From that scenario it sounds as if you made a lesser mistake than charge RN. Tho it is wrong to...

11. Did anyone consider becoming a psychologist first?

    Mr Ian replied to darthbreezy's topic in Psychiatric

    Not really before - but then I didn't know I was interested in mental health nursing til I finished the 3 year course (in pure Mental Health Nursing!) Since then I've toyed with the idea - but that's...

12. Need information,

    Mr Ian replied to just's topic in Psychiatric

    Sounds like what we call Director of Nursing. Chief Nursing Officer is a title they give here (Oz) to the lead senior nurse - also in the UK - who act as advisor to the government. Incidentally, I am...

13. New Grad -- Reference Books?

    Mr Ian replied to adamNYC's topic in Psychiatric

    Any book that reduces nursing to being "incredibly easy" - is obviously missing some text

14. New at leading medication group on CD Unit

    Mr Ian replied to mare4322's topic in Psychiatric

    Well again I'd love to help - but what is a CD unit? All I could find was Communicable

15. Inpatient Smoke free ward - HELP!

    Mr Ian replied to rainbowsunsets's topic in Psychiatric

    In the most litigious country in the world - I'd like to see an employer force an employee to be exposed to a carcinogenic and feel perfectly safe about