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 the OP - and is much better than me making a dill...
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 to prescribe Temazepam to everyone with a sleep pro...
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 effect with perhaps a clear indication what they inte...
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 services that might not be required. However, the ...
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 story called The Rampton Report in 1980 too. (YTV)...
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 directed - and the purpose of a union is to preserv...
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 once a manager has started such a process to pull ...
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 emotional venom rather than attempting to resolve ...
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 make up and leave meds (they should go pot to patie...
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 cos mental health nursing is poorly recognised or ...
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 neither. But I have a staff of 4 and a water machi...
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 that.