Mr Ian

Mr Ian

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

    Mr Ian replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    I think your concerns are valid and your conscientious approach demonstrates reflective practice. I have worked in a secure psych for 14 years (until my latest new job) and in the last year we had a...

  2. Paranoid Schizophrenia

    Mr Ian replied to sleepybunny005's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't know what the standards of practice are where you live - but seriously - behaviour like this is tantamount to human rights violations; degrading and punitive. Please refer it to your...

  3. Stress of violence at work

    Mr Ian replied to makawiliwili's topic in Psychiatric

    Done a few years forensic and secure - tho your patient bunch sounds fairly difficult to work with. I only had one period of rough times and that was in a new private unit that wanted to build some...

  4. IM sites for anti-psychotics

    Mr Ian replied to felixfelix's topic in Psychiatric

    We use Midazolam for IM benzo. I'm not fond of it. Procyclidine is an anti-cholinergic Hyoscine is .err... I forget... but it helps with

  5. IM sites for anti-psychotics

    Mr Ian replied to felixfelix's topic in Psychiatric

    Yeah .. well we use Hyoscine for the fillies and geldings to help with their pre-race nerves and Procyclidine helps the crocodiles regulate their blood-body temperature. This is a veterinary nurses...

  6. Paranoid Schizophrenia

    Mr Ian replied to sleepybunny005's topic in Psychiatric

    Unfortunately - yes. Have you read the Stanford Experiment at all? This is appalling... I take back my comment about doing more good. This is not treatment in the 21st

  7. Paranoid Schizophrenia

    Mr Ian replied to sleepybunny005's topic in Psychiatric

    OK! now you have GOT to expand on that last point

  8. Someone told me something that upset me today.

    Mr Ian replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly what it's called. A fingerprint thing ....for places that aren't

  9. Someone told me something that upset me today.

    Mr Ian replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there is. Clocking in is like every process - swings and roundabouts - pros and cons. Without clocking in - you might get to start/leave a little later/earlier with no comeback - but it's hard to...

  10. Paranoid Schizophrenia

    Mr Ian replied to sleepybunny005's topic in Psychiatric

    I know this is not your doing - so my comments are not at you - but something to consider..... "They... " - as in, the staff decided what they the patients would be called? There is a lot of...

  11. IM sites for anti-psychotics

    Mr Ian replied to felixfelix's topic in Psychiatric

    Odd that. Clopixol's been around for donkeys years and was one of the staple typical antipsychotics. In the UK it was the benchmark for all other depot preparations. It may have a completely diff...

  12. I need your expert opinions on Rules and Restrictions on the Inpatient Psych Unit:

    Mr Ian replied to Joandarco's topic in Psychiatric

  13. Paranoid Schizophrenia

    Mr Ian replied to sleepybunny005's topic in Psychiatric

    Rubbish! It's termites. Nothing to do with sleepybunny - but ... "trainees"? Otherwise, that was rather a cute little

  14. Psych patient on the acute care unit

    Mr Ian replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Or it could be that she's just plain scared out of her wits after an MI. The Dependent notion struck me more than the BPD. With her mental illness it's likely that she's experienced the normal...

  15. IM sites for anti-psychotics

    Mr Ian replied to felixfelix's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm happy to be corrected but I have never given an IMI that exceeds 3mL or know of a time where one should be given. We were taught 3mLs was max dose. Hmm... or maybe there was one guy on 800mg...

  16. Discussion: lobotomize the patient or lobotomize the system

    Mr Ian replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Psychiatric

    Violence in Mental Health is one of the most misrepresented and stigmatised aspects of mental illness. It's prevalence is not anywhere near as high as the media or the lay person asserts. There are...

  17. Home Health Nurse Safety

    Mr Ian replied to JULESNYRN's topic in Home Health

    In Northern Ireland the ambulances have grills on the window due to foreign missiles frequently coming their way. These are not military ambulances - normal everyday community ones. Some places are...

  18. Someone told me something that upset me today.

    Mr Ian replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    If staff routinely work over their hours - do management come and check why? Or use it to guage the unit acuity? Have they ever put on extra staff because of excess late clocking

  19. Working with pca's

    Mr Ian replied to ceridwyn's topic in International Nursing

    Surely if she was dead before the ambos loaded her - they would have noticed and called for a GP to certify death

  20. Staff female nurses flirting and much more...

    Mr Ian replied to Age1's topic in Male Nursing Students

    There are two ways to read that line. It's a predominantly female place ... it's just their way of having fun with some new blood. Some of them obviously don't know how to handle themselves and...

  21. Need your expert advice...

    Mr Ian replied to ~MIA~'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Turn up sober. Congratulations

  22. Doctors' Chart Bloopers

    Mr Ian replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    ok - there are times I know the docs deliberately chart with tongue firmly in cheek... and this isn't necessarily a blooper at all... On a secure psych ward , pt with chronic head injury (ABI) with...

  23. Code Status Error - An Ethical Dilemma

    Mr Ian replied to Simkah's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I doubt you changed anything about your person from this 'unfortunate' experience because I think you were already as good as you needed to be. You have simply got better with experience. I...

  24. Need some ideas..adol psych

    Mr Ian replied to TsavarenaRN's topic in Psychiatric

    http://www.starwards.org.uk Why do they all have to be MH or problem related? Try doing something indirect - like "beauty therapy"; "budget management"; "sexual relationships"; "women's health" Or...

  25. Procrstination/ Reflective writing

    Mr Ian replied to redtshirt's topic in General Students

    I think you mean Charles Dickens. Good assignments reflect good aptitude and attitude - not just an ability to write English. It demonstrates attention to detail, conscientious application to the...