stellina615

stellina615

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  1. Teaching Guided Imagery to Patients

    stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you both for your replies. Looking back on my post, I realize that I didn't do a good job of describing the types of patients on my unit. About half of our patients come to our unit after a...

  2. Teaching Guided Imagery to Patients

    stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, at this point, we don't have the budget to have therapists as part of our staff, so it's up to the nurses and mental health assistants to develop and lead groups....

  3. Funny dreams about your job as a nurse

    stellina615 replied to mondkmondk's topic in Nursing Humor

    In nursing school, I found that my dreams often coincided with the topics we were covering in school. When we were studying the pancreas, I had a dream in which my fiance had a child from a previous...

  4. Should spelling count?

    stellina615 replied to betc's topic in General Nursing

    I will agree that the occasional spelling or grammatical mistake can't be avoided, but I make a practice of reading over my progress notes after I write them in a chart so that I can catch my own...

  5. Phlebotomy?

    stellina615 replied to Body Reader's topic in General Nursing

    The BD website has some useful information, including newsletters focusing on different lab issues (http://www.bd.com/vacutainer/labnotes/Volume18Number1/). Their website also has information on what...

  6. Teaching psych, what is most important/valuable?

    stellina615 replied to ruralnurs's topic in Psychiatric

    Here are a few things that I wish had been more clearly emphasized in my mental health nursing class before we we set foot onto the unit: 1. Psych patients are not afflicted with mental illness...

  7. Nurses with Eczema...Help!!!

    stellina615 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I live in New England and every winter, the eczema on my hands flares up, sometimes to the point where my skin cracks and bleeds. I do keep my hands moisturized, but frequent handwashing and use of...