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  1. Vitamins as treatment

    rachelgeorgina replied to Whispera's topic in Psychiatric

    I havent read the whole thread because its late and I'm lazy but there's some early and promising research that began at the Pfieffer Clinic in the US and has been duplicated internationally...

  2. What type of security do you have in your psych facility???

    rachelgeorgina replied to ecipsoh's topic in Psychiatric

    In the private, stand alone clinic I have experience with there are four 'wards' and an ICU. Every nurse and staff member wears a duress and if security is needed, the nurse hits their duress and a...

  3. Group activities

    rachelgeorgina replied to fsaav's topic in Psychiatric

    You'll find that you're patients have probably been through the entire rigmarole of psych-education at least once and know all about good nutrition, affirmations, coping skills, medications, sleep...

  4. Why do psych pt recieve a CBC

    rachelgeorgina replied to rdm3000's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Medication is one (e.g. lithium toxicity might be shown as dehydration, which you'd see in routine blood work as well as lithium levels, though perhaps not an FBC. More likely an EUC.) Consider eating...

  5. Communicating with the Elderly

    rachelgeorgina replied to medsurgtrenchesRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work on a unit with residents with dementia. & one thing I've learned is that generally, confused patients respond better to closed directions rather than open ended questions. When I'm choosing...

  6. PLEASE HELP ! Bedpan skill questions

    rachelgeorgina replied to Cathy in MA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We usually have special covers for the pans that you collect from the pan room when you get the pan to put over it when you're returning the filled pan. & PS. why on earth are they asking you to...

  7. Pressing Issue - Nursing Assistant

    rachelgeorgina replied to BeOne77's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think it depends where you work. I'm a nursing student and I have two AIN jobs. One in a nursing home and the second in a very laid back children's hospice. At the nursing home I've never even taken...

  8. Is this common?

    rachelgeorgina replied to chickapea's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In the nursing home I work in we use high care pads (fancy wipes, basically) but in all the hospitals I've done clinical on it's a tub of warm soapy water and wash

  9. CNA's can't accept gifts.....???

    rachelgeorgina replied to Misslady113's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    At uni (I'm an RN student and an AIN) we were taught that anything above a personal card you accept gracious and share with the entire staff (as suggested already.) For example on a psych floor I've...

  10. Insomnia meds for psych patients?

    rachelgeorgina replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

    No one has mentioned Zyprexa. Not specifically a sleep agent but very sedative and works well for reducing

  11. Patient Life Stories

    rachelgeorgina replied to SweetLemon's topic in Psychiatric

    Madness, by Mayra Hornbacher, is a brilliant insight into Bipolar Disorder and mental illness as well as revolving door patient syndrome. It's brilliantly written. You begin to feel hypomanic yourself...

  12. The Mental Health Act

    rachelgeorgina posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi Fellow Students! I'm working on a bit of a tough assignment for my law & ethics subject at the moment and I'm looking for some input from other students. Ethics is one of those subjects where...

  13. The Mental Health Act

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ^^ We were given a paper (Wand, T & Chiarella, M 2006) that suggested that mental health legislation was discriminatory and fundamentally non-democratic because it provided different provisions...

  14. Help! Need asthma dg. For psych pts.

    rachelgeorgina replied to Shell5's topic in Psychiatric

    Risk for ineffective breathing pattern related to exacerbation of exercise induced asthma as evidenced by ---> pt's reported symptoms: audible wheeze, SOB, cough, chest tightness, INCREASE IN...

  15. The Mental Health Act

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm actually in Australia, which is why I didn't specify a specific piece of legislation, because I know each state/country differs in it's exact working and specifics. However, from my understand,...

  16. Mental Health Legislation

    rachelgeorgina posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi Fellow Nurses! I'm a student nurse and I'm working on a bit of a tough assignment for my law & ethics subject at the moment and I'm looking for some input from seasoned, experienced nurses....

  17. Psychiatric Nursing Questions

    rachelgeorgina replied to jujucna's topic in Psychiatric

    3. What do you think are the causes of these communication issues? Time - lack of, poor management. Empathy - lack of. Understanding - lack of. Disillusionment - failing to see patients as...

  18. What Irks You?

    rachelgeorgina replied to care_baer's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    - For it being standard that one particular resident with dementia who is a falls risk (though can walk, especially well with a frame, is on permanent resistant belt in a chair in the lounge room...

  19. What would make your job better?

    rachelgeorgina replied to freesia29's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    - More on the job training. I'm 20 and I've been working in a nursing home for the last month, having never worked in one before. I'm a nursing student at uni (second year) but I'd never actually had...

  20. beginner pay rate

    rachelgeorgina replied to more than a mom's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm here in Australia and I've been working in a nursing home for the last month or so. I'm getting $17.50AU per/hr. (That's about

  21. Need help deciding, where to work near Sydney

    rachelgeorgina replied to joyfull26's topic in International Nursing

    POW is definitely closer to the beach than RPA. Like, wayyyy closer! You can see the ocean from Randwick. RPA is right in university central - and in, it's surrounded on four sides by Sydney...

  22. New at leading medication group on CD Unit

    rachelgeorgina replied to mare4322's topic in Psychiatric

    Maybe have a flip through the medication charts to see what medications are relavent to your patients and do some reading up on those specific drugs, as it's likely that at least one or two patients...

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

    rachelgeorgina replied to SweetLemon's topic in Psychiatric

    1. Ensure is NOT a brown liquid (because you weren't stupid enough to hand out chocolate flavored ones.) THAT, in fact, is diet coke, they're all sipping up through those straws. (I still haven't...

  24. Whew!

    rachelgeorgina replied to DesertKat's topic in Psychiatric

    Goodluck. I hope everything falls into

  25. LPN student First day of psych rotation, HELP!

    rachelgeorgina replied to vern234's topic in Psychiatric

    Try to avoid making generalizations about your patients. Not all psychiatric patients like to "push buttons" as one poster commented, but plenty will. However, I think you see enough of those on the...