Trishalishus PhD, CNS

CAMHS, acute psych,

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  1. Stay with your parents and finish the higher ed - the more ed you have, the higher you'll climb and the better your clinical expertise and the higher your pay when the good times come back (which they...
  2. Wish upon a star and your dreams will come
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    Resident Centered Care

    StNeotser I see that you are in the position of having to cope with a fractured mgmt process. However, at 100 residents the facility may still be small enough for individuals to make a difference. If...
  4. Report them - but wait - make sure you can back up what you are complaining about - keep a journal and make specific notes every day for a week or so - days, times, rooms, residents. I don't know...
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    Resident Centered Care

    She shouldn't have been allowed to bring her cat - that was a silly policy decision. In Australia we have a policy that any pet must have certification as a "companion animal" to be allowed in. This...
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    Attachment to patients?

    I agree with CeCe and would also add, remember you are doing health care work. If you didn't care I wouldn't want you looking after me or mine. Mulling over things that have affected you is normal -...
  7. Judging from the comments so far, I wonder if any of you has actually been to investigate this story. For example this organisation appears to be leading the charge: And charge it is! They are like...
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    Silly reason for ER visit?

    Over what space of time have you committed all these felonies on your poor body? Have you considered: a) some kind of neuro problem associated with your ability to balance effectively? and/or b)...
  9. I'm glad you've got a strategy, Scrubby. That's a positive sign and I applaud you for it. Maybe while you've got that extra time you can up-skill/ cross-skill with some in-service modules or CE???...
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    Silly reason for ER visit?

    Why didn't she ring you for your opinion, first? I'm only a student nurse, yet I am already the first port in every health storm (oh ... and yes, I usually say, ask your
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    Routine Tylenol #3 and PRN administration

    Sounds good to me - PRN means pro re nata - when the patient requires. The way you describe the med order it sounds like he can have up to 4 PRN doses per day. It doesn't say he can't have them at the...
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    Routine Tylenol #3 and PRN administration

    You poor thing. Get out now - before your rep is damaged by gossip and before you break down. Good luck and best
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    new grad 'picked on'

    Mind your own business - don't start your career as a gossip - it will do you no good in the long run - practically or spiritually. Doesn't mean you can't feel compassion for another's woe; doesn't...
  14. Good point - good pick-up. You are 100% right - but she did do it the way she did. Would you have handled it differently from your friend? This is an important question - if you really want to be a...
  15. 1. What is the source for your historical assertion? 2. How can a nursing school prepare a student for the chaos that results from modern under-funded hospital management without ending up throwing...
  16. When your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Does your hospital or local college offer courses or in-services in how to manage/interact with families, or even some basic family...
  17. Can you get rotated to a different ward or a different job for a while, while you wait your turn for leave? Don't give up - you trained too long and you worked too hard... good
  18. Get out now - get a job waitressing to support you while you find your dream job
  19. I think hate is just another side of fear. I've been working in aged care and/or psychology - and I've been around - for a loooong time. I decided to get my BN so I could become a credible voice for...
  20. After the first couple of months the level of filth doesn't appreciably rise. There's no point in cleaning your kitchen until summer .... and the
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    Mixing Alxheimer's and Psych Patients

    Do you know why they do it? What are their diagnoses? I think the success or failure of such a program would be dependent on the psychiatric diagnosis and their treatment regimen as well as the...
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    Compassionate Support, for your patients and yourself.

    What a (selfish) shame that you are not Australian. I work in aged care and we lose a resident every few weeks. We all line up in a kind of funerary cortège to escort their body to the funeral...
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    Socialized Medicine

    If it were true, why is it unfortunate? No they don't - in fact, the less you have, the less likely you are to have access to a forum to be heard - or the education to know how to say it and retain...
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    Volunteering for overtime...

    Who said it was a rational process? Stop it! Before you go blind! Good for you! You GO GRRRRL*!!!! YES!!! ps and thanks for making me laugh * or man, or
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    Is Anyone in Management Here?

    RURNurse - I agree with everything you've said. I disagree with some of your assumptions. Have you heard of the Peter Principle? Writing as an ex-managerial type - "Great fleas have little fleas...