Callisonanne

Callisonanne specializes in Psych.

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1. Least Favorite Things Patients Say

   Callisonanne replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   "You can't make me take my medicine." - from a psychotic patient on med against will

2. Do you feel safe at work?

   Callisonanne replied to Nurse4babies's topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital police are sworn officers and carry weapons. I work in psych so they cannot bring a weapon into our section unless there is an active shooter. I feel very safe. Metal detectors don't even...

3. Best MD note

   Callisonanne replied to beckster_01's topic in Nursing Humor

   One of our psychiatrists would use the dictation program but never proof read. Naturally it would often pick words that he said a lot even if they didn't make sense. A patient brought in a home...

4. ECT

   Callisonanne replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

   I would also encourage you to talk to your local ECT provider and see if they would allow you to follow a patient through the treatment. When you get to see it you will say "oh....that's all it

5. ECT

   Callisonanne replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

   As a psychiatric nurse I can say this - if I was ever in a place where I needed help I would take ECT in a heartbeat. The improvement I have seen in patients, sometimes almost overnight, is amazing. I...

6. I'm bipolar, can I be a psychiatric nurse?

   Callisonanne replied to Frybot's topic in Psychiatric

   Ditto what was said above. I am a psychatric nurse. I also happen to have some severe anxiety problems. I think the key is to not use yourself as an example in your practice. I know that I have a good...

7. new grad with a psych degree, but no experience

   Callisonanne replied to heynow1313's topic in Psychiatric

   I was a brand new grad and got hired to work in a psychiatric hospital right away. The only experience I had was the few psych patients I had in nursing school. You will always learn the skills but...

8. Psych nursing is easy

   Callisonanne replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

   I have worked acute adult psych for 4 years and just switched to child and adolescent a month ago. I started in psych as a new grad. One of the most eye opening things for me was watching an...

9. Why don't you just read the chart?

   Callisonanne replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   On a completely different spectrum - I am a psych nurse on an acute unit attached to the hospital. I will ask questions like "did they come in really sleepy or was that after they admitting to...

10. Psychiatric nursing... do you really lose all your nursing skills?

    Callisonanne replied to lilmoongoddess's topic in Psychiatric

    It completely depends on what type of psych unit you work in. We have patients going through ECT so we do picc lines and IVs. Patients come in with wounds, catheters, and ports. We draw labs and use...

11. Have you ever puked/fainted/etc at work?

    Callisonanne replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    My anatomy class used cadavers. One day we were removing the head so we could weigh it to disprove the whole "a human head weighs 8 lbs theory". We had removed the head from the neck which had also...

12. Differing types of therapeutic self-defense philosophy and techniques

    Callisonanne replied to mingez's topic in Psychiatric

    This is interesting because my facility (i'm in NC) does teach the blocks for all different types of

13. Why I LOVE night shift

    Callisonanne replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working as a nurse for 6 months with 4 of those on night shift. I absolutely love night shift! Every time we get an admission one person does the search (psych facility) the next does the...

14. Simple and quick nursing interventions to show patients we care

    Callisonanne replied to november17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work as a psych nurse in a crisis stabilization center. Our interview rooms are super cold so I always offer a warm blanket during the admission assessment. Trust me when or if they have a psychotic...

15. Sometimes it's hard to tell a drug seeker from a patient in pain.

    Callisonanne replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    One of the ways I think about it is this. Pain is pain. As long as they have a prescription and their vitals and LOC are ok i'll give it. Withdrawal for an addict is also