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can someone please help me with nursing orders for a patient that has the following diagnosis: ( an assesment for my mental health class) - Risk for injury r/t poor nutritional intake. - " Disturbed thought processes r/t neurobiochemical changes secondary to mania m/b rapid nonsensical speech patterns. thanks very much appreciated~Terra

Hello fellow nurses~ ok not that any of us are proud of our mistakes, but as we all know we are over worked and often working short.... so with that being said at least we are HUMMBLE enough to admit we made some mistakes, thats more than i can say for some other ppl i worked with... anyway, when I was a new grad LON, working at a nursing home, I had a horrible NCC, she made my everyday feel like H*ll, made me feel incompitant, and just was a horrible experience...so once I was done with my 44 residents,which had 2 med passes, and about 12 pills each, all either crushed or in thickened liquid which we all know can take your whole shift to set up.... so anyway I realized after I got done, passing that I had totally forgotten a resident,this resident was on Lorazepam, scheduled and prn, I also forgot a Fureosmide for high bp for another resident who wasnt in her room....( not harm to either pateints) well by the time i realized it, she was really aggeitated. My NCC, totally reemed me up one side and down the other,called the DR. reported me and "my horrible unsafe practice" and made me cry. Now, since then i have grown tougher skin, but also really pushed for more nursing staff to get hired. Well needless to say after many failed attempts to get nursing staff hired, I quit, bc im not going to work so short and be in fear for my job everyday, ahhh this woman was just horrible!!! I quit and have moved on to a wonderful facilty that nurses actaully work TOGETHER!!! it is so true that "nurses eat their young". thank you for sharing and making me feel like im not alone!!!