IMustBeCrazy

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1. XL Humane blanket?

   IMustBeCrazy replied to pandora44's topic in Psychiatric

   I'd be long gone from that environment. Your facility is not providing safe and proper resources, monitoring or policies for milieu control. Is it any wonder that your unit is experiencing a spike in...

2. Bipolar is wrecking my family...

   IMustBeCrazy replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

   If she's not suicidal, taking overdoses, harmful to others or such a self care deficit that she a harm to herself (for example so grandiose/delusional she is walking out in the snow in the dead of...

3. acuity assessment tools

   IMustBeCrazy replied to jeanne1n10's topic in Psychiatric

   Acuity tools on inpatient psych are very misleading IMO. Acuity is supposed to be a numeric measure of the TIME spend with a patient or on their care (med rec, getting orders, completing admit...

4. Student nurse gives out number to patient !

   IMustBeCrazy replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

   IMO you are just a call away from a HIPAA violation (privacy, remember?) and losing your license. Former patients? All attached to you on the internet?? Scary

5. Sucker punched. First time I was ever punched by a man.

   IMustBeCrazy replied to wonderbee's topic in Psychiatric

   Law Enforcement officials can NOT deny you the opportunity to give a written statement. In fact, you can hand write a statement and deliver it to the nearest LE office. I don't care if the situation...

6. Smelly co-worker

   IMustBeCrazy replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I have no problem being compassionate. However, in the U.S., stinky = unclean. Unclean is probably not what we want to project in a hospital environment. It makes patients (as well as staff) uneasy...

7. nursing care plan for a patient with virus vs bacterial meningitis

   IMustBeCrazy replied to afi06's topic in General Nursing

   bingo! i had viral meningitis, and it was nasty. my head was splitting, i wanted no one or nothing to come near me. any stimuli is too much. you better remember to turn the lights off or very low...

8. Self Defense Against Patients

   IMustBeCrazy replied to Jerry99's topic in Psychiatric

   CPI is a complete joke. I suspect it was put together by corporate bean counters who have never had to be out from behind their desks in their entire

9. BPD View

   IMustBeCrazy replied to angelchick's topic in Psychiatric

   Amen!!! I agree 150%! I have said it before and I will say it again, psych nurses need to have EXCELLENT assessment skills AND the fortitude to advocate for their patients, no matter what their...

10. Letter to Congress: ANA "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" campaign

    IMustBeCrazy replied to marie-francoise's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Understood. But this doesn't even qualify as a "compromise." It is merely a shell game where you lose sight of the real issue via and smoke and mirrors. The ANA, with their purported massive...

11. Letter to Congress: ANA "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" campaign

    IMustBeCrazy replied to marie-francoise's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This sounds like a great idea in theory, how many of you have read the letter in its entirety? (bolds are my emphasis): --------snip---------- I am writing to urge you to cosponsor the Registered...

12. Ana

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SillyStudent's topic in General Nursing

    1. No 2. I haven't seen a compelling reason to join. They seem to be their own best enemy, for example in proposals that seek to divide rather than bring together nurses from all backgrounds, from...

13. "I want him extubated NOW...I dont care if he's not ready"

    IMustBeCrazy replied to jbp0529's topic in General Nursing

    No flame here, just another viewpoint. I work with families all the time that are crazier than the one admitted. Here is my take: The bottom line is that the POA-HC is *supposed* to act in the best...

14. Patient handoff

    IMustBeCrazy replied to knittwhit's topic in Psychiatric

    How typical for mgmt to say "just make it work" rather than meet with staff to come up with a decent working model. /vent

15. BPD View

    IMustBeCrazy replied to angelchick's topic in Psychiatric

    The suffering that I refer to is the change in the therapeutic milieu that occurs for the patient when it is obvious that the nurse is also having problems with mental health issues. This is...