IMustBeCrazy

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  1. **Alert**Our Right to Privacy as nurses???

    IMustBeCrazy replied to bchboy's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. If you are doing your job, you are spending wayyy more time with the pt than the MD which means making yourself more of a target, not less. Being that I work in psych, NO WAY am I giving...

  2. Help! How to cope w/ rude, bratty ED and PD young pts

    IMustBeCrazy replied to bagwash's topic in Psychiatric

    Exactly! Actually, I think it is therapeutic to expect this population to keep their rooms tidy, change their own linen, etc. Often, due to their illnesses, they are used to being waited on/catered...

  3. Help! How to cope w/ rude, bratty ED and PD young pts

    IMustBeCrazy replied to bagwash's topic in Psychiatric

    I find it very surprising that your institution doesn't have a Behavioral Intervention Program available to use. Snottiness is one thing, but when you have a ringleader/mob mentality, the milieu has...

  4. Don't be a Psych nurse if.....

    IMustBeCrazy replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in Psychiatric

    Forgot to add... Psych nursing is not about YOU and YOUR experiences...it's 100% about the patient and their

  5. Don't be a Psych nurse if.....

    IMustBeCrazy replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in Psychiatric

    We call this having "boundary issues" on my

  6. Don't be a Psych nurse if.....

    IMustBeCrazy replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in Psychiatric

    It's not negative in the least. And neither do I believe psych nurses (or other nursing specialties) need to be 'perfect' nurses. However, if you have never had the "pleasure" of working with a psych...

  7. 5 Rights

    IMustBeCrazy replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to also throw in: Pt's

  8. Don't be a Psych nurse if.....

    IMustBeCrazy replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in Psychiatric

    :smilecoffeecup: My family thinks I'm "crazy" for wanting to be a psych nurse, hence the name. BTW, I love psych

  9. Consents When Under The Influence

    IMustBeCrazy replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I never understand why the medical profession handles psych pts as if they are the scourge of the earth. According to the psych pts I have worked with, one of the things that upsets them the most...

  10. Consents When Under The Influence

    IMustBeCrazy replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely still ask involuntary psych pts to sign consent. Most will refuse, and that's ok. But chart it as 'refused', especially on admission

  11. Night Shift and family issues

    IMustBeCrazy replied to kate1114's topic in General Nursing

    I would go stay at a family members home for a few days or cheap hotel. Write a note stating: ON STRIKE. WILL RETURN WHEN HOUSE IS PICKED

  12. What's the Best Nursing Drug Handbook?

    IMustBeCrazy replied to gemini_star's topic in General Students

    I like Davis. Each has their own strengths/drawbacks. Mosby had a clear drawback in that it did not specify drug class, a big deal when you are learning the classes/making drug cards etc. This is a...

  13. Ethics Violation-Would you remain silent or challenge the system?

    IMustBeCrazy replied to MissJanelle904's topic in General Nursing

    I'll break it down for you. 1) It is NOT OK for someone to cheat on a pre-req test/post-req test/IQ test/ test. Spin the situation however you want: They're on their deathbed, they are starving......

  14. Critical thinking books that can help me.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to ARRR10's topic in General Students

    Saunders NCLEX

  15. Does Magnet Status make a difference?

    IMustBeCrazy replied to abbythetabby's topic in General Nursing

    Magnet Status is a feel good corporate ploy used to lull nursing staff into a false sense of confidence. Ranks right up there with the "nursing should be like Disneyland" customer service

  16. Holiday behaviors starting early this year!

    IMustBeCrazy replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    :roll :roll This made me smile! A patient we had today suffered from FVMS...apparently if you scream in the phone, then your family on the coast can hear you better. And the nurses can hear...

  17. You Don't Qualify! Try Again Next Year!!

    IMustBeCrazy replied to DarciaMoonz's topic in General Nursing

    Sad as it is.... Sometimes people aren't promoted because they are actually TOO good at what they do. She sounds like a hard worker, someone that would take 2 people to replace. Also, maybe by...

  18. You have never steared me wrong!

    IMustBeCrazy replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: Exactly. In Psych these situations come up ALL the time. We generally get the extremely demented or psychotic pt that is paranoid and says "no way no how" can family get info from the...

  19. Ethics Violation-Would you remain silent or challenge the system?

    IMustBeCrazy replied to MissJanelle904's topic in General Nursing

    The amount of energy being expended by some posters here supporting cheating is mind-boggling at best. The analogies used are like a house of cards -- question one detail and the whole deck falls....

  20. Don't be a Psych nurse if.....

    IMustBeCrazy replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in Psychiatric

    You are soooooo

  21. I REALLY want to be a psych nurse, and i'm close to graduating with some questions!

    IMustBeCrazy replied to CrystalClear75's topic in Psychiatric

  22. Non compliant and frequent flyer patients

    IMustBeCrazy replied to dona4jc's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely there are those seeking "three hots and a cot" while claiming that they are suicidal. I can name several pts off the top of my head that will rip through their SSI benes and I'll see them...

  23. Metal Detectors/Wanding/Frisking

    IMustBeCrazy replied to xenogenetic's topic in Psychiatric

    We metal detect, but there is another issue I have thought about time and again. There have been many times detoxes on our unit seem to 'relapse' after meeting with a suspect 'friend' that visits...

  24. Children under the age of 18 and Prozac

    IMustBeCrazy replied to emrrn915's topic in Psychiatric

    I had not heard specifically about the medication guide that you speak of. However, I found it here: http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/antidepressants/MG_template.pdf In reviewing this guide, we give the...

  25. Children under the age of 18 and Prozac

    IMustBeCrazy replied to emrrn915's topic in Psychiatric

    What needs to be required by law and what is required by law are two entirely different things. In a perfect world, there would be enough psychiatrists/psychologists to go around, managed care and...