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I worked at a UHS facility for a day and a half and turned in my badge and keys. (This was a prn position to supplement my full time psych RN job.) They planned to give us 5 days of orientation for 8 units and our psych techs 3 days for all units. Ma...

I agree. I guess next they will exclude those who don't have a normal BMI or lower.

Wow. Just wow.

Hugs to you Viva! I always enjoy and appreciate your insight and candor.

Do you know I am going with 5 coworkers all of whom are in management? That seemed odd to me as they are never at the bed side. I'm grateful to be the staff nurse invited to go but I wish other staff nurses were included as our patients benefit most ...

So, if she says there's not enough time to switch gloves, is she taking time to wash her hands/use sanitizing gel?

Inpatient psych nurse here as well... Yes, I get it constantly but more so within our greater health system. For example, an ED doc recently said to one of our patients being evaluated, "that psych unit doesn't even know how to treat a cold." I think...

Meriwhen (sorry, I'm on my phone and can't quote): I think what you describe is good, safe practice. I wish I understood why getting those meds prescribed at my facility is such a struggle. We had talked about implementing an agitation protocol as p...

With a MS in Counseling, had you considered getting licensed? I'm assuming so but just wanted to ask.

I am going and am so excited! I am blessed in that my hospital is paying my way. Otherwise I could never afford it. Good luck to you. I wish I had information that was helpful. Hope you can make it.

This is not uncommon on my unit. Our patients on our acute hall are highly undermedicated. Many times the hold up is we have to call the doc on call who is at home asleep and they often will order geodon. So yes, while we all jump in and help the pri...

In my state a patient does not have to be an imminent danger to self or others to receive forced meds, if and only if, the patient is IVC and 2 doctors have deemed it medically necessary. (I don't believe we have a court order for meds - just a court...

Please realize you are helping these kids even if it doesn't feel like it. You're providing crisis management and keeping them alive while also teaching them coping skills. That is significant. Give yourself time as it will get better. You will start...

Whenever I hear this it angers me so much. You did not ask to have a diagnosis of bipolar anymore than someone with a seizure disorder. Why do you need monitoring anymore than someone else with a medical condition? You are clearly med compliant and r...

I have so many mixed feelings on this matter. Having been the victim of gossip on a fb post I made by a person who really was trying to stir things up (and was disseminating untruths), I understand some of the PP's outrage. However, I think what thi...

We could literally be twins! After 11 years working nights - predominantly on weekends - I am transitioning to 3 12s on weekdays. I've been a zombie and my health has been negatively impacted. I am worried about being gone 3 evenings a week but I kno...

I couldn't agree more. Sounds like someone threw you under the bus with an inaccurate report of what took place. I would do exactly what icuRNmaggie suggested. Sorry this happened to you but chin up, you did nothing wrong.

I find this response so incredibly insulting. You come here asking for advice and when you don't like what you hear, you call people names. No one said you weren't educated and no one talked down to you. You were given solid advice. With a response l...

There does seem to be a pattern here at my present hospital of older nurses being picked apart and needled over small, insignificant things. It has left me wondering if this is because they can bring in 2 new grads for the cost of one of our experien...

I had the exact same thing happen to me recently. I left an extra hour early for a 90 min trip and my iphone literally took me to a shack. (I almost took a picture it was so comical.) The interviewer was extremely understanding and told me it had hap...

I am so terribly sorry for your losses. I can't begin to imagine the pain. Hugs.

One question I have...how is she charting against meds that aren't ordered? And I feel your pain. When a nurse was caught diverting and replacing meds in the pyxis with similar looking pills, management came to us, the other nurses, and said, "how co...

We literally had our director tell us once when we paged her on evenings to come in due to a dangerous unit, "oh I can't do that but I'll pray for you." Say what???

I CANNOT like this enough!!!! My apologies..I thought I hit quote but failed to. This was in response to xoemmylouox's brilliant response.

Assuming it's not a good update but hoping for the best.