Popwhizbangz

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  1. Suicide Risk Assessment and Care Planning

    Popwhizbangz posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Suicide Assessment Suicide assessment is one of the most important and challenging aspects of working in mental health. The combination of uncertainty and liability can be intimidating. For your...

  2. Need help with charting...

    Popwhizbangz replied to skyla1978's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm do pleased - glad to help!

  3. Group resources anyone?

    Popwhizbangz replied to Zen APRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Myself, I use no materials, found they got in the way. I just get folks talking, and draw valid teaching points (I usually do Medication Ed groups) from what they say, encourage them to think of...

  4. Group resources anyone?

    Popwhizbangz replied to Zen APRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Sounds interesting - we need ways to draw folks out, especially those trying to describe interior experiences that even the most talented writers struggle to portray, and even more so for folks who...

  5. "blacklist" for patients?

    Popwhizbangz replied to beccajean's topic in Psychiatric

    Of course, there are no

  6. Group resources anyone?

    Popwhizbangz replied to Zen APRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I've done Medication Ed groups for about five years - I mostly do it without any materials, just question and answer and discussion (Improv, lots of fun), but i do have some materials I worked up...

  7. Have you been afriaid of a pt?

    Popwhizbangz replied to Mashira's topic in Psychiatric

    Fear's normal and at times an excellent red flag to take seriously. At other times, a red-herring, often hard to to tell. Also normal: ambiguity, self-doubt, frustration, anger, intimidation, etc....

  8. "blacklist" for patients?

    Popwhizbangz replied to beccajean's topic in Psychiatric

    Its uncommon in general, I'm told, but where I work we have a PNG (Persona Non Grata - Latin for "not welcome back" basically). Doctor files it with Admissions Dep., describes reasoning for it, and...

  9. Administration okays family's mental abuse of staff

    Popwhizbangz replied to FoolsErrand's topic in General Nursing

    Indentured servants, if i remember correctly, were basically slaves for a set period of time, in order to pay for some product or service. I have ancestors who were indentured servants in Georgia, it...

  10. Administration okays family's mental abuse of staff

    Popwhizbangz replied to FoolsErrand's topic in General Nursing

    'Should's are important and valuable. But they don't make it so. Only we, together and individually can make it so. Without adequate persistent effort, there would still be slavery in the U.S. Women...

  11. Administration okays family's mental abuse of staff

    Popwhizbangz replied to FoolsErrand's topic in General Nursing

    First point: the easiest, most efficient way to succeed in admin is take care of admin - customers come next, then line staff (essentially cogs in the big machine). That's typical throughout health...

  12. How do you deal??

    Popwhizbangz replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    Also keep in mind, generally, that psych units are money losers, given funding cuts not seen anywhere else in inpatient healthcare over the last 20 years. Many units have closed, others on the...

  13. How do you deal??

    Popwhizbangz replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    Feel your pain, but don't let the downers get to you - there isn't really any monolithic nursing, or medicine, or law, etc. - there's good days and bad days, and individuals with varying levels of...

  14. How do you deal??

    Popwhizbangz replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    Good for you! Sounds like you're off to a fantastic start, and your motivation/heart/ethics are there. Keep it up! Need anything, please let me know. It's pretty easy to do weak psych, not so easy...

  15. How do you deal??

    Popwhizbangz replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    Of course, I'm not saying anything global about any age group, just have seen individuals here and there over a ten year span, not the norm, thank God, not common, but a real problem. If you haven't...

  16. Patient Abandonment

    Popwhizbangz replied to Weebee's topic in General Nursing

    There have been a few times when I feel unable to guarantee safety with new admission(s) forced on me, or with a refused staffing request, and I have made it quite clear 1) that I can't ensure unit...

  17. Any happy psych nurses?

    Popwhizbangz replied to Hsmommy's topic in Psychiatric

    Psych is the bomb! Forget the old (and young) cranks - nowhere's perfect, esp in a field where the primary way to earn more is... to age. Doing a good job offers its own rewards, but not necessarily...

  18. How do you deal??

    Popwhizbangz replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    There's few things in Psych I can think of than people aging into it late in their career looking, basically, for a vulnerable population they can push around, neglect, despise, while they ease...

  19. issues in specialization in nursing

    Popwhizbangz replied to Norazizahi's topic in General Nursing

    What's your

  20. JCAHO & legible signatures w/ noting orders

    Popwhizbangz replied to StayLost's topic in General Nursing

    There are always meetings, always with demands, and always JCAHO. Over time you figure out how to deal with these things, with the least fuss. Me, I'll sign as always until I get busted (actually...

  21. What to do by constantly asked to cover other shifts?

    Popwhizbangz replied to happyinillinois's topic in General Nursing

    Oh , and "Team Player" is one of the most mis-used and abused phrases in modern life - often enough means "Give me what I want, take care of my need before yours, or else" That, by no means, is any...

  22. What to do by constantly asked to cover other shifts?

    Popwhizbangz replied to happyinillinois's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with all above - Def. don't answer the phone if it gets to be a problem. These days I get ALL my shifts by request - phone calls, e-mails, or in person. I provide detailed, very clear...

  23. Utmost respect for Burn Unit Nurses.

    Popwhizbangz replied to tookalongtime's topic in Burn

    Personally, I can do compassion. Respect. Professionalism. No problem. But burns? No way - kudos to those that can, and do it so well. That's one thing I love about nursing - there are just so...

  24. Medical words that make you cringe.

    Popwhizbangz replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    "Regulator" - Don't get me

  25. Medical words that make you cringe.

    Popwhizbangz replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    "Managed care" - euphemism for a government-approved, massive conflict of interest. Imagine you pay your auto insurance for years, car gets totaled, no fault of your own, insurance company agrees, BUT...