Hi all!! In short, I work on an inpatient psych rehab unit... lately there's a push for nursing staff to run more therapeutic groups. I'm interested in running a "current events" group on my unit...
atypical_psych_rpn replied to Mashira's topic in Psychiatric
My biggest pet peeve in psychiatric nursing has to be when a float nurse from a medical unit comes over to our unit when we are short. 0930 in the am, she's only seen her patients once (am med pass),...
atypical_psych_rpn replied to NurseSuzann's topic in Psychiatric
"on my particular unit we are not allowed to use restraints and it has less resources (no padded room) " isn’t the haldol a form a restraint? (chemical?) also i would never recommend injecting...
atypical_psych_rpn replied to shockable_rhythm's topic in Psychiatric
Hi! I'm also a fairly new psych nurse with a little more then 1 year experience. I read everyday to stay current with the ever changing world of psychiatry. The following subjects have really improved...