Meraki

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  1. License reinstated but no one will hire me

    Meraki replied to 47lpn's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I think we have to be careful about assuming that because one has had an addiction that working in addictions is the best place for them. For some people, part of their recovery is avoiding people /...

  2. African Americans as nurses.

    Meraki replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hi Op. I think it would be helpful to have a little background from you about why you asked this question. I am guessing perhaps there is something about your personal situation that makes this a...

  3. Does anyone else feel this way?

    Meraki replied to Seth O Scope's topic in General Nursing

    I want to tell you the story of Sarah – her story is just one of hundreds like her I have worked with. Sarah was born to a 14 year old mother, the result of a rape. Sarah’s mom already had a...

  4. friend/nurse where I go for tx, did she violate hippa?

    Meraki replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    Well she can actually..and did! I am not clear though if this is HIPAA. If she only shared with others information she was told by the husband as a friend, and didn't share anything she knew from...

  5. Child Pysch Interview

    Meraki replied to germanshep's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask lots of questions about their philosophy of care... What is their philosophy and practice about restraints and seclusion? Many facilities have moved to least / no restraint and I'd be wary...

  6. Could the client sue me for this?

    Meraki replied to Melandru's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you and I didn't mean she shouldn't inform the team, I agree it could potentially be a must report and that the team a should know. However I think there are ways of doing that that are...

  7. Could the client sue me for this?

    Meraki replied to Melandru's topic in General Nursing

    You should never talk about details of patient cases in the lobby. That seems to me it would violate privacy / confidentiality policies of any country. Any conversations about patients should take...

  8. Families and Healthcare: What Do You Think?

    Meraki replied to DREAMSDOCOMETRUE0610's topic in General Nursing

    I also think it is very condescending to tell people not to worry about anything or that they should just focus on being with their family member. Sitting beside your loved one and watching lines and...

  9. I had an epiphany today

    Meraki replied to nurse2033's topic in General Nursing

    The poster was paraphrasing a quote by Soren Kierkegaard - the actual quote is "Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived

  10. Constipation - Need ideas...

    Meraki posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi, I am an Rn but know very little about the elderly... My 90 yr old grandmother is in an LTC facility. She has many physical limitations but is mentally competent but her memory is poor. Two years...

  11. very little patient interaction

    Meraki replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends on the unit. Similar to a medsurg unit - if the psych nurse has 8-10 patients then it is unlikely s/he will spend much time interacting beyond medications, treatments etc as a great...

  12. Nursing Career & Relationships, Marriage

    Meraki replied to OnePostAndDone's topic in General Nursing

    Neither school or work are all consuming unless one allows it to be. I think it is important early in life to establish balance in life. Does being in nursing school mean she'll be busy? Of course....

  13. Child/Adolescent vs. Adult

    Meraki replied to NurseJJ09's topic in Psychiatric

    It really comes down to personal preference, in many ways child is very different from adolescent and both are very different from adult. (I've never worked geri). I don't enjoy adult psych at all....

  14. LTC - when residents deteriorate

    Meraki posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am interested in the process for assisting residents in your facility when they deteriorate and require additional care. I am dealing with this with a family member and in the process of trying to...

  15. LTC - when residents deteriorate

    Meraki replied to Meraki's topic in General Nursing

    I do understand why but it doesn't change how frustrating it is for both the residents and CNAs to continually have to get to know each other and learn what each residents likes and routines. The home...

  16. LTC - when residents deteriorate

    Meraki replied to Meraki's topic in General Nursing

    This and this We tried to get her into an assisted living facility initially but they wouldn't take her - said she needed too much care! Then the nursing home designated her independent!! She...

  17. LTC - when residents deteriorate

    Meraki replied to Meraki's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to all for the responses - it is great to hear from others who work LTC as it is a bit far from my specialty! I went in this afternoon and she had been in the same brief for 10 hours. She was...

  18. Are the new nurses to blame

    Meraki replied to Zaphod's topic in General Nursing

    I think so many things have changed over the years... It used to be you chose a career and stuck with it...teaching, nursing...people went into it expecting to be there until they retired. I don't...

  19. Let the chaos begin....family initiating rapid response teams

    Meraki replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    We have this in my hospital. I think ours is kind of a combined RRT / Condition H. it can be activated by anyone, including families if they are concerned about health condition or care (which really...

  20. do you find it hard to find jobs in other field after Psych?

    Meraki replied to jxRN's topic in Psychiatric

    If you are working as a nurse in any field you won't be performing 'zero' skills. You will need nursing skills to work on an acute psych unit. Every area of nursing has its own skill set, and medical...

  21. A 'Mistake"

    Meraki posted a topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I'm not sure if my perspective is semantics or cultural but I struggle with hearing criminal activity (DUI, DWI, theft, felony charges etc...) referred to as I made a "mistake". Often this is followed...

  22. Medication Education for the younger patient

    Meraki replied to NCindasun21's topic in Psychiatric

    I think group education on meds for young kids would be a challenge. For kids we make them each up a pill info card that has a picture of the pill (or empty capsule glued to the paper) and age...

  23. Nursing jobs at prisons?

    Meraki replied to kelpic's topic in General Nursing

    Where do you live OP? Different countries have different options. In Western Canada you can do your nursing degree/diploma in psychiatric nursing. You would get a BSPN (Bachelor of Science in...

  24. "I don't need that medication... I've been healed"

    Meraki replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    Given that she has paranoid schizophrenia it is likely that her belief that she has been healed and her disdain of medication is more related to her delusional thought process, likely religious...

  25. Question about Bounced Cheques

    Meraki posted a topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I was reading another thread on here where a poster said they had bounced a cheque for $15 and now had permanent charges on their background check. This made me very curious as I am in Canada and I...