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  1. How many of you practice homeopathy?

    CharlieRN replied to healinghand's topic in Holistic

    I don't think you get it. You do need the studies and the evidence. The first duty of every healthcare provider is to do no harm. It is the scientific evidence and studies that tell you that you...

  2. Tom Cruises' take on Psychiatry

    CharlieRN replied to Katydidit34's topic in Psychiatric

    Cruise has bought into the scientology scam. In the words of a far greater actor, "What a moroon!" -- B.

  3. Injuries related to contraband in psych

    CharlieRN replied to psychnurse1016's topic in Psychiatric

    On our methadone treatment program for detox from opioid dependence we have had 6 near death events due to patients either hiding benzos or having them smuggled in to them. The combination of...

  4. How many of you practice homeopathy?

    CharlieRN replied to healinghand's topic in Holistic

    "If I can do something for a patient that works" How do you define "works"? That is the key question. I define it as "causes measurable positive changes in the patient's physical status, that are...

  5. Crisis Unit: To lock or not to lock??

    CharlieRN replied to Meraki's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm onboard with everyone else. I can't see how an acute care, general psych unit can be maintained safely with unlocked doors. The only justification would be if there were an extensive list of...

  6. Homeopathy

    CharlieRN replied to CharlieNylund's topic in Holistic

    in the quote above, from the frist of the sites you indicated, there is a spectacular example of bad logic. i think it is actually called leaping to a conclusion, but if that is not the formal name,...

  7. how many patients do you recommend on an adult inpatient acute psych unit?

    CharlieRN replied to loprem's topic in Psychiatric

    tough question Our psych Intensive Care Area is a 2 private room unit with is own small sittingarea, bathroom and a desk for the staff. However we have rarely found it possible for one than one...

  8. sexual assault - inpatient unit

    CharlieRN replied to MisPlacedTexan's topic in Psychiatric

    In short, yes. The key word is "forcible". That makes what has occured an assault. That is a criminal offense. Also it is a primary failure of the institution to provide a safe environment. The...

  9. Homeopathy

    CharlieRN replied to CharlieNylund's topic in Holistic

    Katie, The trick with science is not the original work but the consistent replication of that work. Can anybody else duplicate this result? What are the range of substances that have effects when...

  10. holistic healer

    CharlieRN replied to frann's topic in Holistic

    Every one is right you have been sexually molested under the guise of "therapy". My only suggestion is that you might get better results by telling your husband and letting him get a few friends...

  11. sexual assault - inpatient unit

    CharlieRN replied to MisPlacedTexan's topic in Psychiatric

    I have worked in psych over 20 yrs and never yet had that occure. Not, that is, if you are talking about a full blown rape. I have never worked anywhere so poorly supervised that a pt yelling for...

  12. BPD, bipolar and RN?

    CharlieRN replied to FrostedGlass's topic in Psychiatric

    Dear Frosted, Please be very sure that your own symptoms are under control before working in a psych setting. My employer requires that any new hire have been able to go 2 years without treatment or...

  13. Munchausen's or psudoseizures??

    CharlieRN replied to RN_2_B_2006's topic in Psychiatric

    I like thunderwolf's answer but it may be more technical than you need. There is a good chance that your friend is getting a lot of her interpersonal needs met by being sick. As her friend, and not...

  14. How Long Will You Nurse?

    CharlieRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I voted never because I have already put in over 20 yrs at bedside and am now working nights as admission nurse/night supervisor fulltime, in a psych hospital. A job which is hardly a retirement from...

  15. What kind of person???

    CharlieRN replied to bise75's topic in Psychiatric

    Personality traits do not equal a psych disorder. The distinction is usually how much difficulty the behavior generates for the patient. If it is ruining their life, then they most likely have a...

  16. Share your feedback re: ethical nursing issues

    CharlieRN replied to newnurse2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Since placebos do work for the relief of pain in some cases, they can reasonably be a legitimate course of treatment. However, most nurses are uncomfortable lying to a patient about what the medicine...

  17. Psych pts needing medical tx

    CharlieRN replied to Morning-glory's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As a long time psych nurse I have a lot of sympathy for you. Psych pts in a med/surg setting should be 1 to 1'd or have a "Psych sitter". She was endangering herself and others by her behavior, that...

  18. re: something to consider...

    CharlieRN replied to Granted Fal's topic in Psychiatric

    I have worked about 20 yrs in psych and another ten in med surge and emergency nursing. I have found my psych coworkers to be generally saner than those who worked with me in med surg and the ER....

  19. Staffing Ratios in Acute Care Psych (child/adol) Units

    CharlieRN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in Psychiatric

    We staff our inpatient units the same on evenings as on days. 11 to 7 is lightly staffed because, if things are going correctly, psych patients sleep at

  20. Wearing scrubs in public...

    CharlieRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    prickly While that may be true, it is probably best not to make negative moral admissions about ourselves. Espcially since most of us have no intention of

  21. How do I wear this?

    CharlieRN replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in favor of updating the caps. Something unisex. White ball caps might work. Or better something in a hard hat or helmet, perhaps with a flip down eyeshield and pull up respirator. While we...

  22. "real" role of pysch nurses

    CharlieRN replied to Still_searching's topic in Psychiatric

    I have worked about 20 years as a psych nurse, in the hospital setting. The primery task of nursing on an in-patient psych unit is to maintain the safety of patients. While registered nurses are...

  23. My experience

    CharlieRN replied to Still Riding's topic in Psychiatric

    There are a lot of theories about what "causes" cutting. I have worked with this population for years but I have not one perfect answer. One theory is that it is an effort to be in control of at...

  24. Homeopathy

    CharlieRN replied to CharlieNylund's topic in Holistic

    I can well understand a desire to practice Homeopathy. It is a business in which you get to sell water and charge for it as medicine. Sweet deal. In most places it can still legally be practiced,...

  25. Is There Scientific Data to Support Holistic Health Treatments?

    CharlieRN replied to CharlieRN's topic in Holistic

    There has been much said about the thousand year old practices of chinese medicine. These techniques are indeed ancient. And the chinese have used them for a long time. The problem is that we in...