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  1. Bi Polar disorder??

    CharlieRN replied to cramble's topic in Psychiatric

    Just to add my two cents. Don't be afraid. Bipolar is almost always treatable with medication. That doesn't mean the Bipolar on medication is totally safe. But most of the time they can lead a...

  2. psychiatric nurse practitioners

    CharlieRN replied to krisssy's topic in Psychiatric

    Sorry can't help with your primary questions. I'm not an APRN. But I work with a couple. My hospital, one of the oldest private psych hospitals in the USA employs two of them. They are sharp...

  3. I need advice about cocaine addiction

    CharlieRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Listen to the Bluenote, she's right in tune! You have discribed a dangerous pathologic personality disorder. I would have said "sociopath" where Bluenote said "narcissist" but there is not a...

  4. Major Props to those who work in this field!

    CharlieRN replied to shel_wny's topic in Psychiatric

    You say the sweetest things.

  5. Preparation for Psych Clinical

    CharlieRN replied to Califlower's topic in Psychiatric

    On the other hand, don't worry too much. A psychiatrist I was working with once told me, "Charlie, in Psych, if you say the right thing half the time, you are doing really

  6. going into art therapy... need some help...

    CharlieRN replied to NurseCard's topic in Psychiatric

    We still have an art therapy department but yes it is clearly an adjuctive therapy and has been much reduced in scope. Insurers like to pay for pills, not talk. There is a real use for art therapy...

  7. percoset withdrawal

    CharlieRN replied to krisssy's topic in Psychiatric

    We treat percocet withdrawal as opioid withdrawal with methadone or suboxone. I would think it was the prescribing MD's responsiblity to write a

  8. is there really a place for holistic medicine in the "real"nursing world

    CharlieRN replied to chicagrl72's topic in Holistic

    How quickly we get to the personal insults. I gather you are a TT practioner, Bear. Are you willing to put your talents to the

  9. Preparation for Psych Clinical

    CharlieRN replied to Califlower's topic in Psychiatric

    Take a hard look at your own vulnerablities. Psych clinical is a schock to the system. Examine your assumptions. Do you think crazy people are disgusting? Funny? Stupid? Subhuman? What scares you...

  10. Family objections to your career

    CharlieRN replied to njxcrush18's topic in Men in Nursing

    Sorry to hear about the grief you guys went through. I guess my family was glad to see me do something with earning potential. I was the hard one to convince! I graduated from college with a BA...

  11. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    CharlieRN replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    NICU! Those 2 lb kids look like skined squirrles. When I did my NICU rotation I could not bring myself to even touch them. Terrified I would damage them. I would also avoid long term care, and...

  12. Catheter problems

    CharlieRN replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    It's been on the order of 20 years since I did cathcare. Do they still irrigate catheters on a regular basis? Irrigation with either sterile h2o or saline was daily care standard years ago. The...

  13. Injuries related to contraband in psych

    CharlieRN replied to psychnurse1016's topic in Psychiatric

    I heard that we had a sweet elderly lady smuggle in a vial of meds inside a skeen of yarn in her kniting

  14. ECT Treatment: For or against it?

    CharlieRN replied to Keely-FutureRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I have to tell you my story. At my first psych nurse job I was assigned to work out the ECT protocols for our new unit. Probably because I fresh out of the ER and more familiar with "medical "...

  15. herbals and migraines

    CharlieRN replied to Indy's topic in Holistic

    I once worked on a unit where we treated recalcitrent (sp?) migraines with a "coden's cocktail", compazine, valium, and sodium amytol delivered IV push. The pt had better be in bed when it is...

  16. is there really a place for holistic medicine in the "real"nursing world

    CharlieRN replied to chicagrl72's topic in Holistic

    "Holistic" is a really broad term. It covers everything from nutrition to witchcraft. I don't like it as a term because it is letting a lot of "woo-woo" get into the practice of medicine. It makes...

  17. Why did you choose psych nursing?

    CharlieRN replied to Keely-FutureRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Why? 'Cause I found out I was good at it. I don't have to wear a uniform and my coworkers are generally sane. We are screened by our peers for general mental health. At least until you get up into...

  18. Colon Hydrotherapy

    CharlieRN replied to Nuna's topic in Holistic

    May I direct the attention of my collegues to the ads that have appeared at the bottom of this

  19. How many of you practice homeopathy?

    CharlieRN replied to healinghand's topic in Holistic

    Allergy shots? That's outside my field. I'm missing the

  20. Ptsd

    CharlieRN replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Wellbutrin, which I think of as primarily an antidepressent, is sometimes used. Other antidepressents could be used interchangably with it since what they would treat is the situational depression...

  21. Colon Hydrotherapy

    CharlieRN replied to Nuna's topic in Holistic

    The only experience I have with this recently was an ad I saw for a female RN offering such therapy. It appeared clear from the ad that she was offering enemas with a "kinky sex" garnish. Yes it...

  22. Some Holistic Nursing Insight...

    CharlieRN replied to fry.girl's topic in Holistic

    No suggestions, but he has my sympathy. I have gout. It is no fun to have a "funny" disease. "Walking on razor blades" is my discription of a gout attack. My personal guess would be try him on...

  23. How many of you practice homeopathy?

    CharlieRN replied to healinghand's topic in Holistic

    As the Hitchhiker's Guide says of Earth, "mostly harmless". They could be harmful if advocated instead of more effective treatment, but I'm willing to accept that a licensed health pro would use...

  24. Conversion Syndrome

    CharlieRN replied to Plucker's topic in Psychiatric

    This is not seen so often in our more medically sophistcated society but was quite common during WW I. Soldiers would find that they could not walk because of a paralysis of their legs. These were...

  25. Ptsd

    CharlieRN replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Drugs are not the treatment of choice for PTSD since they generally do not address the primery illness but only relieve secondary symptoms. However the secondary symptoms are frequently so severe...