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involuntarily committed for a psych issue? if that's the case that will have no effect whatsoever on obtaining a nursing license. that is your past medical history and the BON would have no way of knowing. I currently work at an acute locked inpatie...

"Tending the fires within so others can feel the warmth." "If you worked for me I would fire you right this second."

I've been a nurse for about 2.5yrs now... and have been working at an acute locked inpatient psych unit for the majority of them. This past Friday at 0630 I had my first code and the patient didn't survive. I feel confident that I did all I could for...

I think you're right... thank you so much for the kind words and advice

I agree... My thoughts were some type of Axis II pt and possibly Bipolar I D/O, currently manic. OP, try to meet the patient where they are. Instigating them by insulting their behavior during an acute psychiatric episode is never a good idea. And yo...

One more thing I forgot to mention that also is bothering me... When I dragged him from his bed to the floor his shorts were inadvertently pulled down to his knees. The pt wasn't exposed as he was wearing boxers but as EMS had taken over and we're tr...

Unfortunately I work at a very small organization and we don't have an employee assistance program. I have been talking a lot with the staff who were with me at the time and other coworkers and it has been helpful. In case anyone is interested I will...

the hospital I work at is trying to cut staffing now for the noc shift in the locked/hospital unit... we can have a census of up to 18 but on average it's 13/14. I am the only RN in that building and always had 3 mental health techs (love my night te...

At my hospital the protocols taper down day by day... if a patient is able to take every prn dose of whichever protocol they're on then the chances are we will need to then detox them from the Librium/Serax even longer... Also if you gave them every ...

Do you ever converse with the CNA's about anything other than when you are delegating tasks? Try getting to know them on a more personal level... Another suggestion that could be helpful in improving your rapport with your coworkers is to be sure to ...

oh boy I wonder if we were wrong! anyone else have the answer??

In my rehab clinical I had to document an ulcer forming in a patient's buttcrack... I asked the nurse I was assigned to, "How do I document this? Do I write buttcrack?" We laughed so hard! She wasn't sure... The general consensus ended up being "sacr...

Not the same for everyone, but getting a therapist and seeing her regularly helped me immensely... Just a thought. Good luck to you!

I might chart 0 even if a patient is NPO because it shows that you checked, and also I don't like to leave anything empty while charting. I doubt my coworkers would do any such thing, but just as a "CYA" practice I don't want to leave room for anyone...

I am not in the same state as you but I can tell you what my experience was. I have a few misdemeanors on my record and was able to be licensed in MA and NH after going through similar steps (court documents, explanations, hearing in front of the boa...

Your story is very similar to mine. Long story short, yes it is possible. In fact, I believe your background will make you a much more empathetic and understanding nurse in an addictions or psych setting. You need to be sure to take care of yourself,...

How wonderful!! Thank you for coming back to share with all of us... Congratulations to you! What an accomplishment. I wish you the best in the rest of your long and happy career. Think of all the patients you will be able to help!

Hi all! I am a new nurse so I wanted to present this to you guys to see if this would be appropriate or not. I might just be looking way too deep into this, (which I do with a lot of things haha), so bear with me! I work in a locked acute adult psych...

That's what I was afraid of. I ended up just bringing candy to share with everyone since it was so last minute and I didn't want to do anything wrong. I was planning on just saying that Santa came or something cute like that, not that it was directly...

and that must have taken her so much time!! what a thoughtful thing to do.

that's a wonderful idea but the thing with that is that it's an acute psych unit so when I go into work tomorrow afternoon I will be meeting all of the patients for the first time... I was thinking of a candy cane and some different kinds of chocolat...

thank you both for replying!

My response was more to her accusation of having a drug problem, not the capitals equaling shouting.

How unfortunate that there is a nurse on here who has no empathy for the disease of addiction. Luckily your opinion does not matter. I hope your patients can't feel your ignorant judgments. Please educate yourself.

How on earth did you come up with that from the original post?? Anyway, I think you have a problem with judgment and coming to conclusions before having all of the appropriate and necessary information that you need to come to terms with.