mariav BSN, RN

mariav has 11 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Psychiatric/Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders.

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1. Immediately medicate patients around the clock or redirect?

   mariav replied to The0Walrus's topic in Psychiatric

   Trust your own nursing judgement. I'm assuming this situation is in regards to PRN medication as opposed to scheduled. Only you can decide if a patient's presentation warrants the use of a PRN medication. Some of the PRNs we give to psych patients c...

2. Assualted by psych patient

   mariav replied to Udmert's topic in Emergency

   I've been working in in-pt psych for 12 years. I've definitely had my share of assaults. I file a police report every time and leave it up to the DA to determine the appropriate course of action. I don't factor in whether my patient knows right fr...

3. My patient committed suicide last night

   mariav replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a psychiatric RN and I work in InPt psych. On February 27th of this year one of my patients committed suicide on our unit during shift change. It was my night off but the daytime charge nurse called me earlier in the day asking if I would come ...