Marie50

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1. holds vs. restraints

   Marie50 replied to Marie50's topic in Psychiatric

   yes - medicare/CMS says, even holding to give an injection is a

2. Cutters

   Marie50 replied to wannabepsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

   self inflicted harm is unfortunately seen frequently in longer term settings - DBT is one modality..there are many reasons people self abuse; don't work just to help cutters - this is very challenging...

3. Physican restraints still being used???

   Marie50 replied to Lawnurse's topic in Psychiatric

   each state has mandated statutes that govern restraint use and process...it is more and more rare these days but still at times a very last

4. Activities for Pts in acute psych ward?

   Marie50 replied to Gerbil's topic in Psychiatric

   some pts can probably journal -this is a great activity - helps with concentration - and given a topic, could be a positive; also, try goal setting, current events, and other topic groups such as...

5. holds vs. restraints

   Marie50 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   need some help rewriting policy to conform with CMS standard that 'even holding for meds is considered a restraint' - got any ideas? how can we give emergency med without hold? is that a restraint? we...

6. Quality Improvement

   Marie50 replied to L-Sis's topic in Psychiatric

   We monitor incident reports and trend other data to assure any changes that need to be made for safety issues; survey staff - try to find the easy fixes first so folks know we are listening; complete...