Is a patient really suicidal? I have worked in a mental health hospital for 21 years. My experience with suicides is that the patient who is the quietest and does not make threats are the ones to...
Psych RN for 19 years, Definitely a Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I have done extensive research on this subject - my ex-son-in-law is a Narcissistic. It is definitely a psychiatric diagnosis...
Speaking of one to one's. Do you have that many? Our hospital is having a real problem with staffing for the one to one's. In a force search, we have just developed a "mediation team". These are...
I work in a state psychiatric hospital in North Carolina. I have worked at this hospital for almost 19 years. I find the pay to be comparable to other hospitals - better than the forensic (prison...
I work in a state psychiatric facility. All of our patients are searched and scanned as they enter the facility. They are searched again when they arrive on the ward. If we suspect contraband after...