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1. Pediatric Psychiatry

   alb402 replied to kaeldean's topic in Psychiatric

   I'd also recommend looking into Collaborative Problem Solving, which is a newer model developed by Ross Greene. It teaches you to see children as lacking the skills to do well and teaching them these...

2. Will I be stuck as a Psych Nurse forever?

   alb402 replied to Peppermint_RN's topic in Psychiatric

   I was in the same mindset as you when I graduated nursing school a little over a year ago. I applied for a PRN position at an urgent care center and got it. While it's not med-surg and I'm not sure it...

3. Pressing charges

   alb402 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   A co-worker of mine who was hurt (kicking multiple times in the stomach and had to go to the ED) by an aggressive 17 years old patient on our C&A unit was discouraged from pressing charges and...

4. Staffing on C&A inpatient psych unit

   alb402 replied to alb402's topic in Psychiatric

   NurseKris is your unit a child and adolescent unit? I can only use data from these units due to the specialty and them usually requiring more

5. Staffing on C&A inpatient psych unit

   alb402 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Those of you that work on C&A inpatient acute psych units, what is your current staffing matrix (specific numbers per census)/HPPD and/or staffing guidelines? I've presented some literature to our...

6. PRN orders

   alb402 replied to alb402's topic in Patient Medications

   Thanks for the feedback! I'll be less nit-picky next time :) Ativan was a bad example as narcs are way different than Tylenol. I've just heard horror stories of nurses getting fired for giving a med...

7. PRN orders

   alb402 posted a topic in Patient Medications

   If an order is written for Tylenol 650 mg po PRN headache/fever can the Tylenol be given for pain/menstrual cramps (outside of the order parameters) with "nursing judgment"? I'm a newer nurse (a year)...

8. Confused Psych Student--any advice is appreciated!

   alb402 replied to confusedstudent20's topic in Psychiatric

   Every facility is different, but mine requires a bachelors in a human service related field (psychology, social work, etc). A nearby facility only requires current coursework in one of these...

9. New Grad offered Pediatric Psych Position

   alb402 replied to StellaLunaRN's topic in Psychiatric

   I agree with Orca and elkpark. I'm a charge nurse on a 16 bed child/adolescent unit. We always have 2 RNs on - one to pass meds and the other is charge. With only 16 kids - some shifts are beyond...

10. Time Limit on Time out for patients

    alb402 replied to conroenurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Joint Commission recognizes ANY time you tell a patient they can't leave a room or physically prevent them to do so as a seclusion. I work C&A and we got dinged when they asked a kid if he was...

11. Another nurse falsifying my initials

    alb402 replied to alb402's topic in Patient Medications

    I thought about talking to him but he could easily deny it to me and it would go no where. If it were a different nurse I might think it was done innocently, but this nurse is notorious for cutting...

12. Another nurse falsifying my initials

    alb402 replied to alb402's topic in Patient Medications

    That's exactly what I did. I didn't want to point fingers without knowing for sure and figured it would be best for her to investigate who it was that signed it. There are only 4 staff that worked...

13. Another nurse falsifying my initials

    alb402 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I'm a charge nurse on a psychiatric unit where patients on suicide watch need to have a body/room search done each shift. One of the staff forgot to document that she completed this the other night....

14. Just a vent... medical vs psych

    alb402 replied to Mandychelle79's topic in Psychiatric

    Amen. I really wish people (upper management/the admissions department/ERs) knew what goes on on a daily basis on a psych unit. There are not numerous nurses waiting to take admissions. There are 1-2...

15. Adding psych on as a second job? Your thoughts...

    alb402 replied to Billy_Ruben's topic in Psychiatric

    IMO and experience, you have to be fairly laid back and not upset easily by things. Especially working in C&A, you'll be called every name in the book and children have a way finding flaws and...