302queen

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1. Forced IM meds...always ethical??

   302queen replied to Abbyrose's topic in Psychiatric

   Where i work it really depends on the unit. On the inpatient floors most cases we would go ahead and give the Po unless we have a reason to suspect it is a ploy on the patients part. In the crisis...

2. 72 hour notice/AMA

   302queen replied to sassyann85's topic in Psychiatric

   Until about 3 years ago we had a 65 to 70 percent release rate of voluntary's who give the 72 hr notice and they did have to sign a 2nd ama form. Then we had a patient released on an ama within 24 hrs...

3. Intake Nurse

   302queen replied to fiba's topic in Psychiatric

   It can be violent at times. Intake can be a bit more violent due to not knowing the patients as much as say a floor nurse knows their patients so it is harder for us to avoid triggers etc. That being...

4. Intake Nurse

   302queen replied to fiba's topic in Psychiatric

   I work intake now i work in a dedicated psych facility which makes it easier in some ways. Less concerns about having patients pushed on you prior to being medically safe due to shortness of beds or...

5. "hard" restraints?

   302queen replied to sassyann85's topic in Psychiatric

   we use the posey ones in the op as 4 point restraints those are they only type of 4 point restraints we have we use to use those as soft restraints and leathers as hard restraints however we stopped...

6. Reception bell at a psych nurses station

   302queen replied to RNcashy89's topic in Psychiatric

   i can picture a little sign next to it please ring bell once for im haldol ring twice for seclusion lol haha. relax people i am

7. Which diagnosis?

   302queen replied to nursegreene's topic in Psychiatric

   psychosis patients and the invol holds tend to be the most problems for

8. Hubby thought thermometer was a pregnancy test...

   302queen replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

   tell him its a male one bend over

9. Seeing adults when "slow"?

   302queen replied to Pednurse3's topic in Emergency

   where i work pt we have 3 er's adult physch and peds we never ever put adults in the peds er however we use adult er beds for non violent physch patients when we really need to and have on occasion...

10. weird patient demands

    302queen replied to 302queen's topic in Psychiatric

    the first has a history of admits and gets sexually aroused by enemas we offered oral laxatives and we got a refusal and our charge nurse on the inpatient unit has a habit of accepting crisis admins...

11. weird patient demands

    302queen replied to 302queen's topic in Psychiatric

    lol

12. weird patient demands

    302queen posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi there in the past week i have had 3 incidents of weird patient demands. first was on a overnight shift in the crisis intake unit i had a female patient ask me for a enema i had asked why and her...

13. How do you keep your clinical skills sharp?

    302queen replied to mon00707's topic in Psychiatric

    i work the occasional medsurg or er shift at the hospital i work at usually 3 or 4 shifts a

14. question about "cutters"

    302queen replied to sarasmith805's topic in Psychiatric

    Well

15. The Daily Habits Of A Psych Nurse

    302queen replied to JesusKeepMe's topic in Psychiatric

    being from philly area mind if i ask where you