superpsychnurse

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1. Drug level standing orders

   superpsychnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Starting January 1, 2017 there is a standing order for new admissions to our inpatient psych unit. To paraphrase, the order basically states if a pt. is admitted and is on Depakote, Tegretol or Lithium, the nurse is to enter a lab draw to test the dr...

2. Time frame for documentation of safety checks

   superpsychnurse replied to superpsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

   Thanks so much for the input. At this time they are expecting one tech per unit to do checks and all the pt. care including groups.

3. Time frame for documentation of safety checks

   superpsychnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I work at an inpatient acute psych unit in Nebraska. We are currently receiving the "assistance" of a consultant company. One change that has been implemented is that 30 minute checks are a thing of the past, and everyone is now on 15 minute checks u...

4. ?'s for experienced inpatient acute psych unit staff re: police and pt. observation

   superpsychnurse replied to superpsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

   This is great input. Basically our small unit serves about 1/3 of our state as we have some large rural areas. We serve as a crisis and stabilization unit as well as dabbling in "treatment". But when I started we were predominantly triage and stabili...

5. ?'s for experienced inpatient acute psych unit staff re: police and pt. observation

   superpsychnurse replied to superpsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

   Yes, our main hospital is about 2.5 blocks away from the building where we are. Originally our building housed more services but they gradually all migrated to the other newer building. They say they plan to move us there too, but i think it's very f...

6. ?'s for experienced inpatient acute psych unit staff re: police and pt. observation

   superpsychnurse replied to superpsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

   Thank you. It's great to find input from other sources as I've only worked on the one psych unit for 8 years.

7. ?'s for experienced inpatient acute psych unit staff re: police and pt. observation

   superpsychnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

   This is actually 2 questions: What are your policies and procedures regarding calling the police to assist with an acting out patient? It used to be part of our policy as a last resort as our psychiatric unit is actually in a separate building from o...