Morgan314

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1. Invega Sustenna IM injection S/E

   Morgan314 replied to yellowfluffball's topic in Psychiatric

   YES !!! One of my clients has reported knots/lumps in her arms since starting IS over a year ago.The client has taken my hand and guided my fingers over these areas and there are at least 2 or 3...

2. IM sites for anti-psychotics

   Morgan314 replied to felixfelix's topic in Psychiatric

   I've never given more than 3ml in any injection. I had a patient on Haldol Dec 350mg IM and I gave it in 2 doses of 1.5cc

3. Mystery Doctor

   Morgan314 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

   A patient called our office asking to refill a medication that I had never heard of. I questionied the patient about her med request and asked her to get the empty bottle so she could call her...

4. RN-Attention Deficit Disorder-Nonhyperactive

   Morgan314 replied to elliejayRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Those of us stuggling with ADHD also have the gift of creativity which we have had to develop to compensate for our difficulty staying focussed and staying on task, so tell us the things you have...

5. Fingerprinting in Raleigh

   Morgan314 replied to dazedandconfused's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   Hope you have better success at getting prints than I did. My prints don't show up, and the police officer grumbled the whole time about how nurses are the hardest people to get good prints from...

6. Community Support

   Morgan314 replied to btwabookandapillow's topic in Psychiatric

   Will you be providing the community support service, or are you just to identify pts in need of referral to a community support provider? In the area where I live, a facility has to have approval...

7. Has anyone had the experience of knowing a patient on their unit?

   Morgan314 replied to njmonsterboi80's topic in Psychiatric

   Ours is a small town, so when I worked in the hospital psych unit, I had many pts that I had been in school with, or knew from the community. Now that I'm working in an OP clinic, I know many pts...

8. What Kind of Specialty and What Do You Do?

   Morgan314 replied to Susgu's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Outpatient mental health. I have education groups to teach patients about the medications and management of symptoms of Schizophrenia, check vital signs before psych evals, individual med teaching,...

9. Lost a patient to suicide?

   Morgan314 replied to purplekath's topic in Psychiatric

   It's sad to lose a patient to suicide, but even sadder to lose a co-worker. We experienced that last week. He didn't work for the same agency, but for an agency that contracted with ours and we...

10. Question for Clinic Nurses

    Morgan314 replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I work in a behavioral health clinic and stay late almost every day............paperwork!! Every little call requires documentation. Treatment plans, Medicaid authorizations,

11. Rn

    Morgan314 replied to Billikin's topic in Psychiatric

    well, since it has been about 10 years ago, it's hard to remember. I borrowed the review book and some other notes from a friend who had taken the test the year before. I thought since I had 7...

12. Rn

    Morgan314 replied to Billikin's topic in Psychiatric

    I took the certification exam through ANCC years

13. Funny fake names for meds

    Morgan314 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work really hard to provide med education with my psych patients, and some try really hard to sound like they've learned something, many times much to my embarrassment. These are some things I've...

14. Delerium Tremens

    Morgan314 replied to nutribeat's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked inpt psych many yrs ago, and our doctor would order valium and also an assortment of vitamins which are important for a person detoxing, but I can't remember why it is crucial for these...

15. Delerium Tremens

    Morgan314 replied to nutribeat's topic in Psychiatric

    I had a part-time job as CNA while in nursing school, and one night I had a pt who was worried about a spider in his room. He described its appearance and said it was spinning a web from the top of...