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  1. safety on free-standing IP psych unit

    malepsychRN posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I've been working for 3.5 years on an adult inpatient crisis stabilization unit and as of last summer the other units in our building moved to another location, so we are a free-standing 16 bed unit....

  2. new to MH

    malepsychRN replied to kward6's topic in Psychiatric

    Don't stress too much before starting; you will learn the most important things on the job. When you start on the unit take mental note of how experienced RN's and techs on the unit handle difficult...

  3. safety on free-standing IP psych unit

    malepsychRN replied to malepsychRN's topic in Psychiatric

    metrical pound, I understand and accept that it is dangerous in psych--what has changed for us a few months ago is that on weekends and evenings the rest of the building is entirely empty--there is no...

  4. safety on free-standing IP psych unit

    malepsychRN replied to malepsychRN's topic in Psychiatric

    macfar28, Thanks for your input. Also, I could add we have an "open concept" nursing station--unless we abandon it completely and lock ourselves in the med room we are quite exposed. We have had to...