margotnurse21

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  1. emergency psych interventions?

    Give them choices!! This has proved VERY effective for me. "You can go to your room to calm down or you could journal about it. What would you like to do?" Again it all depends on the patient. If...
  2. Psych nursing is easy

    I love seeing what my patience and compassion can do for one person. I also love that I can serve our Veterans just like they have served our country. I truly love these patients. They do say the...
  3. In over my head?

    This individual sounds too unstable for such a facility as yours. He may need an acute inpatient psychiatric unit that is more equipped to handle such aggressive and threatening behaviors. Medications...
  4. I have been working in Inpatient Psychiatry for the VA medical center for almost two years. I had my share of bad days for the first year I started working, but NOTHING compared to what I have been...
  5. Psych nursing is easy

    I couldn't think of any other way to describe it. You hit the nail on the head
  6. Psych nursing is easy

    I've been working in Inpatient Psychiatry for the VA for almost two years. I LOVE my job. But there are days where I want to leave and never come back. As charge nurse, I am responsible for not only...
  7. "hard" restraints?

    I work for the VA and the only restraints we use on our unit are leather cuff and belts with require a key to release. It is my understanding that "soft" restraints are the cloth type used for medical...