I worked in inpatient psychiatric units. I received a course called CBI Crisis behavioral Intervention I think. It teaches how to safely intervene when a patient becomes physically combative. The...
Congratulations on your job. Its a big one no question. I started management on a skilled unit after 3 years of psych nursing. After a fiasco with an unsupportive DON, I resigned. But I learned a...
Good for you. Empathy is the first requirement for the field. Study the psychopharm. You will find, as in other areas of nursing, that you know the patient better than the doctor. It puts you in...
FeelGDRN replied to Town & Country's topic in Psychiatric
Your friend exagerated,.... just slighty. Psych nursing does have its emergencies, which require restraints for protection of safety(patient and others). This does not constitute combat. I used...
Whats up good people. I just responded to a thread about the Psych CNS role vs the Psych NP. Does any one know much about the new position of Psych Primary Care NP. I was all about the theory of...
FeelGDRN replied to Demonsthenes's topic in Men in Nursing
To tell you the truth. I have not run into discrimination on the black front in the profession. I have been given a few pokes about men being in leadership positions. I think work environments are...
FeelGDRN replied to PMHNP10's topic in Psychiatric
You dont need a link for good practice. I see things like this. First when dealing with that mental healt population you need to start with treatment interventions that dont violate their sense of...
I dont know about being a CNS in psychiatry. Im a psych RN. I started a program for Psych Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. I have not yet been able to gain some insight on this new phenonmenon in...
Just wanted to add on here. I took microbiology, anatomy and physiology, and clinical nutrition as prerequisites to nursing school. You will find that all the science courses are selected for...
Im a demographic minority in nursing too. Although I dont know that the numbers are that small. In my BSN class there were 5 or 6 of us. When I went to Univ of MD, there were an average of 3 in...
Man I appreciate the feedback on this issue. I wrote the DON back and said it was a bad situation for all involved. I told her that we had a bad relationship but that I did what I felt to be in the...
I start at the Beginning of this situation. I manage a 60 bed skilled unit. Last Wednesday I was called into the room of a patient who complained of itching and a rash. I assessed the resident and...
Hey Jeanne, Thank God, for Sobriety and Second Chances. I believe that as long as you keep sobriety number one, you can have alot of options. I know of more than a few second chances in the...
Thats a good question. I work in a SNF as a nurse manager. Every nurses' experience in a facility depends on the DON. Be careful about where you attach your license. If you go in as a DON and...