Hi everybody, Last week I had to "guard" a Borderline patient overnight, and it didn't go well, so I was hoping for some advice from you wise and experienced psychiatric nurses. My apologies if this...
Dear wise psychiatric nurses - yet another case where I would be very grateful for advice... Today and yesterday I had to be a sitter again, and this time for a young male who OD'ed a few weeks ago....
lishka15 replied to lishka15's topic in Psychiatric
Maybe... I will make sure to suggest that the next time :) But if a psych nurse had seen him when he was in a good mood, she might have concluded that he was just fine... I sat there for 8 hrs...
Interesting thread - I just have to comment :) I am a med student and have dated some med students and doctors. One of the doctors turned out to be too full of himself, the other doctor was a...
lishka15 replied to lishka15's topic in Psychiatric
Thanks again Jules, you are the best :) I voiced my opinion in report at the beginning of my shift today, although the reporting nurse said he had been "okay". Luckily the others believed me :) When...
Hi everybody, Last week I had to "guard" a Borderline patient overnight, and it didn't go well, so I was hoping for some advice from you wise and experienced psychiatric nurses. My apologies if this...
lishka15 replied to lishka15's topic in Psychiatric
Oh, and one last thing!! Is this "having a patient storm out and not return" something that has happened to other sitters as well, or is it so unusual that I can expect to be the talk of the...
lishka15 replied to lishka15's topic in Psychiatric
Thank you very very very much, Jules!!! I really appreciate that you took the time to share your insights. (And what a relief that I actually did try some of the strategies you proposed - distracting...
lishka15 replied to lishka15's topic in Psychiatric
Hmmm.... If I were to go with the flow, I would have said something like this: (Am I "allowed" to say something like this, in a firm way - if a borderline starts arguing, or would it be...
lishka15 replied to lishka15's topic in Psychiatric
Thank you so much! If you don't mind, I have a few questions to what you wrote. ...speaking of "appropriate" - what would not be appropriate? What am I supposed to accept, and when am I allowed to...
lishka15 replied to Angeljho's topic in Psychiatric
I live in a country where the use of restraint is avoided at almost all costs. I'm only a medical student, have never been with a restrained patient and have no experience from the psychiatric ward...