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1. Feeling burnt out

   Psycho-APRN replied to Joy4021's topic in Psychiatric

   Good discharge planning can go a long way. A stable shelter an IOP program that helps meet their needs. Always remember Maslow. Basic needs play a huge role. A lot of the patients we get are grown ups who grew up in the foster care system who are ve...

2. New to in patient psychology unit-tips?

   Psycho-APRN replied to nursececej's topic in Psychiatric

   Learn the policy of who next to call if a patient needs a PRN or transferred and utilize it if you are left in the lurch by the one on call. I am the back up to the call person for the medical director. There are many lives that have been saved by a...

3. I can't take one more day of psych!!!!

   Psycho-APRN replied to edisonnurse's topic in Psychiatric

   Addicts can really suck the empathy out of you. Self care is super important. What I have a hard time with is the doctors or NPs who continually feed these addictions, not the addicts themselves. I work inpatient and get frustrated when I have to co...

4. Psych NPs: Do you touch your clients?

   Psycho-APRN replied to resilientnurse's topic in Advanced

   I have two patients who hug me every appointment at my SMI clinic. They both have told me this is the only human contact they have and it feels comforting to them. In inpatient with the kiddos we do side hugs once again I take care of a lot of kids ...