MagnumRN

I don't believe the DSM offers recommendations on treatment of disorders. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) offers a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders.

Best of luck to you, HemOncAspire, I wish I had had your energy and motivation when I was your age!

This seems odd. Were there any other 16 year olds in your CNA class? Are they able to get jobs? Most jobs require a high school diploma, have you graduated? I'm guessing that most employers would rather hire adults. I may be sheltered but I've never heard of a hospital or ambulance company hiring a child to work in direct patient care positions. More info may result in better suggestions for you.

I mean, when someone starts a sentence with "I mean". Also, affect and effect are not interchangeable.

The one time I wished things were EXACTLY like on TV/movies was 2 years ago when my family and I decided it was time to turn off my elderly father's ventilator...darned if he didn't live for 2 and a half days!!! I was hoping for a pause, then a gentle beeeeeeeeep.....

this...little known fact.

Drop that mike, EKUGRAD! Wow, I've been doing this for 30 years (although always acute inpt, never state hosp) and that's one of the most impressive efforts I've heard.

Once on my inpatient unit an individual straightened out the spring in a bic pen and worked the whole thing under the skin of his arm.

A person in restraints is quite vulnerable. If the person in restraints is being remotely monitored (video monitor and intercom at nurses station) I would hope that the door to the room is locked for the patient's protection.

Interesting. I wonder if this is regional. I work in a small OP MH clinic where we have Drs, CRNPs and PA-Cs who all have caseloads in the clinic and a few of the PA-Cs round at a local inpt psych unit on the weekends.