Recovery To Practice

[WendyMSN]

Tell me what your facility is doing to become more recovery oriented? Here is what we are implementing:

• Staff is to keep their keys in their pockets and off of their badges.
  
• Patients are to be invited individually to group/meals/etc instead of staff announcing in a loud voice.
  
• Decrease the amount of chit chat between staff - hoping this gets staff engaged with the patients.
  
• We are changing the language that is used. For example, instead of techs we are referring to them as counselors. It has a less institutional sound to it.
  
• I am facilitating a Trauma Informed Recovery Oriented class to enhance the staff's knowledge of recovery and how we treat mental illness.
  

I am curious to hear what others are doing?

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

We've worked with a recovery model for years...one key thing is that we always encourage patients to become active participants in their care and subsequent recovery.

[elkpark]

The psych facility with which I'm affiliated has had a strong recovery and trauma-informed model in place for many years (I think my facility was one of the original leaders in this movement, but I can't swear to that). The tech title used is "milieu therapist."