Topics About 'Psychiatric Nursing'.

Dia what? This may be the question asked when you bring up the topic of diabulimia. The term diabulimia is a combination of the words diabetes1 and bulimia2. Separately, these are two significant health conditions, combine them, and a serious, p...

With lots of buzz in the media, new research breakthroughs, and hundreds of new healthcare startups flush with Silicon Valley money, it seems like you can't avoid hearing all about psychedelics. Many nurses are wondering what the hype is all about an...

As I sat and talked with this teenager who had many problems including anxiety, depression, and trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling) ... she seemed like a lost soul. She gave the dutiful answers, agreed to talk to me and talked somewhat openly ...

1. Focus on the here and now, not yesterday or the past.The present is all that matters and where it leads to in the immediate future. The present is what placed the person on the unit in the first place. The future allows a way out. 2. Focus on caus...

Many psychiatric facilities and settings allow or require that nurses and support staff wear street clothing instead of scrubs. Those entering into psychiatric nursing often ask, "If I can't wear scrubs, then how should I dress?" Likewise, a common q...

It is inevitable, at some point, that as a nurse, you are going to be assigned a patient that is or has become agitated. Most of us nurses are great communicators, but an angry patient who may also be experiencing psychosis can be difficult to manage...

It’s November 8th and the holiday season is officially here. According to Travel and Leisure magazine, with COVID-19 lockdowns, travel bans, and restrictions now in the rearview mirror, 69% of Americans will be traveling to visit family this year for...

In a place surrounded by numerous rules on patient confidentiality, I can't help but share the story of one patient which might get some people to their senses. Let me tell you about the story of Elizabeth (not her real name). To put a little twist, ...

"She just cut her neck with a broken light bulb!" said the aide. I told the nurse to call a code blue but the pager system was down. So another aide ran down the hallway yelling for help from another unit. A few aides came running over. The other pat...

I grew up in a small village in South Asia where many people don't have access to basic healthcare. On top of that mental health is such an issue that nobody seeks help for. If someone is mentally ill, the family members and the society will go to th...

As I grew up, my brothers and I spent a lot of time with uncle Bob. He was fun to be around. He would strum a song for us on his guitar, making the words up as he went along. He also was a gifted artist and he would draw funny pictures to keep us ent...

Overview Psychiatric nursing, also known as Mental-Health nursing, is the provision of nursing care to patients with mental illnesses. Mental illness is a wide range of medical conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior. These conditions...

Read the the rest of the story. https://nypost.com/2019/10/11/nj-nurse-claims-co-workers-fed-patients-benadryl-to-lighten-workload/

Working in a Geriatric Psychiatric Hospital, a lot of our patients are awake at night which requires the staff to do a lot of interactions with them to help promote sleep. This particular night, my lady was awake at the beginning of my shift, loudly ...

Thoughts kept swirling in my mind: why did I pick psych next?... why did the med tech staff have to be on skeleton duty that day?...and WHY was there a lot of stool specimens coming on my shift? I would've wanted to put an advisory requesting that al...

I remember, in my Grad school training as a counselor long ago, a saying my professor drilled in our heads. The saying was... "Stop, Think." Simple, but to the point...and yet, very powerful. The reason why it is of such value is that most people do ...