Psych nursing blog
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Once upon a time, it was quite common for larger male staff to get a phone call early in the shift. As I remember, it was commoner on afternoons. Responsible, experienced shift leaders were already thinking about what kind of shift they’d be handing on to the night staff. It would go along these lines.…
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Once, I came on for a night shift. At handover we learned how a patient with a long hx of suicide attempts had nearly succeeded earlier that day. She was both short and stick thin.
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Let’s start with depression. One of the worst cases of depression I saw was a poor man who, unknowingly, had been suffering a MDE for perhaps a year. His relationship had broken down, over time he’d retreated to a bedroom. The ex wanted him to move out so they could get on with their life.…
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The first and foremost duty of mhs is to treat the ill patient so he gets better. (*a) What does ‘better’ mean, though? Good question. Because doctors, nurses and psychotherapists should be able to justify the treatment they’re offering (or forcing on) the patient. They should know what it is intended to achieve, what the…
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Aha, gotcha. If you were a bone idle reporter, looking for a cheap headline for your even more bone idle editor such as ‘Shock horror CPN says all mental patients are ….’ But for my other readers, honest, inquiring people that you are, I’ve got to tell you that the length, breadth, height and width…
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3. A patient from an extended family of mental patients, you might call them a clan, (if you made sure you remained anonymous) comprising far too many siblings, cousins and assorted relatives, who’d been rejected, neglected, abused and farked up by their useless, feckless parents and aunties and uncles – who themselves had been rejected, neglected,…
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