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Psych Patients?
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Posted 5 months ago How do you feel that psych patients are treated in the ER? Most of our docs called them crazy. I don't think that is fair. It is an illness just like any other pysical ailment, it is just in the brain. They seem to be treated differently. Not as much good care given. Get em in and get em out is a philosophy. How do you feel about this? A good man loves other. A better man loves God. A great man loves God and lives well among others! I miss you daddy!
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| Posted 5 months ago I agree with MamaDawn. These patients cannot help how they act, in most cases. Alot have gone off their meds, and just need some re-adjustment. They are PEOPLE with an ILLNESS. No one can control a chemical imbalance without some help. It really floors me that a doctor would say that they are " crazy " They not only have to think about the dignity of the patient, but the feelings of the family members as well. They go through hell on a daily basis with this illness............ the medical personnel in some cases just make assumptions about the individual......... I These patients are some wonderful people, who are fighting for their sanity every day, just need some patience and compassion. I am in the process of comforting a very good friend who's dealing with Bi-polar in her family- a daughter, and son , who was a great person, talented, respectful, she says a terrific kid....... 26 yrs. old.......... and he committed suicide 2 weeks ago. They were a close - knit family, no major domestic issues.... loving parents. So.......... the point is, don't be judgemental. It can happen to ANYONE. Even a doctor.......... |
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| Posted 4 months ago I was always interested in specializing in behavioral Health/ Psych Nursing, however, it was during my Psych rotation at an in-patient Hospital, lock down psychiatric unit, that I knew what I was meant to do with my life. That no matter how limited "my individual voice" was, I was going to be heard, even if I made a difference in just ONE person's life. Usually as a "student Nurse" you want to "get in" good with the staff nurses...if you know what I mean... From day one, these RNs disliked me, and believe me they let me know it! And I did not do well that semester in clinical, and it may have cost me from graduating with my RN at that school! But...I can sleep at night with a clear conscience and that is all that matters to me. Those Nurses/other para-professional staff Verbally and emotionally abused those patients. I had been a Certified Pharmacy Technician up until RN school for Three years, and I would find error after error of med-interactions, wrong dosages, transcribed incorrectly etc. I would, as a student mind you, skip my lunches, to meet with the psychiatrists in-private meetings to go over all these. They were blown away! I asked them of course to keep my name out of it but after a 8 week rotation, 2 days a week, people talk, and people see, and staff were getting written up, and I was eventually told by one of my professors to keep quiet! I will forever laugh at the BS this dispictable "Nursing School" lectured about the importance of "ethics...and standing up for patients rights...and if we don't advocate for them...then who will???" WHAT A JOKE! Yeah, I definitely have had to pay a higher price, literally in money, and years to earn my degree, but every bump, turn, and jagged edge in my painful journey, will have been well worth the cost of never losing sight of the bigger picture, which is always putting the Patient's safety first, even if that meant "not being a favored pupil." I had my pride and respect at the end of each and every day. |
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| Posted 4 months ago Wow!! Kudos to you. That was quite inspiring. |
