@@tmc14121 Hi there! I just started as a new grad as well and I work in both adult and geriatric psychiatry, and I absolutely love both sides of the coin. I think that psychiatric nursing is unique because of the complexity that is mental health and all that pertains to it. There isn't a single shift that goes by where I don't learn something new, whether its a new medication, a new way to intervene in a tough situation, a new way to help a patient cope, how to better my assessments, etc. I've only been working for a few months now because of how much I've done in such a short time i feel like I've already been here for years , there's never a dull moment😅 On my first shift I had to intervene with a patient who was having homicidal ideations, not long after we had 2 suicide attempts in a day, a patient who was paranoid of another and kept a knife from his tray under his pillow "just in case" oh boy 🥲 I used to wonder if I'd even enjoy psych nursing since I've wanted to do so since high school, but now I know that I made the right call ☺but even if you're not going into mental health, I really think we joined an amazing, field, good luck with your interview!
Awesome lecture.. immediately subscribed.. new to psych nursing after years in med-surg! Recommending to all new grads.. coming to work with me! Keep up the Great videos! ✨ ✨
What about treatment of life threatening eating disorders such as anorexia? I was hospitalized years ago for my eating disorder cause it became life threatening as I weighed 75 pounds at 5’7 inches tall . When admitted they strip searched me with two female staff members they checked body cavities and mouth and checked for marks or cuts or other type of things. They searched all my belongings and I was not allowed to keep very much of my stuff at all. It was a involuntary admission and they said because I was a risk to myself they watched me 24/7 including bathroom and showers. Also they force fed me in the sense I was given like 15 minutes to eat my meals voluntarily or if I did not eat enough they would give liquid supplements that tasted like chocolate or vanilla chalky liquid, gross. If I did not drink required liquid in like 10 minutes they would restrain me and tube feed me thur nasal gastric tube and it was traumatic and painful. The hospitalization lasted around 5 months and Thur force feeding they put 20 pounds or so on me. Too say the hospitalization did not help is a under statement. I was attacked twice by other mentally unstable and dangerous patients that I should not have been in the same unit as them. The attacks were completely unprovoked as I stayed to myself except one patient I liked and would hang around and play board games and watch tv and go outside with when they allowed me too. This hospitalization has completely removed any trust I had in the mental health care in the US . I hope u can tell me that treatment of eating disorder patients has improved along with other patients with other conditions. Thank you for any reply. This quite frankly has angered me for years
Hell poor you . People who work in psyc wards become desensitised to all the horror and suffering. In a way they are also a victim of this environment and everyone becomes a little dehumanised . But this is all there is at present . No doubt you were on the brink of death . As a desperate last option its better you are traumatised and alive than you being left to die. It's brutal but I trust they had no option . You can't change the past . Look forward and take care of your self . I'm also a mental health patient .
@@dianecleary1054 good points made . Well taken. Yes I was very close to dying because of my eating disorder so it temporarily saved my life but only temporary. It’s a very good thing I found a dr and dietitian and support group I could work with and trust to recover but it still took years too fully recover.
Neurotransmitters are released as a result of internal or external stimuli, & your brain can’t tell the difference between the two.. biological reductionism doesn’t apply to depression unfortunately it’s not that simple
Psychiatric hospital is not a place where criminals can get a normal to rape or filth getaway get that basic. No individual can be taken to hospital, if a criminal thinks that he or she should escape and tell others as insane too or the whole lot of criminals should escape by abusing raping or intimidating on might be child too.... Because criminals can appear decent might be doctors too. Do you know why religious asylums were shut, because such terrible criminals existed there atrocities were happing by criminals power driven that had power... when the education had more truths and sanity, people opted facts and science to have truths more, where criminals with religion power cannot get near normal people that are sane good ..if that type criminals alone get here with a different paint "educated" where will normal good get justice too..normal should never be got near by any painted criminals..Let it be educated or religious ..people are better than power driven criminals powerful criminal core a good human alone is needed for earth "one good too.... "no child abuse too should be left as parents rather seen where the real criminals were and criminals real destroyed.
