I was expecting to see the stereotypical patient mumbling to them or trying to injure themselves in the dark corner of the hospital floor.
What floor is the psych ward.
Code blue on psych floor.
I have all kinds of personal theories.
It wasn t until my mom and dad left though that the experience of the psych ward began to envelop all my senses.
Here s how covid 19 slowly invaded our unit.
Wondering if anyone knows the real reason.
Some hospitals may specialize only in short term or outpatient therapy for low risk patients.
Has 6 years experience.
Thank god i was in his room.
A patient on the psych unit is.
That s the covid unit.
Though some kids were rough around the edges there was nothing immediately threatening about the majority of them.
I ve noticed the psychiatric unit is almost always on the 4th floor of hospitals always as far as i can find but i ve seen single story hospitals.
I was still a minor so i had the benefit of boarding with the youth in the juvenile behavioral unit in the local hospital.
I asked a technician on that floor and they said i can t say but it sounded like he was restricted from saying rather.
The first time i was admitted to the psych ward i was 16.
Specialties psychiatric posted oct 18 2015.
People tend to think that what they see in one flew over the cuckoo s nest padded walls straight jackets handed out like electric shock treatments is what it s like being in a psych ward.
Well i had my first code today after 3 years of nursing.
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Elderly patient started choking about half an hour after evening snack.
I was wondering if there was a reason why.
Here are a few things to expect in the psych ward based on my experience at 16 and again at 24 that i would have appreciated knowing in advance.
I m a nurse in a psychiatric ward.
However i found that the hospitalized psych patients were shockingly normal.
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