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The official nightshift thread....
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reginastiffler wrote: »Hello all. I work 11-7 at a DV shelter. Looking forward to going home
what does DV stand for? and welcome BTW
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I'm curious what a DV is as well...
and I think suffer got lost on his walk...maybe one of his dog patients can find him and show him the way home?
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DV = domestic violence0
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Thank you for the clarification....and wow...you help provide a much needed service to those that have suffered abuse. :awesome:0
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I was 15 minutes from finishing and a dog came in with a piece of grass down in the ear canal. The last time I got on the treadmill at 3 AM, it was a guinea pig that came in. I'm jinxed.
Congratulations Darkrose!
Welcome to all the newcomers. I leave for a quick 5K and the boards go wild! People joining, people getting married. It's crazy! 0 -
Yeah... its not exactly my first choice though. I used to be a paramedic, and if I could go back to that I would. Also used to work for a suicide crisis line, also night shift. Still looking for another crisis line to work for til I finish school 0
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I could never work for a suicide crisis hotline. That would be depressing. I'd be talking for about 30 minutes and then start to agree with them. "Yep, your life really sucks. I don't think I would want to live your life either. Sorry, I can't give you any words of encouragement."0
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reginastiffler wrote: »Yeah... its not exactly my first choice though. I used to be a paramedic, and if I could go back to that I would. Also used to work for a suicide crisis line, also night shift. Still looking for another crisis line to work for til I finish school
Wow, you only like the boring mundane jobs(Sarcasm) , Good for you. Takes a special person to deal with all of those things.0 -
sufferlandrian wrote: »I could never work for a suicide crisis hotline. That would be depressing. I'd be talking for about 30 minutes and then start to agree with them. "Yep, your life really sucks. I don't think I would want to live your life either. Sorry, I can't give you any words of encouragement."
"Suicide Hotline, Can you hold", I would be fired the first night.
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lol Fortunately, most of what I did was assess their risk/lethality and convince them to meet with the mobile crisis team. If it was really bad and they didn't wanna meat with the crisis team, we called the cops and let them deal with it We weren't a talk line, so I didn't have to listen to them tell their whole life story. (Yet, I'm getting my degree in professional counseling, so I'm gonna end up doing that anyway) 0
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I'm starting to think my seizure dog isn't going to make it. We've pushed almost 1 liter of fluids in the last 8 hours and she still has not urinated. Guess we will know at 6 AM when we recheck the blood work.0
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I'd just a soon put them in 4 points, give them some ativan and then call the mental health line for an eval....0
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sufferlandrian wrote: »I'm starting to think my seizure dog isn't going to make it. We've pushed almost 1 liter of fluids in the last 8 hours and she still has not urinated. Guess we will know at 6 AM when we recheck the blood work.
So sad.... 125cc/hour? must be a big dog.
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I thought 4 point restraints were a no-no now lol Thought it had to be 3, AND someone had to watch them all the time.0
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Absolutely someone has to watch them....3, or 4 (if you're old, like me, and still remember them) points...especially leathers are dangerous for everyone involved. #1 - the patient #2 The staff, because you're having to put them on for some reason and it's not because they want to play patty cake.0
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Why not 4 points? Doesn't 3 points make it so they can still hurt the staff?0
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I think it is three in order to prevent them from doing anything like..... not breathing
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4 points got a bad rap because staff wouldn't actually watch the patients...and bad things happened. I still say they are necessary at times and that staff..and patients get hurt unnecessarily because of the regulations now in place.
***off of soapbox***
It's night 7 of 7 y'all...WOOHOO...0 -
I'd rather have firmer, smaller boobs than the saggy pancake ones I've been left with since gravity and age and weight issues took over. *grr* really? and, heck...there's always plastic surgery to get hers back to the pre weight loss size.0
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sufferlandrian wrote: »Why not 4 points? Doesn't 3 points make it so they can still hurt the staff?
suffer and regina, 3 points is dangerous to them and to staff and a complete no-no. it's either 2-points or 4-points here. If the person is in 3, they could somehow work themselves out of the 3 restraints. they could somehow entangle themselves. they have a hand free to strangle themselves. they have a hand/leg free to hit/kick staff. also, 3 points isn't legal here. We start at 4-points for everyone's safety, and when the meds kick in and we feel we can take the person out of restraints we can "road test" them in 2-points. If they do well in 2's, we quickly un-restrain them. Restraint sucks.
lady, that blows. there should always be someone watching a person in restraints. where i live/work, we are mandated to document that someone laid eyes on the patient every 15 minutes and document things like if they are breathing, how their circulation is doing and so on (I don't do this doccumentation. My nurses do this). Also, there are regulations as to how LONG a person can legally be restrained. They are VERY necessary. Any psychiatric hospital with a retraint-free policy (I kid you not, I have heard of such thing), is a dangerous place to be.0 -
Back for another night. So far it's easy cases. 0
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Yeahhh Sooooo Hows about Ive been caring for the same PT for about a week and Last Night they say ohh hey They Have FREAKIN SCABIESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! That IS the part of HealthCare I HateHateHate!!!0
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I want taco bell0
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The weekend is here! Enjoy your weekend everyone if you are off!0
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Hello sexy nightshifters!! Maybe we should do " fartleks" up and down the halls to stay awake0
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aprildaguilar wrote: »Yeahhh Sooooo Hows about Ive been caring for the same PT for about a week and Last Night they say ohh hey They Have FREAKIN SCABIESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! That IS the part of HealthCare I HateHateHate!!!
It would have been nice to know this at the start of treating the patient.
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Slow night. I think we may have had an earthquake but I'm not sure. The building shook and one of my techs texted me from 15 miles away and said it was creepy being in the basement when an earthquake shook the house, but I was on the treadmill so I was doing more shaking than the building.0
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Yikes! Earthquakes can be rather unnerving.0
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Hello, all! Back again for another night. Everyone OK tonight?
@sufferland: LOL at doing more shaking than the quake. Glad you are OK. Those can be freaky to live through.0 -
aprildaguilar wrote: »Yeahhh Sooooo Hows about Ive been caring for the same PT for about a week and Last Night they say ohh hey They Have FREAKIN SCABIESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! That IS the part of HealthCare I HateHateHate!!!
OH ****. I'll pray for you - that seriously sucks
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