Posted by lepus on July 3, 2011, at 11:35:41
In reply to Re: Encouragement - Emsam » lepus, posted by Phillipa on July 3, 2011, at 0:19:29
> Lepus it's been a good 15 years since I nursed on a psych floor. I am totally appalled at your experience and apologize for what has happened to the profession. It just wasn't like that when I worked there. We had time to care and talk to the patients often. I'm so sorry by what happened to you. I do think you might want to report this to adminstration. And as FB said take you time and recover first. Love Phillipa
Thanks, Phillipa. The administration will definitely be getting a letter. I think I might call the local mental health advocacy group and NAMI as well.
Things have definitely changed for the worse. It seems like psychiatry is sliding backwards as other medical fields make giant strides forwards. I guess it all comes down to money and how many people they can afford to staff. The night I was having the awful panic attack, the nurse yelled at me to not use the call button because there were only two people on staff. Okay, well I'm sorry you're short staffed but I'm still having a massive problem here...sorry it is inconveniencing you.
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