Psychiatric nurses

[stoogmeister]

What is a psychiatric nurse? What do they do? How do they differ from psychiatrists?

[stoogmeister]

So, it's obvious that a psychiatric nurse can't make a diagnosis, so can they can they do the opposite and say someone is not ill? I'm assuming no.

[sft42]

Saying someone isn't ill is also making a diagnosis and in this world who's to say who is sane and who isn't then eh?

PS I used to play in a band with a male psych nurs and he was the most fecked up person I have met in many a country mile.

[ANUSHIKA]

It really depends as to what standard they have trained upto both of my parents are psychiatric nurses, my dad has trained for 22 years and although your right he can't prescribe drugs only hand them out , my dad is in charge of his ward and does have some say like he can give a recommendation to have some one sectioned or let someone go home and he is not the most fecked up person I know.

[ANUSHIKA]

Actually I just asked my dad and he says he can now prescribe and nurses have always been able to section patients , a police officer can actually section someone its called a 137 where they can, my dad could section someone if he though they were a danger with the appropriate back up, a gp is only needed in a community house. My dad says he can also make a diagonosis

[ANUSHIKA]

For once why dont you get of your high horse and read what I put I never said they could do everthing they can now prescribe certain drugs and if they think a patient is in danger to themselves or the public they can have them sectioned , like I said all it is is, when necessary they have them abilities and are now quaified and a mere nurse as you so nicely put it my dad trained for 7 years and could qualify as a doctor if he wanted he choose not to some nurses study just as hard, he has worked with mentaly ill people for 30 years in total and prob has more experience than some newly qualified doctor so give it a rest PLEB and for once accept that you might not know everything

[ANUSHIKA]

Oh and by the way as you also put it " people who are nuts " they are not nuts they have an illness through know fault of there own so how about having a bit of respect for people with this illness instead of speaking about them like they are an animal

[fluffynurse]

I am a psychiatric nurse. I nurse therefore I am. generally i drink tea and talk a lot. It is my job to care for, moniter and counsel patients. I have close and regular contact with patients and so i feed back to a wider team of health care professionals involved in that patient's care. but mainly i drink tea.

[doristwonk]

Anushika, is it possible to get your dad to issue a 137 for toady B liar? Could you try to persuade him to do so,please ?

[ANUSHIKA]

As I said a 137 is for police officers who think someone is unstable did i say my dad was a police officer ?

[answerbok]

What, so it takes 137 policemen [or women] to incarcerate a nutjob?

[ANUSHIKA]

HA HA your so funny , no section 137 its called and why do you insist on calling them nutjobs your so ignorant.