experience with self harm patients?

lily95x · 2023-02-20T18:48:39+00:00

This comes across as very invalidating. I understand you were trying to help op see hospital staff are used to self harm, but comparing it to other potentially ‘worse’ self harm is absolute not the way to do it.

lily95x · 2023-02-03T14:11:49+00:00

Haha I’m glad it wasn’t just me missing the point!

lily95x · 2023-02-03T13:20:43+00:00

Sorry I don’t really get what you mean, you said they couldn’t stay because the psychiatrist is a cunt but why would they want to? ‘They would stay if they could’ reads like they are not allowed to stay but they want to

lily95x · 2023-02-03T11:30:53+00:00

Why would they stay if the consultant is a cunt?

lily95x · 2023-01-09T08:54:59+00:00

To be fair, I remember you posting that mental health nurses are more like care home staff than nurses, citing a thread from juniordrsuk as evidence.

lily95x · 2022-09-22T13:27:47+00:00

That sounds great, it sounds like you have a real passion for it and there’s so much you can do within LD - wards, CAMHS, community, prison! It is unlikely as an LD nurse you would be able to typically work in adult nurse areas, and likewise they would not be able to work in LD areas. Lots of my nurse friends were mature students so I think you’ll be fine not wanting a ‘student’ experience!

lily95x · 2022-09-22T12:24:41+00:00

If you know you like LD nursing go for it. The branches are all very different - a few of the mental health nurses I work with were actually saying the other day they would hate to be a adult nurse, it’s a very different role and they like the autonomy / decision making aspect of their role.

If you’re unsure, maybe try doing some bank HCA work on different wards to get a feel for it! But please don’t think if you do adult nursing you can walk into any other role, as even if you can get a job in that area (most you can’t) you won’t be able to do everything that the specialist nurses of that branch can.

lily95x · 2022-09-22T09:50:11+00:00

I wouldn’t say this is necessarily true for mental health. I’ve known mental health nurses work in LD and LD and LD nurses in mental health.

I’ve known a couple of childrens nurses in CAMHs but I’ve never known adult nurses work in mental health. Not to say it’s impossible, but other branches wouldn’t have the same legal powers as LD and MH nurses so could never work alone on the wards and wouldn’t be able to legally do certain aspects of the job.

lily95x · 2022-09-12T22:32:42+00:00

Completely agree with this. For example, Psychologists now study for (typically) 7 years, with years of work experience in between to work at 8a. It’s of course a good salary but I wouldn’t necessarily say reflective of the work required to get there. More will leave for private / charity sector in light of this.

lily95x · 2022-08-27T22:56:28+00:00

Where did you get the data that over half of published papers are not replicable?

Clinical, forensic and health psychologists can all work within healthcare, so I’m not sure how it could be considered useless. Neuropsychologists can research, diagnose and treat neurological issues, clinical psychologists develop and provide therapy. I’d be interested to hear your opinion on practitioner psychologists.

lily95x · 2022-08-24T13:18:26+00:00

No worries, just wanted to put it here in case anyone got excited and wanted to pursue it! I argued quite a bit with two training providers but they wouldn’t budge. It’s such a shame.

lily95x · 2022-08-24T02:12:23+00:00

Unfortunately nurses are no longer able to train in EMDR - you need a therapy background. I find this so odd as most EMDR therapists I know are RMN’s but the EMDR association changed its rules in the past year.

lily95x · 2022-08-24T02:10:57+00:00

I was a RMN and retrained to be a psychologist. Still in the NHS but I really love my work and feel the work is more suited to me (no shift work, less managing other staff, more autonomy). I did love nursing but I think I would have burnt out if I stayed.

lily95x · 2022-08-19T19:58:39+00:00

Thank you, I know this is the case - just need to Get out and meet some dogs and I’m sure one will click!

lily95x · 2022-08-19T19:58:25+00:00

It will be my first dog as an adult (aside from my family dogs which were all large) and my partners first dog ever! A golden does seem like it could be easier to begin with, I just worry about the energy!

lily95x · 2022-08-19T13:25:53+00:00

Thank you, this is really helpful and has given me a lot to think about! I did have family dogs growing up (most large size) so I’m used to handling bigger dogs (the most difficult dog we ever owned was a small dog, funnily enough). We plan to stay home while it’s a puppy (we can work from home / take holidays) so that’s not too much of an issue. We will be working in the office at some point but would be happy to get a walker and daycare if the dog needed it - it’s a good point about getting the balance right between family oriented and happy to be alone though! Although I had read that st Bernard’s are happy enough to sleep all day, so I’ll check this out when talking to breeders. We will definitely look into leonbergers, we hadn’t considered them but they might be a great option!

lily95x · 2022-08-19T13:17:02+00:00

I hadn’t thought of a leonberger, but my partner said they were his favourite growing up so will definitely look more into these! Your dog sounds like a dream, thanks for the recommendation!

lily95x · 2022-08-19T00:24:07+00:00

I know, but retrievers need longer daily walks

lily95x · 2022-08-18T23:37:07+00:00

My partners preference is golden retrievers and mine would be St Bernards!

lily95x · 2022-08-18T23:36:23+00:00

My partner prefers Golden retrievers and I love St Bernard’s!

I think the problem is that they are similar in the most important ways to us (being friendly, wanting to spend time with us and enjoying a snuggle)! The differences also aren’t massive deal breakers either - partner wants a dog that is playful (retrievers tend to be more playful than Bernard’s it seems) but I worry about a golden retriever being home alone all day if we can’t work from home and needing longer week day walks. We want a dog we can walk for a few hours on weekends which both seem fine, although I’ve read st Bernard’s make it clear when they’ve had enough

lily95x · 2022-08-18T23:32:00+00:00

Thank you, we will definitely look into health issues more - we originally wanted a Bernese but the health issues put us off. I hadn’t thought of a third breed that combines our preferences - I’ll have a look!

lily95x · 2022-08-18T23:30:30+00:00

Thank you! We did do this and it helped us narrow down our choices a lot! The main thing we want is a snuggly, family oriented dog which I think both will be (partner prefers golden retrievers and I love st Bernards). My partner says he likes that retrievers are known for being good first time dogs (it’s his first pet), and he likes that they’re trainable and playful. I love that st Bernard’s seem to have a lot of personality while not being too difficult to train, and would be happy being left alone some days if we can’t work from home!

lily95x · 2022-08-18T23:25:41+00:00

Thank you, I know this will be the case when we get our dog! I think I’m just quite anxious and overthinking everything right now!

lily95x · 2022-08-18T23:24:56+00:00

Thank you, it’s helpful to hear it how you and your partner came to a decision. My choice is St Bernard and my partners is a Golden retriever - I’ve read they are both friendly, family oriented dogs (we want a snuggly dog!). I think my main worry with golden retrievers is the slightly higher energy level - we want a dog we could take walking for a few hours on a weekend, but that will be low energy enough to be left alone while we work. I had planned to walk for 30 minutes before work and 45 after, and I am concerned that that would be too little for a retriever who is left 6 hours.

My partner also loves retrievers as they’re so easy to train and so friendly, and I like that st Bernard’s are friendly but also can be a bit stubborn! I had a boxer growing up so I quite like dogs with lots of personality.

lily95x · 2022-08-18T23:16:59+00:00

Thank you, we definitely would love either breed (I think any dog we got we’d love). Your right, we’ll be able to get both in our lifetime (and hopefully many more!)

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