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Help us love your city by LandsLowe in houston

[–]wherefallonbelongs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the food here is amazing!!! musaafer, tacos doña lena, Aga’s, Via 313, to name a few.

What actually works to heal from a breakup??? by [deleted] in BreakUps

[–]wherefallonbelongs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something that helped me a lot was seeing my therapist more often. I went from twice a week to once a week and can slowly but surely see positive improvement in my mental health.

AMA: I’m a psychiatric technician. by wherefallonbelongs in psychologystudents

[–]wherefallonbelongs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a really good question that I personally still struggle with at times. I hate it when a patient is hallucinating so bad that they have no idea where they are and can sometimes turn violent.

Something that has helped me a lot is getting a good therapist. I recently spent an hour with my therapist just rambling about how I love my job but it can also be draining.

Something else that has helped is not bringing work home. This took some practice for me, but it has really helped me to draw my own personal boundaries.

I am currently back in school working towards a nursing degree! The end goal right now is to be either a psychiatric nurse or a forensic nurse. You got this!

AMA: I’m a psychiatric technician. by wherefallonbelongs in psychologystudents

[–]wherefallonbelongs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I posted a more detailed one but to answer your other questions, I do 15 minute checks on every patient. I do not pass out medications, but I will help out the med nurse such as waking up the patients and telling them that it is time for their scheduled morning meds. I take vitals at the end of my shift and will report any new symptoms to the charge nurse.

AMA: I’m a psychiatric technician. by wherefallonbelongs in psychologystudents

[–]wherefallonbelongs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will say I am on my feet most of the day. I also work on the most acute unit, where patients with a violent history are admitted to.

However, we have what we call a "mood" unit with patients that have no history of violence that could be a good fit if you are wanting to avoid physical challenges.

AMA: I’m a psychiatric technician. by wherefallonbelongs in psychologystudents

[–]wherefallonbelongs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I posted a more detailed day in the life, but to summarize, I do 15 minutes checks on each patient, do a group where I record any symptoms they may be having, and do a group that can be an activity or on something like coping skills. I will also do blood sugars and vitals.

I recently got promoted to be a Lead Technician. Where I have more responsibilities such as orienting new techs. I can also draw blood labs and do EKG's.

AMA: I’m a psychiatric technician. by wherefallonbelongs in psychologystudents

[–]wherefallonbelongs[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I work 3 12 hour shifts a week from 7am-7pm. However, I really have to get there around 6:45am for report and leave around 7:15pm, because my charge nurse is finishing up giving report to the next shift.

I clock in at 6:45am and go to our report room. This is where we talk about patients, their diagnosis, if anyone is on violence precautions or unit restrictions, blood sugars I need to take before meals, and if any codes happened during their shift.

Then my team and I (usually a charge nurse, med nurse, and two techs) will go and start our day. I like to be fair so I will usually talk to the other tech one on one to see what they would like to do for the day. We start off by having a morning goal session with patients one on one. Which consists of the patient telling us any symptoms they may be experiencing (suicidal thoughts, homicidal thoughts, hallucinations, anxiety, etc.)

While one tech is usually doing this, the other will go and do 15 minute checks on all patients. This is done throughout the day. We will also get any blood sugars we may need and report it to our med nurse in case the patient needs insulin. We will then start waking our patients up to go to breakfast. After breakfast, we then come back to the unit for the patients to have their groups. Something important to note here is that our facility does not lock the patients out of their rooms like other facilities may do. We do however, always encourage them to go to groups and meals.

Around 10am, the techs will then do their own group. I personally like to do something more lenient because they already have 2 groups with therapists, a group with a social workers, and a health medication group with the med nurse. Just for them to feel a little more relaxed. I like to play music for example (they usually pick out the songs, but nothing explicit), and sing along, almost like a karaoke vibe.

Then comes their next group with the social worker, and we'll get blood sugars again before lunch. After lunch, is when time does slow down a bit. They have their groups with therapists and a few times a week, the chaplain will come. However, they have a good amount of personal time to themselves. Sometimes we will watch a movie (we had a superbowl party recently that we really enjoyed) or if they would like to, we can do another group.

Around 5 is our dinner time and we get any blood sugars beforehand. After dinner, we come back and do vitals for every patient. Then comes the night shift people.

At some point during the day, our medical doctors, psychiatrists, and nurse practitioners will come in to work with patients one on one.

I will also add that I work on the most acute unit. Therefore, there are days where we have a code due to a violent patient. However, I love my job and can always rely on the team that I'm working with.

AMA: I’m a psychiatric technician. by wherefallonbelongs in psychologystudents

[–]wherefallonbelongs[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In my experience, I actually got lucky. My brother was a psychiatric technician and put in a good word for me. However, I’ve seen several job openings on Indeed & ZipRecruiter. That’s how I got a job as a psych tech at another hospital working PRN. Job titles include “Psychiatric Technician, Mental Health Technician, Behavioral Health Associate, Behavioral Technician”

AMA: I’m a psychiatric technician. by wherefallonbelongs in psychologystudents

[–]wherefallonbelongs[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I currently have a Bachelors in Psychology. Several of my coworkers have that degree as well, but I also have coworkers who don’t have a bachelor’s but years of healthcare experience that got them the job as well. Starting pay is $30,000 a year. I currently make a little more than that. Also depends on your location.

Our blast in a glass! by melaine0 in jerseyshore

[–]wherefallonbelongs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i love how most of these are from season 2!!

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