tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post4683599275905852069..comments2024-02-22T04:07:33.179-05:00Comments on Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway: Psychiatric Units: The Next Extreme Makeover?Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581947410641941224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-60382618343589807482008-06-29T09:13:00.000-04:002008-06-29T09:13:00.000-04:00Thank you for your insightful post. I just had a ...Thank you for your insightful post. I just had a HORRIFYING experience getting someone admitted, and it is worse than the State Run Facility I worked at 20 years ago. NOT ONE person properly introduced themselves...it was long sterile hallways...he was treated as an OBJECT not a Person in crisis. I should not have done that route. It makes me sick.klasieprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-10823986691202795262008-01-03T22:50:00.000-05:002008-01-03T22:50:00.000-05:00Keith, I'm glad to hear both that you're in nursin...Keith, I'm glad to hear both that you're in nursing and that you want to see a change in care for those who are not just demanding and affluent.<BR/>As a Certified Music Practitioner, I'm one of those musicians (AND I work with therapy greyhounds!) who can be found with psych patients, dying patients, and many alzheimer patients. <BR/>But, as you say, most places provide very little of the comforting, healing amenities that go a long way in giving quality of life care, even if one is nearing the end of one's life. The true patients, however, seem to be the most overlooked of all those utilizing health care.<BR/>Lately, I've also thought that there needs to be some sort of reciprocal care offered to the staff, so that they can be cared for and experience (remember) how good it feels to REALLY be given care.Karen Johnson, blog editor and entrepreneur, certified music practitioner and greyhound trainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956876458362655301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-53909125727014047992007-12-11T21:23:00.000-05:002007-12-11T21:23:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com