Addressing Public Perception: My Favorite Things About Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

During the first six years of my nursing career, I worked in a busy inpatient psychiatric unit as a staff nurse in a large teaching hospital on the East Coast. Because I was the new nurse on the unit, my patient assignment was determined following the input of more senior nurses. My assignments varied, but typically half the patients I worked with were older adults who had been admitted to inpatient psychiatry for treatment of severe major depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, or treatment-refractory neuropsychiatric symptoms in the context of dementia.
Source: Caring for the Ages - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Caring Collaborative Source Type: news