What forced hospitalization feels like in New York City, as Mayor Adams pushes for more
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ChrisFromLongIsland t1_iyp9fnb wrote
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Nurses sedate patients all the time when they act out. They can't restrain them without lots of rules and paperwork but an anti psychotic and sleeping medicine infection happens with every incident. Edit: this is what happens in the ERs.
Grass8989 t1_iypale3 wrote
Nurses sedate patients with a doctors order. They can’t take it upon themselves to sedate a patient.
SolitaryMarmot t1_iypn5p8 wrote
Doctors order haldol for pretty much every psych patient in NYC. You in the CPEP? You are getting a haldol cocktail
Grass8989 t1_iypnqu2 wrote
Yea it’s called a standing order, that a doctor orders upon evaluation of a patient. You don’t walk into the ER and the nurses take it upon themselves to sedate you.
ChrisFromLongIsland t1_iyr8ogk wrote
Yes maybe there are doctors in the ER that might have some experience with psych patients and can order medication in a few seconds. The nurses are experienced enough as they deal with this every single day to have the medication drawn up before the doctor orders it and wait for the order so the whole process takes most no time.
ChrisFromLongIsland t1_iyr81ym wrote
Yes and in a place where their are nurses their is almost 100% if the time a doctor or PA around.
Amazing-Gap-3320 t1_iypq5n7 wrote
Wrong. Both medications and restraints need to have a doctor’s order.
ChrisFromLongIsland t1_iyr7saz wrote
Yes as as a patient is going crazy in an ER maybe their are doctors right there.
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