Gauging patients' psychiatric states. Collaborating on psychiatric intervention plans. Administering psychotropic and similar medications. Monitoring adherence to non-medicinal treatment regimens. Removing potentially harmful and triggering environmental features. Restraining, consoling, and sometimes medicating highly unsettled patients. Recording patients' health journeys and reporting on notable alterations. Conducting targeted psychoeducation, particularly within families.

Strong Adolescent & Child preferred, if no adolescent and child experience, they must have 2 years. Children, adolescent, adults units, will need to open to all. Will provide CPI training. May be expected to step in as charge nurse as needed (May include rate increase for that shift).

Most of the time there is a shift supervisor working at the same time, CNO, nurse manager onsite and available and someone on call.

Skills:
• Anxiety disorders
• Bipolar Disorder
• Depressive disorders
• Psychotic Disorders
• Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
• Substance use
• Suicidal behavior
• Trauma-and Stressor-Related Disorders
• Physical Hold Protocols
• Medication Administration
• Blood glucose monitoring
• Seclusion protocols/procedures
• Psychoeducation

Patient Ratios Nights: 10
Patient Age Groups: Adolescents, Pediatrics
Daily Census: 40
Number of Rooms: 45
Number of Beds: 45
Patient Diagnoses: ADhD, DMDD, Conduct disorder, depression, anxiety. We are a short-stay crisis stabilization hospital.
Special Procedures/Unit Details: Units are co-ed. All patients have individual rooms. Nurse's stations are on each unit. Security in the hospital 24/7 and responds to all codes. Unit size: 14-bed pediatric unit, 17-bed adolescent unit, (2) 7-bed units. All C&A operate the same way and follow the same programming.
Special Equipment: We use the strongline alert system. All staff carry a walkie. All staff are trained in CPI including advanced skills.