From: Marcy
Date: 1 Feb 2005 04:47:09 -0800
Subject: Re: Ethical Adoption


Steve, Steve, Steve,

My Bachelor's (UCLA) is in Psych,

Head Nurse Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Psych Program/Unit
Set up Clinical Psychiatric Nursing Plans for all Inpatients
Had caseload of my own patients for group and individual therapy

Clinical Specialist in Psychiatric Nursing Rancho Los Amigos Hospital,
Pasadena, Cal.
Psychiatric Nurse Coordinater with USC Medical School/Rancho Los Amigos
Ran interdisciplinary Program for Rancho Treatment Teams/ Psych For
Social Work Masters Students
Ot Students
Residents, USC School Of Medicine
P.T'. Students
Nursing Students

Head Nurse Drug Rehab Unit,, L.A. County, Program at Rancho Los Amigos

Assistant Director of Nursing Rancho, Los Amigos Hospital, L. A. County
Hospital, (900 beds)

Any idea of the years of this?
I watched them film "Coming Home" out of my office window, Jon Voight and Jane
Fonda, filmed at Rancho, worked out with Jon Voight and his young kids at
Century City Health Club, daughter was a doll. Guess who? She had to be about 3
or 4

This was during Viet Nam,

Director of Nursing Las Encinas Hospital, Pasadena, Ca.
150 bed Psych and Rehabilitation Hospital

Director of Nursing Woodview Calabases Hospital (Humana), Calabasas, Ca.
150 bed Psych Hospital
Ran Training Program for Registered Nursing Students in Psychiatric
Nursing, U.C.L.A., School of Nursing at Woodview

Then went on to Director Of Nusing Acute Care Hospitals
CEO of Acute Care Hospitals

V.P. Acute Care Hospital Corporation, after my Masters

Did stay at the Holiday Inn, when at Corporate Meetings :') Sometimes
Preferred the Marriott

And yeah, Robin, all Psych. inpatients were required to go to sessions
and groups, almost all were on meds.

Chosenchildinc1 wrote:
From: MarcyDate: 1 Feb 2005 04:47:09 -0800Subject: Re: Ethical AdoptionSteve, Steve, Steve,My Bachelor's (UCLA) is in Psych,Head Nurse Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Psych Program/UnitSet up Clinical Psychiatric Nursing Plans for all InpatientsHad caseload of my own patients for group and individual therapyClinical Specialist in Psychiatric Nursing Rancho Los Amigos Hospital,Pasadena, Cal.Psychiatric Nurse Coordinater with USC Medical School/Rancho Los AmigosRan interdisciplinary Program for Rancho Treatment Teams/ Psych ForSocial Work Masters StudentsOt StudentsResidents, USC School Of MedicineP.T'. StudentsNursing StudentsHead Nurse Drug Rehab Unit,, L.A. County, Program at Rancho Los AmigosAssistant Director of Nursing Rancho, Los Amigos Hospital, L. A. CountyHospital, (900 beds)


I suppose you must get a bit rusty and out of practise when you give it
up for a few yeas to go flesh peddling, though.

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And yeah, Robin, all Psych. inpatients were required to go to sessionsand groups, almost all were on meds.


You said "heavy meds" last time Marcy, would you have counselled
patients on large or medium doses of Thorazine or similar anti-psychotic
sedatives of the kind that are usually considered "heavy meds"? If so
what was the point? Why not wait until they are sufficiently stabilised
and no longer too heavely sedated for counselling to have any
possibility of being useful? Or did you really mean fairly minor meds
like valium or amitriptyline?


Robin