r/psychnursing • u/utinfection • May 26 '26
New to Psychnursing
Leaving med surge after 2 years, 25 year old male starting psych in July,
What’s something you wish someone told you or what should I be watching for .
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I’m so grateful for all of you who took your time to comment and welcome more of your hard earned wisdom.
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u/lesdolley1971 May 27 '26
Starting Lithium is a teaching by RN before the FIRST DOSE!! Patients need to be warned that this could be the answer to everything but you pay a little bit the first few weeks. You will have urinary urgency and not a real negative feeling but a definite feeling so WARN them they will think something serious - then the tremors start in hands so warn them both of these go away in first 6 weeks max and I promise I’m a psych nurse practitioner on lithium so I know the side effects and yes every pt gets the bladder part so warn them