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<blockquote data-quote="kris" data-source="post: 51813" data-attributes="member: 74"><p><span style='font-size: 11pt'> <span style='font-family: Georgia'> <span style="color: #3333FF"> <em>trust me the hospital will not be boarded up & your son absconded with. nor will his roommate be given the remotest opportunity to hurt your son (these kids are mostly talk). if his roommate is spending a lot of time in isolation staff is on top of things. no one can give you any information about HIS behaviors because of confidentiality.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>what i found useful during my son's hospitalization this. they all have a primary staffer assigned to them. each shift ~~~ give them a couple of hours to settle into their shift ~~~ call & ask to speak to the staff assigned to your son. this is the person who will know how your son is doing. the person who answers the phone may have only minimal contact with-your son.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>psychiatrists in inpatient situations tend to not be terribly communicative....this is why you rely on his primary staff person. the CW is the person who will set up the family meetings & discuss d/c plans with-you. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>do they have family session on the unit. when jarrod was inpatient there was one night we went in for family group & one night of weekday visits. see if they do that.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>visitation on psychiatric units is usually much more limited than acute care. visitation is often disruptive to the flow of the unit.....and they are often doing group activities with-the kids of both a therapeutic & fun nature.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>try & relax about this. your son is where he needs to be right now & he's getting cared for.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>kris </em> </span> </span> </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kris, post: 51813, member: 74"] <span style='font-size: 11pt'> <span style='font-family: Georgia'> <span style="color: #3333FF"> [i]trust me the hospital will not be boarded up & your son absconded with. nor will his roommate be given the remotest opportunity to hurt your son (these kids are mostly talk). if his roommate is spending a lot of time in isolation staff is on top of things. no one can give you any information about HIS behaviors because of confidentiality. what i found useful during my son's hospitalization this. they all have a primary staffer assigned to them. each shift ~~~ give them a couple of hours to settle into their shift ~~~ call & ask to speak to the staff assigned to your son. this is the person who will know how your son is doing. the person who answers the phone may have only minimal contact with-your son. psychiatrists in inpatient situations tend to not be terribly communicative....this is why you rely on his primary staff person. the CW is the person who will set up the family meetings & discuss d/c plans with-you. do they have family session on the unit. when jarrod was inpatient there was one night we went in for family group & one night of weekday visits. see if they do that. visitation on psychiatric units is usually much more limited than acute care. visitation is often disruptive to the flow of the unit.....and they are often doing group activities with-the kids of both a therapeutic & fun nature. try & relax about this. your son is where he needs to be right now & he's getting cared for. kris [/i] </span> </span> </span> [/QUOTE]
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