by Theresa Drass | Jun 26, 2024 | Behavioral Health, Legal Nurse Consultant, Nurse Administration, Restraint Reduction, Wednesday Wins
🏅This #WednesdayWins post goes out to a memory that perfectly encapsulates the spirit of my clinical practice! 🚿It all started 15 years (and two days) back, on the extended acute psych unit, when a patient in crisis ripped the sink right off the wall. 💪 🌊 Water was...
by Theresa Drass | Jun 24, 2024 | Baseball, Cat, Consultant, Motivational Monday
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” — Ecclesiastes Just like the seasons changing, Kyle Schwarber seems to again be heating up at the plate, as he is known to do each June. His recent batting...
by Theresa Drass | Jun 16, 2024 | Behavioral Health, children, Fathers, healthcare, Hockey, justice system, Overdose Prevention
For years, my mom only saw snippets of my work life – hurried phone calls, nights spent covering the hospital, missed holidays, and the occasional enthusiastic rant about saving lives. This all changed when I invited her to witness, firsthand, the heart of what I do....
by Theresa Drass | Jun 10, 2024 | Advocacy, Behavioral Health, Expert witness, Lawyers, Legal Nurse Consultant, Motivational Monday
⚖️ As I recently testified, in behavioral healthcare, the milieu is fundamental in establishing a safe and therapeutic space… While the attorneys continued to probe about this mysterious concept of “milieu,” I remembered my wide-eyed nursing school grad self,...
by Theresa Drass | Jun 5, 2024 | #personalgrowth, Advocacy, Behavioral Health, Lawsuits, Lawyers, Legal Nurse Consultant, Medical Malpractice
“The court certifies Nurse Theresa Drass as an expert…” That’s how my recent birthday unfolded. Almost 2 years to the day, AND on my #birthday, I realized my (hesitant) goal of serving as an expert witness in a trial for the first time. The experience was...
