‘Traumatic as Hell’: Patients Describe What It’s Like to Be Restrained in the ER
Nicole Visaggio, RN, and others discuss findings from a new paper examining the impact on patients who are physically restrained during a mental health crisis.
McLean Nurses Publish Study on the Safety and Effectiveness of Restraint Chairs
Are restraint chairs safer than traditional restraint methods? Reports from the field suggest that restraint chairs are safer and more effective, but there is a lack of scientific literature on the use of these chairs in psychiatric settings to back up the claims. To correct that problem, a team of...
A Well-Traveled Career Path: Mental Health Specialist to Registered Nurse
Nicole Visaggio was a mental health specialist (MHS) at McLean for a year before she decided to become a nurse. She spent the next three years working full-time as an MHS while attending nursing school. Now a nurse manager, she is midway through a master’s degree in forensic nursing. After being an...
Bridging Policy, Research, and Practice
In July, several McLean clinicians received a crash course in behavioral health policymaking during a one-day trip to Washington, DC. They met with various players in the policy arena there, including representatives from the executive branch. The trip was the inaugural event of the new McLean...
McLean Nurses Present Work During APNA Annual Conference
This past October, nursing representatives from McLean Hospital traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, for the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) 31st Annual Conference. The APNA annual conferences are the largest gatherings of psychiatric mental health (PMH) nurses in the United States and are...
Nicole Visaggio, RN
Nicole Visaggio, RN, began working at McLean Hospital as a mental health specialist in 2001. Over time she has been a registered nurse, clinical coordinator, and now nurse manager, all at the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Inpatient Program. Ms. Visaggio is the author of two research articles...
