schoedr

schoedr has 20 years experience and specializes in DD.

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1. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

   schoedr replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Humor

   When I first started working as a nurse, I worked with a very nice gentleman with a neurological disorder that left him unable to move much of his body. One of the first days I worked with him, he requested the urinal while sitting in his wheelchair...

2. Other Great Careers in Healthcare

   schoedr replied to following_faith's topic in Career Support

   How about public or community health? You still get to work with people, but it isn't really patient care. No life-or-death situations, for the most part. You usually work weekdays, regular hours. I am a family planning nurse for the local health dep...

3. How do you give a painless injection

   schoedr replied to guzzebear's topic in New Nurse

   Another suggestion- use the longest needle you can for IM injections- it hurts more when medications that are supposed to go IM wind up in the sq tissue- it doesn't sting or hurt nearly as much if it goes in way deep- and don't worry if you hit bone ...

4. Hepatitis B Vaccination for infants

   schoedr replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in Pediatric

   I asked my doctor the same thing. He said, in truth, we really need to worry about it when they start becoming interested in "sex, drugs, rock and roll"... I had to laugh. I chose not vaccinate any of my 3 kids until just before middle school (5th gr...

5. Need help with policy for bedrails as restraints in ICF DD facility

   schoedr replied to Hiskid2's topic in Disabilities

   I have worked in an RHC for the past 18 years. We never use bedrails as a restraint, but we do have clients who use bedrails for safety and positioning purposes. They are used only when we have approved them as part of a team, safety issues have been...