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1. Bowel Protocol

   soulwaters replied to Kimmyjc's topic in Geriatric

   Anytime a patient recieves a narcotic such as lortab their chance of being at risk for constipation increases greatly. If the Dr. doesn't address this with an increase in their daily medication regimen for constipation you may want to call him and ge...

2. HOW WOULD YOU about taking care of a patient as the one described.

   soulwaters replied to betts's topic in Geriatric

   Is she constantly drooling due to medication? Is she afraid of the dark? If so, does she have a night light? Is she angry only at certain times of the day? Could it be pain related? If this woman can't make her needs known then I can only imagine how...

3. charge nurse for ltc need advise

   soulwaters replied to antralan's topic in Geriatric

   okay, I am attempting to figure out how to do this right. Please bear with me and ignore my previous mistakes on this page. smiles

4. charge nurse for ltc need advise

   soulwaters replied to antralan's topic in Geriatric

   i have been a charge nurse for ltc for a long time. the one thing i always dread is a nurse who has been a nurse for more years than i have been but not in geriatrics. many new nurses in the geri field don't realize that the elderly will not show tra...

5. charge nurse for ltc need advise

   soulwaters replied to antralan's topic in Geriatric

6. DNR? Why not?

   soulwaters replied to night owl's topic in Geriatric

   I have worked ltc for over 7 years. It is up to the nursing staff to educate the patients families concerning the difference between dnr/full code status so that they can make the decision. The decision is not up to us the caretakers, it is up to the...

7. DNR? Why not?

   soulwaters replied to night owl's topic in Geriatric