chirstine

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1. Artificial Fingernails and Direct Care Staff

   chirstine replied to pumpkin92356's topic in Geriatric

   It is organisational policy where I work that artificial nails are verboten, for good reason. It gives me that shuddery, icky feeling to think about people working with them on. Brrrrrrrrrr!

2. Present at death

   chirstine posted a topic in General Nursing

   hi everyone long time reader, little time poster, yada yada! i work in older people's health, we are basically a medical ward in a general public hospital that caters for 65+, and theoretically we are supposed to be an a, t&r ward - but we all kn...

3. No Respect for LTC nurses?

   chirstine replied to bshaw96's topic in Geriatric

   I agree with a lot of what has been posted in this thread. I work in a geriatric assessment, treatment and rehab unit in a public hospital, where a lot of our job is assessing people for LTC, or receiving patients from LTC facilities for assessment ...

4. What do you do after work to unwind?

   chirstine posted a topic in International

   Hey - I'm chirstine (yes, I realise it looks like a typo, there's not - only a story.....) I"ve been nursing for just over two years - mainly based in geriatric Assessment, Treatment and Rehab. I work mostly 2.30pm - 11pm shifts, and was just curiou...

5. Did I miss the memo???? (rant)

   chirstine replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

   Well done you - that is holistic care! Boo sucks to nurses that say "that's not a nurse's job" - I work in geriatric Assessment , Treatment and Rehab, which in some ways is like a LTC facility - and we do all the showering, cleaning up, medications,...