Cindy Johnston

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1. Intakes and Outputs

   Cindy Johnston replied to Katrina's topic in Geriatric

   The last post (forgive me I forgot your name), was quite comprehensive of I&O's at our place too. The only other things I can think of are: if someone has Wt gain/loss, suspicion of dehydration, and the observation period (7 days right now) fo...

2. Nurses who drink too muc

   Cindy Johnston replied to Shelly's topic in Geriatric

   I would highly recommend start with AA, you will probably meet other professionals and find there are others with much in common with you...I went to al-anon for years and then went back to church and am a born again Christian and God has taken the d...

3. Pain of contracture in clients with Dementia

   Cindy Johnston replied to Julie Gaston's topic in Geriatric

   another thought (or 2) on this subject...in a perfect world there would be no contractures and yes rom should be done on each client and at our facility we have one aide who is designated to do that and a few other duties, but focusing on rom...also ...

4. Pain of contracture in clients with Dementia

   Cindy Johnston replied to Julie Gaston's topic in Geriatric

   Not specifically...I am intested in any input, tho, cuz we have a number of clients with alot of rigidity related to their organic processes....It seems in nursing school they mentioned skeletal muscle relaxants, I think meds like Baclofen can be gi...

5. forms of noxious stumuli

   Cindy Johnston replied to ntg's topic in Neuro

   I have been in nursing for 15 years, For most of my practicing years I used the sternal rub, I just finished RN school and passed boards in July...we were taught that the sternal rub and trapezius thing left bruises, which often caused concern with p...

6. new nursing student

   Cindy Johnston replied to KR's topic in General Students

   As a veteran to nursing and recent RN grad, I can validate the need for experience as being irreplaceable, however, even EMT experience would help you, you would find that you could apply the nursing stuff you are learning to the situations you would...

7. bed alarms

   Cindy Johnston replied to sander's topic in Geriatric

   Our facilty uses the Tab alarms, exclusively. They clip onto the resident's clothing and with the string attached to the clip a small piece of metal is magnetically in place in the Tab monitor, if the patient gets up or moves further than the strin...

8. central lines

   Cindy Johnston replied to pjdk9's topic in MICU

   Did that doc mean that it was in the internal jugular vs. the subclavian? I have, in previous years, in Texas , cared for many that were in the IJ, some docs preferred it. Don't know about any studies, tho...And I absolutely concur about the xray b...

9. RN to BSN on the Net

   Cindy Johnston replied to Cindy Johnston's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the input, I was getting discouraged and yet figured there had to be a way, and a way that is cost effective...

10. RN to BSN on the Net

    Cindy Johnston replied to Cindy Johnston's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the input, I was getting discouraged and yet figured there had to be a way, and a way that is cost effective...

11. Pressure area care

    Cindy Johnston replied to dibaby's topic in Geriatric

    I am soon getting back into geriatric nursing, but when I was previously a charge nurse on a skilled nursing facility we handled each client differently...We used the standard of every 2 hours, but if we had someone with little or no skin breakdown a...

12. Where have all the nurses gone?

    Cindy Johnston replied to pietem's topic in Geriatric

    Laura's suggestion about addressing nursing programs is a good choice...the first job I applied for as I finished school this May was from a facility that was recruiting from our nursing program...I ultimately did not take it because it would have m...

13. PPS documentation

    Cindy Johnston replied to Buffy's topic in Geriatric

    Please excuse my ignorance: what do PPS and DNS stand for? I am acutely interested because I have just taken a staff RN position in a residential health care facility and it is likely that I will soon be promoted because of a planned retirement...I ...

14. RN to BSN on the Net

    Cindy Johnston replied to Cindy Johnston's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Terry how does the program you are enrolled in work? can one access it remotely ( I am in western NY) ? There a number of colleges here that may have an alliance with your program...thanks for the info cindy

15. RN to BSN on the Net

    Cindy Johnston replied to Cindy Johnston's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Terry how does the program you are enrolled in work? can one access it remotely ( I am in western NY) ? There a number of colleges here that may have an alliance with your program...thanks for the info cindy