Diva

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1. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

   Diva replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

2. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

   Diva replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   27 years in dialysis here. I agree totally. We also keep all of the above plus clean clothing and always did.

3. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

   Diva replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   I have found, with the chains, that it is local management, (regional and/or FA's) that can push for the niceties. One thing, though, is that the unit has to be performing financially to afford them. Don't forget the chains have to please the share...

4. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

   Diva replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

5. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

   Diva replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   Tweety and the others that supported him: Kudos for advocating for your patient. While I do not condone cleaning up a patient in the treatment area of a chronic unit, I do believe that the patient can be taken to the br, or an empty exam room to b...

6. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

   Diva replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   We would never have one nurse w/two patients. 1940nurse mentioned that above. I assume it was acutes and not in a chronic unit. We are fortunate to have adequate staffing with a few bad days here and there. If there is only one nurse, nothing el...

7. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

   Diva replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   Whoa! Against state regs? What about state regs regarding the respect and dignity of the patient? What about the other patients comfort if there is an odor? We not only keep depends but also cheap drawstring cotton pants (and tops). An incontine...

8. nurse/pt ratio?

   Diva replied to lee1's topic in Urology

   Hi & Welcome. I don't believe that you are overstaffed. If you can still maintain a 3:1 ratio even when the on-call nurse is out of the unit doing an acute, I think you are fine. I believe it is your hospital affiliation that must mandate an R...

9. Help!!!!! Placed in an uncomfortable position

   Diva replied to deadend's topic in Geriatric

   What a horrible situation to be in!!!! First, I don't know the size of your facility, but here are a few suggestions: 1. Check your employee handbook and see what it says re: terminations. Is there a "progressive discipline" clause? If so, make you...

10. Making assignment sheets

    Diva replied to RockiRN's topic in Urology

    Hmmm...my attempt at showing you the format kind of failed. The short lines (name of care person) is centered over the longer lines (for station, patient name) and there is a larger space in the middle. Hope this gives you the idea.

11. Making assignment sheets

    Diva replied to RockiRN's topic in Urology

    Ok, This may sound confusing, but it's not......Let me try to explain our staff assignment sheet. Been using this for many, many years and it works. First we have a patient schedule (excel spreadsheet) that it updated weekly, every Friday for the c...

12. Making assignment sheets

    Diva replied to RockiRN's topic in Urology

    There are several different assignment sheets out there. Tell me some things about what you definitely require in an assignment sheet. For example, do you want flexibility? Do you frequently have last minute changes (sick calls, emergent patients, ...

13. Clamping Needles Sites

    Diva replied to Robbilin's topic in Urology

    My facility uses the same procedure as that of Hellllllo Nurse. The bucket is half filled with a bleach/water solution (I believe it is a 3% solution) each morning. It is also labeled with the contents of the solution, dated, and the time of mixing ...

14. How do you handle late arrivals (pts)?

    Diva replied to Nurseterri's topic in Urology

    If a patient is in distress they usually come in early...not late. Our closing time is midnight and for a while it was not unusual for 4.5 hour patient to appear at 8 pm demanding their full treatment, when their scheduled time is 6 pm. Always the...

15. How do you handle late arrivals (pts)?

    Diva replied to Nurseterri's topic in Urology

    My unit has a cut-off time, which is one hour before the staff is scheduled to leave. All the patients are informed of this when they are admitted to the unit. The notice is also posted on the patients bulletin board. If a patient is late, they wil...