sphinx BSN, RN

sphinx has 16 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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   Arrrgghhh, get the smell off!!

   sphinx replied to Brian's topic in Rock

   Sometimes I feel like certain stronger odors are clinging to my nose hairs, lol!
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   Help! Manager won't let me off night shift

   sphinx replied to DeLana_RN's topic in Relations

   I was in a similar position a few years ago. Except I did D/N and wanted D/E. meanwhile night shifts became harder and harder and rotating just made things harder. I was so stressed and was then diagnosed with RA. I *did* get. Note from my doc saying...
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   Barrier Cream on a Skin Tear?

   sphinx replied to kparry's topic in Geriatric

   We cleanse with saline and use Allevyn Gentle Border change Q 5 days and prn. Technically with a skin tear with no drainage we can put on only a tegaderm but I have never liked tegaderm on skin tears, they tend to pull on the open areas when removed....
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   Staffing tool

   sphinx replied to sphinx's topic in Geriatric

   it is not part of a chain :)
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   Staffing tool

   sphinx replied to sphinx's topic in Geriatric

   I am in New York state :)
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   Staffing tool

   sphinx posted a topic in Geriatric

   hi, i did a search about acuity based staffing tools but didn't find exactly what i was looking for. i work at a nursing home with around 700 beds. most are general ltc, a few "locked" units for severe dementia, a comfort care unit, and my unit which...
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   Do You Announce That You're a Nurse?

   sphinx replied to SDS_RN's topic in General Nursing

   It really just depends. As a patient myself, I try not to mention it. I have found that once a Dr knows I am a nurse they change towards me......they will talk to me as a professional, when that is really not what I need. For example, when I was bein...
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   profore question

   sphinx replied to sphinx's topic in Wound

   The question is, *how* to get them dry? We tried several other things before this, and they all left her legs a sopping mess. The profores really have helped her with her edema, it's just the moisture is such a problem.....yesterday they looked a lit...
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   profore question

   sphinx replied to sphinx's topic in Wound

   I am still experiencing problems with this poor woman. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME, this is long, but I have a story.....I am so frustrated. She was actually doing quite well for a while. We stopped any kind of dressing such as aquacel, lyofoam, etc. We star...
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    Is there anything else I can do for you? I have the time. (new hourly rounding sheet)

    sphinx replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to laugh because when I was still in the hospital, they were doing this stuff-a good 2+ years ago. They had some outside company come in and inservice the entire staff. They didn't have the hourly rounding, but everybody, I mean everybody was ...
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    profore question

    sphinx replied to sphinx's topic in Wound

    Well, she comes in Mon, Wed, Fri.......Monday and Friday are her shower days and she showers and they sprays her legs with a hand sprayer. Afterwards they dry with a towel (pat dry) and loosely put an adult brief on her leg just for the trip down to ...
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    Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    sphinx replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    Well I've been on the "other side" plenty of times, but never had to wait an unreasonable amount of time, and when I or my loved one had put on a light at least someone would pop their head in to make sure we were not in serious trouble...or answered...
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    profore question

    sphinx posted a topic in Wound

    We have a patient who has profore wraps......she has venous stasis, but her legs are like none I have ever seen or come accross. She struggles with edema, but is also simply overweight. Her knee and just below her knees are very dry and bumpy. Below ...
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    Bruxism

    sphinx replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    I was just throwing that out in the ring, not thinking it as a primary cause. I only mentioned it because it is not widely known, and that it can be "reversible" by stopping the offending medication. I don't know about anyone else, but I tend to find...
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    Foul Smelling Urine

    sphinx replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of times UTIs have no symptoms at all. Although the elderly often show behavioral changes. Sometimes if the urine smells nasty and there is no UTI present, if you change the bag, the smell goes away. The cleaning should help, but I'v found that...