Chixie

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1. Fall prevention best practices

   Chixie replied to pammy007's topic in Activism

   We dont have one that the patient completes,but we complete one as part of the basic admission pack and is supposed to be updated weekly/if anything changes with the patient. We also use MORSE falls risk score, the only problem is that all 99% of our...

2. Just Take Your @#*! Break!!!

   Chixie replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Relations

   Whats worse is that on our ward our breaks are divided into set time slots ie 11am,1130am, 3pm, 330pm but if the nurse in the earlier slot is faffing about not taking her break until say 1115 it then means that i, in the 1130 slot, cannot take all of...

3. nurse to patient ratio orthopaedic floor?

   Chixie replied to nurseortho's topic in Orthopaedic

   We have a 30 bed ward, staffing can vary. We work on long days 0700-1930 A good day looks like the following 1xCharge nurse=takes no patients 3xstaff nurse=10 patients each 3xsupport workers=10 patients each A bad day looks like the following 1x char...

4. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

   Chixie replied to SuzieVN's topic in Relations

   It is believed to be good luck in some cultures

5. Mental Health Awareness Month

   Chixie replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Disabilities

   *holds hands up* I have mental health issues, and i have had two major breakdowns in the past two years. At the moment its been classified as 'depression' and 'anxiety' but im wondering if there is something else in there.I feel ashamed and the peopl...

6. How long does the "new nurse anxiety" usually last?

   Chixie replied to ASM90's topic in New Nurse

   Ive been in my job for 21 months and i still get the butterflies at times. I feel slightly more comfortable ie the sweats and the shakes have stopped but i still go over and over and over things in my head and sometimes end up making mountains outta ...

7. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

   Chixie replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Relations

   For crying out loud will you do some bleeping work and stop walking up and down with a drug chart in your hand 'looking busy' Im tired of busting my rear doing multiple peoples jobs because you are too blinking lazy.

8. what did you get for Christmas from your employer?

   Chixie replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

   Nothing, not even a christmas meal, there was only the vending machines as they closed the canteen.

9. How does your facility flag blind patients?

   Chixie replied to notjustanurse's topic in General Nursing

   We have big yellow 'sight impared' signs that go on the wall behind the patients bed (we have open wards so its instantly visable)

10. Ortho & pregnancy

    Chixie replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, im an ortho nurse and im currently 18 weeks pregnant Other than the infectious diseases that ive been advised to avoid by my manager im doing my normal job. A lot of my patients are dementia patients so i have to be slightly wary when dealing wi...

11. What jobs did you do before nursing?

    Chixie replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a warehouse for 2 years and then after my maternity leave i changed jobs and started working at Ann Summers store

12. How do you remember to check on patients q 15min or 2hrs, etc?

    Chixie replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    I have to set the alarms on my phone (vibrate of course)

13. Name a stupid policy/idea your facility thought would fly

    Chixie replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: when hell freezes over!!

14. Name a stupid policy/idea your facility thought would fly

    Chixie replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    One of the wards in our hospital is run like this and apparently other wards are thinking about doing the same thing.

15. The Mockery of Nursing

    Chixie replied to Old.Timer's topic in Relations

    Thats a really good idea