jkh

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1. why do you come to this site?

   jkh replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

   I like coming to this site beacuse it is so well organized. It's quick and easy to pick and choose the threads you want to read or not read. The icons that let you know if there is new postings or not. Brian Short does such a nice job of changing it ...

2. Untitled Poem

   jkh replied to TLynn's topic in General Nursing

   I loved the poem! How about The Healing Touch? or The Power to Heal? The Stranger?

3. Nurses prayer

   jkh replied to bedhead's topic in General Nursing

   May the Lord comfort and strengthen you and your family during this difficult time

4. Angels of Mercy

   jkh replied to nursedeedee's topic in General Nursing

   I began looking at taking care of the dying person as a blessing when I was working at a convent for retired nuns. When someone was dying there was always other nuns at bedside singing, praying and holding their hand to celebrate the entry into etern...

5. Oh, my aching feet!

   jkh replied to Rileycat's topic in General Nursing

   I'll second the New Balance crosstrainers. I have a pair for work and a pair for everyday! J.C. Penny Total Support Hose work well too.

6. Soup for Nurses

   jkh replied to 505rn's topic in General Nursing

   What a great idea! I've read about 10 of the "Chicken Soup" books myself and would love to see one for health care workers. If you like reading books like that another series is the "Small Miracle" books.

7. Please help me choose my new job title!

   jkh replied to Stargazer's topic in General Nursing

   How about information specialist? Education connoisseur? Developmental consultant? You could just have fun with it!

8. Charting Bloopers

   jkh replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   A visiting psychiatrist from India was at rounds one morning when he wrote the following in the patient's note, "He is clearly psychotic this morning. He states he has a frog in his throat."

9. Community College Nurse: Good to go or in the toilet bowl?

   jkh replied to barrybender's topic in General Nursing

   I live in an area where you have the choice of a community college or a university. Some choose the community college due to cost. Others choose the university because the percentage of students that finish the course is actually higher. The communi...

10. BUSH VS GORE- WHICH 1 DO YOU LIKE?

    jkh replied to nursedude's topic in General Nursing

    GWB is not the world's most healthcare-conscious candidate, but his rival has indicated that he is willing to do to health care what has already been done to everything else the government touches: ruin it. Anyone else out there drowning in gov't-man...

11. Stain advice please.

    jkh replied to hollykate's topic in General Nursing

    Try FELS-NAPTHA. It's a heavy duty laundry soap that comes in a bar it gets out almost anything!

12. Looking for a new web site link that someone posted somewhere

    jkh replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Hi oramar Just wondering if the site you are searching for is http://pub16ezboard.com/nursingboard. posted Oct. 8th by NikkiN It looks like a brand new site similar to this one. No one has posted anything yet though.

13. CARE PLANS - HELP..HINDERANCE...N/a

    jkh replied to km rn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the nursing care plan, when used properly generates continuity of care and benefits both the care giver and the cleint to reach or maintain optimal health and function. Where else in the chart can you fing everything you need to know abo...

14. dealing with difficult patients

    jkh replied to blcp's topic in Relations

    Another approach is to find out the underlaying reason for the behavior. Does the patinet act this way all the time or is it a new behavior. Is he in pain, hungry fear of falling during a transfer or just impatient? If he is just plain impatient then...

15. Geriatric Care Plans

    jkh replied to rnanita's topic in Geriatric

    A good book is Geriatric Nursing Care Plans. by Marie Jaffee, RN, MS. New Edition. I have another one at work I can get the name and author for you. Do you have computerized care plans? When I was doing them, I used those and a care plan book for b...