Lots of these when we went from no longer using commercial brand names to using the name of the molecule only. Oh for the days of Zophren! Several colleagues sitll can't get their tongues around Ondansetron (you'll hear Onstaneron).
I had an occy health job that wasn't anywhere near as quiet as you describe, but still had certain periods of very little to do. In those periods I surfed the net, I read, but yes that's gets boring after a time.
There are initiatives you could ...
Do you have Smecta in the US? An anti-diarrhoea medication.
I had a patient who told me she was fine now since she was taking Smegma.
I worked in the South-West of England in the 80s where everybody made "s" into "sh". Inshulin was a...
I can only really help you on the tax question.
I live in France and have dual French/British nationality. Several years ago I had a UK income in addition to what I earn from my regular job in France. I was told by both French and British tax au...
Breast surgery, usually in an oncological context. After some procedures you have to verify that the breast is warm and supple. Some patients have a flap after breast surgery and standard flap observations as are common as in burns and plastic surger...
Everyone makes mistakes. Don't beat yourself up.
Expiry dates are a largely precautionary safety measure. The product doesn't magically lose all its potency on the given date. Some countries have a policy of donating expired medecines to develop...
This exact system is used where I work. People like it as they know where they are for the year. They request those extra days off (public holidays in lieu etc.) as and when they need them. The only difference being in France our legal working week i...
I remember needles with wings but haven't seen one for about 10 years. When we switched to Qimoflow+ we thought it strange that there were no wings, but like most changes, once we got used to them we now think they're much better.
That said, I s...
Having worked in a nursing home or having "only" 5 years experience as an RN are not excuses. Don't make excuses for her. Any trained nurse should know what to do when a patient falls and hits their head on a concrete floor having been punched.
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We have a foam block which goes underneath the arm of the needle to support it, which is then fixed in place by 3 steri-strips which are placed over the arm of the needle but not over the insertion site itself. We then cover with a transparent dressi...
DavidFR replied to Valerio L's topic in International
I once knew a UK nurse who didn't have enough hours psychiatry. She wrote places asking to do an unpaid placement and a psychiatric hospital accepted her to do the number of hours required, giving her a written statement that she'd undertaken x hours...