Elly

Elly has 40 years experience and specializes in geriatric.paliative.wound care.

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1. I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

   Elly replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Still think its a great idea for screening.........

2. Home Remedies - Share Yours

   Elly replied to cooliegirl's topic in General Nursing

   A remedy to help clean up infected wounds,,,,,,,,,clean with salt water(saline).pat dry......apply white table sugar to infection...........place small gauze over top then cover and tape with saran wrap..Leave for 48 hours.......remove..............r...

3. I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

   Elly replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Where I work it is also a admission protocol.that swabs be taken.for MRSA as well as VRE...............Keeping these pts separated from negative swabs for MRSA and VRE.........

4. xxs scrubs? Where to buy in Canada

   Elly replied to mirakleen's topic in International

   Hi..try online at http://www.avida.com................they will send you a catalogue or order online.............. well made products.........

5. ONTARIO Canada LPN Salary & Perks

   Elly replied to willow2004's topic in International

   Guess it depends where you live......I'm in windsor and RPN full time jobs are hard to find..........Part time temp jobs, you can get .........I.ve worked with some RPN that have 7-8 years seniority and still cant get full time positions...............

6. Diabetic Pet Peeves

   Elly replied to bjs54321's topic in Endocrine

   Can I ask what Byetta is ???

7. What's the funniest thing you've heard a patient say?

   Elly replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Humor

   Just the other day I had one of my patients ask if you could **** in my pants....Realizing what she said. she turned beat red and refraced her question :Can you change my pants............After a bit of a giggle we proceeded with the task at hand

8. Looking for Pain Management Clinic, Ontario, Canada

   Elly replied to porsch65's topic in Pain

   Hi Porche......There is a pain clinic in the Windsor area....Its called the DeLisle Pain Clinic..... This older gentleman used to work at one of the car manufacturers. and after he retired he created this electro magnetic device for controlling pain ...

9. Looking for Pain Management Clinic, Ontario, Canada

   Elly replied to porsch65's topic in Pain

   Porche;;;;;;;;;;;;;Hi...Where in Ontario is your brother............??

10. advice on clinicals for RPNs

    Elly replied to loriangel14's topic in International

    Hi Angel::: I am an RPN in a Complex care setting in a hospital, actually on a palliative care floor...We have had RPN students on the floor for 1st semester . along with the teacher...The teacher usually asks the floor nurses which patients would...

11. I have to ask...

    Elly replied to saskrn's topic in International

    They have one or should I say HAD a dunkin donuts but it didn.t last...Maybe bad location...but here Tim.s rules....

12. You know you're canadian when...

    Elly replied to I_Love_Donuts's topic in Canada

    Your absolutely right...March is coming and hopefully I.m winning .( more than last time.....1 freakin cookie.. and the dog got it....LOL

13. You know you're canadian when...

    Elly replied to I_Love_Donuts's topic in Canada

    EH....What was that you said.....LOL

14. I have to ask...

    Elly replied to saskrn's topic in International

    Hi....I live in Windsor Ontario and YES... there is definetely a Tims around every corner....We had a few Robins in the city..But the ones we did have were in terrible locations...Even the drive through ones....I didn.t find their coffee all that imp...

15. Antiseptics & Wound Care

    Elly replied to lovelie_skittle's topic in Wound

    It depends on the site the duoderm is applied..If its a coccyx abrasion...They seem to wrinkle and make the abrasion worse... Sometimes ending up with a stage 1 or 2 wound.....