nightmare RN

nightmare is a RN and specializes in Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology..

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1. Wouldn't It Make Sense to Buy Some Supplies Now?

   nightmare replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Perhaps I'm out of step here but swine flu has been relatively mild in the UK ,I certainly am not worried about getting it as I have had flu before and ,although it knocks my off my feet I am still...

2. Manifold..safe to mix or not.

   nightmare replied to PJC10181's topic in General Nursing

   I know that in UK the BNF (British National Formulary) lists drugs that should not be mixed together because they cause 'clumping ' and can cause blockages.I would imagine that you have the same info...

3. Resident Centered Care

   nightmare replied to km7100's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Their own pictures and possessions in the room. Coloured bedlinen and even painting the walls different colours in the

4. What do you think a fair salary would be for a RN?

   nightmare replied to ohcomeon's topic in General Nursing

   Personally I would like my salary to be a few pounds more per hour than it is now.I would like to see it reflect not only seniority but also length of

5. Caregiver and administrating medications

   nightmare replied to imback2school's topic in General Nursing

   Best way to make 100% sure is to contact the Board of Nursing in State that you work in to see what you can and cannot

6. Preventing falls from low beds

   nightmare replied to BoopetteRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   We have ,occasionally put the base and mattress on the floor to guard against fallers but even then we had one who got carpet burns rolling about on the floor.Now we lower to lowest position and use...

7. what would u do?

   nightmare replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

   If I had witnessed the incident I would fill in an incident report otherwise it is just documented in the daily nursing notes.The daily notes are just as legally subjective as an incident

8. Advice for British nurse wishing to emigrate.

   nightmare replied to gavspad's topic in International Nursing

   Moved to International for more input on

9. Death of a pt

   nightmare replied to LVN2010M's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   A dead body is the same as a living one,except the life force has gone.Mostly they pass peacefully and this is reflected in their faces.Personally I still speak to them when doing post mortem care and...

10. How do you keep your hands in good shape?

    nightmare replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    I have an instant and very nasty reaction to the hand sanitiser we have at work and just will not use it anymore.I do wash my hands thoroughly with soap and water after each resident however.I use...

11. Nursing Students in the UK

    nightmare replied to suzanne4's topic in United Kingdom

    We often have nursing students work as Care Assistants with us.They gain confidence in the 'basics' and also get a greater insight into working with the elderly and the problems of the elderly such as...

12. oxygen and vaseline

    nightmare replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    Found this in Nursenet

13. Nursing in Oregon

    nightmare replied to SparkytheRN's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Moved to Oregon nurses forum for further

14. How are you with needles?

    nightmare replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Nursing

    Now I don't mind doing my fingersticks but I hate having blood drawn from me!!Always look the other way much to the PN's

15. Jehovah Witness patients refusing any blood transfusion.. Why?

    nightmare replied to cameroondiva's topic in General Nursing

    If you do a search on 'Jehovah witness blood' you will find a lot of existing threads ,this is one of them.