ITNS has a "Core Curriculum for Transplant Nurses" that is an excellent resource. Right now the first edition is on sale for $30 and available on their website.
RN58186 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing
I've never seen pts or family members help themselves to anything more than a juice out of the fridge. However, if she is visiting someone in the hospital, my sister will lift every roll of plastic tape that she sees lying around.
RN58186 replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing
arrector pili - the muscle around each hair follicle that produces "goose bumps" catarrhal exudate - my instructor wrote "aka snot" on the board for this one. I still make hospital corners on my bed at home.
RN58186 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Psychiatric
I echo your thoughts Viva! I have been a patient numerous times and the psych nurses I dealt with were the best. I appreciated that they listened every time I had a concern or problem and never judged me. I felt very secure and well supported. I ...
85 year old lady on a geriatric assessment unit. MD had ordered Premarin vaginal cream at HS. I went in early in the evening, explained to the lady what it was and why it had been ordered. Doing my HS med rounds, I went in to her room and I remind...
RN58186 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Relations
Our doctors are great. I have heard attending doctors tell residents that "nurses who have been here a while know more about renal than you ever will unless you become a nephrologist - listen to them!" The medical director of our program has been k...
I have been a renal nurse for my entire career. I would never move to another specialty. I work in transplant now but it is still an area that I love. One of my pts told me that he thinks the best nurses are all renal nurses. I know renal gets fr...
The High River hospital is evacuated, Canmore hospital is sheltering in place, Drumheller health centreis evacuated, a number of LTC facilities have been evacuated, the Sheldon Chumir Health Centre in downtown Calgary is closed as are a number of out...
RN58186 replied to misskait's topic in Spirituality
I have been an RN for 23 years, and work full time. I will finish this summer a Masters degree in Theology that I have been doing online. I have no plans to go into professional ministry, I took my Masters because it is a topic that I am passionate...
I did the Nephrology exam, I worked full time the entire time while doing so. I studied mostly for 3 or 4 hours per weekend and the occasional weekend. Good luck!
RN58186 replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Medications
Many years ago we had two pts on our floor with identical names (including middle name if you can believe it). They were in the same four bed room, and they were both blind diabetics on peritoneal dialysis. Talk about an error waiting to happen. We h...
I must say, my manager would NEVER tolerate any of her nurses being spoken to that way. She is like a mama bear looking out for her cubs. One does not abuse her nurses. She would have stepped in immediately if one of the MD's did that to one of us...
I work in an outpatient clinic, one of our docs will write the letter to the family doc (I saw Mr X, I recommended this and that, he had no other complaints, return to clinic 6 months) before he even lays an eye on the pt. And gets decidedly annoyed...
I haven't worked inpatients for a while so I am sure all my inpatient skills are rather rusty (although when I did I was good at most of them) but where I think I am really good is in palliative care. I not quite sure what it is there that people gr...
Yes, absolutely we need to advocate for better mental health care. In all countries. But what really bugs me is whenever something like this happens the media announces "had mental health issues" or "had stopped his/her psychiatric medications". ...