tincan

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1. Health Care Aide Clinicals

   tincan replied to Future_nurse91's topic in Canada

   Feeding two (or more!) patients at the same time would not be a choking hazard. When there are multiple patients and only two people around to feed them, that's pretty much what you have to do if you want your patients to still be able to eat lukewar...

2. Help!

   tincan replied to rnblack4's topic in NICU

   Just wanted to leave a thanks for jpeters84's thorough post!

3. Tips for a NICU New Grad?

   tincan replied to MeggieNICURN's topic in NICU

   Just downloaded your spreadsheet. Thanks!

4. Are you allowed to work in two different health authorities?

   tincan replied to tincan's topic in Canada

   I'm okay with not being paid OT for the opportunity to work in authority B. I'm also thinking of dropping my full time line and switch to casual in authority A should authority B hires me. Would that be allowed?

5. Looking into nursing but am very confused [BC]

   tincan replied to Sniggles's topic in Canada

   Agreed with the above poster. The OP need to do more research into the difference in scope of practice between RN (registered nurse), LPN (licensed practical nurse), RPN (registered psychiatric nurse) - these are what these abbreviations stand for in...

6. If i did something wrong?

   tincan replied to aywl's topic in Canada

   I had outright told a patient that "I'm a nurse, not a maid," and I also gave her a long lecture on how demanding she was (with other patients present - actually, her roommates were complaining to me about how disruptive she was, and I was pretty fed...

7. Are you allowed to work in two different health authorities?

   tincan posted a topic in Canada

   Sorry if this has been asked before. I'm a new grad RN who fortunately acquired a full time position when I finished my program (at the ward where I did my preceptorship term) because the hospital happened to be expanding at that time and needed mor...

8. Vitamin D, Calcium, and Phosphate

   tincan posted a topic in Student Assist

   My patient had high serum phosphate level and low serum vitamin D level, and it didn't quite make sense to me... I know that Calcium and Phosphate level has an inverse relationship (something to do with the kidneys)... When I look up Phosphate on a l...

9. Pain Management ideas

   tincan posted a topic in Student Assist

   For pain management there is pharmacological management and non-pharmacological management. What do you think are the "best" managements? When a fresh post-op patient with pain 7/10 refuses narcotics, such as hydromorphone and oxycodone, for their pa...

10. Regular ICT and bladder fullness

    tincan replied to tincan's topic in Student Assist

    The patient got C2-Conus epidural abscess, so it's really high. I don't know where the spinal cord pressure point is, but since it's affecting her whole spine (almost) so no surgical intervention can be done and she is on antibiotics for treatment. S...

11. Regular ICT and bladder fullness

    tincan posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hi, I'm a second year nursing student currently on a spinal ward. Nice to meet you all. :) I have been reading posts here on-and-off and decided to ask a question today. My patient had epidural abscess and has bladder incontinence as a result. She ca...