clichay

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1. home safety after hip surgery

   clichay replied to rach_nc_03's topic in Orthopaedic

   Hello! I'm not a nurse but the wife of a hip joint replacement patient (3 years ago, actually). I was going to suggest using your seat, as well, but the reason I'm replying is to suggest that you have a look at a site called Hip Universe Support Gr...

2. Could you work in this? Worst ED in North America

   clichay replied to GeriatricSunshine's topic in Emergency

   For the Americans here, we do not have socialized medicine in Canada. That would mean that the government owned and operated the medical system. It doesn't. We have a single payer system and that payer is the government and the money comes from o...

3. We need a Nursing TV show

   clichay replied to jbeck817's topic in General Nursing

   There was a series called "Nurse" about 25 years ago, starring Michael Learned who had played the mother in "The Waltons". The series and the star were both excellent; in fact she won an Emmy for it. Unfortunately, it seems that the series was too ...

4. Total Hip restrictions

   clichay replied to nursemomruns's topic in Orthopaedic

   One does not need to recline when sitting after a hip joint replacement, one needs to keep the knees lower than the hip. The easiest way to do that is to sit in a chair high enough that the knee naturally falls below the hip. The seats of chairs ca...

5. Total Hip restrictions

   clichay replied to nursemomruns's topic in Orthopaedic

   I went to the trouble of registering so I could reply to this post but I am not a nurse. My husband had a hip replacement a year ago and I am an active participant in 2 hip joint replacement support groups. Patients may be restricted to about 70 deg...