Psych nurse action figure ?
I am pleased to be in you guys' presence!I truly laughed out loud several times at Safety Coach's retelling of a story I already knew . I love the names you gave to the women involved!
And the Old Dude's comeback was in par with his other ingenious ones.
I feel so close to you guys right now that I feel we have a true bromance happening.
I see your thread has been infiltrated by a flock of school nurses! Who rock, by the way!
Funny stuff y'all.
Some time ago, an elderly 1:1 Patient expired, and neither the Tech or the Charge Nurse noted this. The House Supervisor was making rounds and noticed the Patient had ceased spontaneous respirations.
In order to increase monitoring ability, and to decrease costs during this frigid weather, our Medical Center has implemented and advertised a new strategy:
Davey Do said:There have been quite a few number of Patient falls on the Gero Psych Unit as of late.All Staff Members are required to wear gait belts when they work the Gero Psych Unit.
In addition to the staff members wearing gait belts, all patients are required to perform a TUG test upon admission.
"The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) ia a simple test used to assess a person's mobility and requires both static and dynamic balance' I t uses the time that a person takes to rise from a chair, walk three meters, turn around, walk back to the chair, and sit down."
I suggested we call our test the....
Davey Do said:In addition to the staff members wearing gait belts, all patients are required to perform a TUG test upon admission.
"The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) ia a simple test used to assess a person's mobility and requires both static and dynamic balance' I t uses the time that a person takes to rise from a chair, walk three meters, turn around, walk back to the chair, and sit down."
I suggested we call our test the....
OK, as a safety coach, I need to inform you that stepping on these 3 inch cockroaches are a serious potential for slip and fall hazards.
By the way, did you hear about the one I took out with a rubber band?
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