nurse kitkat

nurse kitkat specializes in Aged Care.

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1. Meal assists, tips, tricks and howto's.

   nurse kitkat replied to Levin's topic in Geriatric

   Using a teaspoon to feed residents who have small appetites or swallowing difficulties. Ensure that the food you are feeding to the resident is the right temp. its easy for meat and veg to get cold when there are alot of feeds to get through. If a r...

2. The most horrible things instuctor's say...

   nurse kitkat replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in New Nurse

   On clinicals at a rehab unit, my clinical instructer asked for a student volunteer to preform an an ECG on. I put up my hand up to volunteer. The instructor looked me up and down several times, marched up to me with narrowed eyes, and poked me i...

3. Deathbed visions

   nurse kitkat replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

   I worked for five years in a high care aged care facility that use to be an old country hospital - the building would have been close to 90 years old. One evening a lady who was in the early stages of dementia refused to eat all of her dinner, ...