MuseAcal

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1. I Am Meant To Be A Nurse.

   MuseAcal replied to mochamonster's topic in General Nursing

   After twenty years of working in male-dominated fields, God finally hit me over the head with a great big two-by-four a few years back so I couldn't ignore the message - I, too, was meant to be a nurse! Some of us are just a little more stubborn, I ...

2. Signing Assessments, is this wrong?

   MuseAcal replied to mdsmadness's topic in MDS

   P&P is shorthand for "Policy and Procedures" - your Nursing Services Director should have a copy and there should be a copy accessable by the charge nurses (and you!) at all times as well.

3. Poll: Do you use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer as an adjunct to handwashing?

   MuseAcal replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Nothing like a "nutty nurse" in the family to get 'em ALL thinking about germs! My first-grader showed her class PROPER handwashing last year in kindergarten (enough soap to make a good lather, then rubbing hands all over while singing "Twinkle Twink...

4. Poll: Do you use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer as an adjunct to handwashing?

   MuseAcal replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   As a rural hospice nurse, I use the hand sanitizer gels all the time. I carry it in my nursing bag, in my vehicle and in my pocket. Whenever I do direct patient care I wash with antibacterial soap and water, but the gels are great the rest of the t...