I usually stay up late the night before but not too late! then have a few hours sleep the day of...make sure you eat properly even if you body says its not hungry, you will only end up feeling sick if...
we get report on 13 pts, I use a plain A4 sheet folded in half lenghways, the fit 6 pts on one side and 7 on the other, just name, age, doc, diagnosis, relevant hx, jobs I have to do and any...
iv paracetamol is relatively new over here and it really is fantastic. It is used alot post operativelyand on pt's with morphine PCA's. Its also useful in situations where the pt is NPO but refuses...
irish_std/n replied to irish_std/n's topic in General Nursing
thanks for number one finally an explanation... 2 however I have to clarify, I will get anything for anyone who asks me nicely, and this guy certainly wasn't getting it himself, his intern was, but he...
irish_std/n replied to irish_std/n's topic in General Nursing
You are 100% right, you just cant say anything without looking petty and unprofessional. Its docs like this who give the rest a bad name, its a small hospital but we have some fantastic docs of all...
There is this one consultant in the hospital, he has a major reputation around the hospital as not being the most pleasant person to deal with. He treats the nursing staff like dirt and we have to...
irish_std/n replied to Miss Chybil RN's topic in General Nursing
mys hospital recently introduced a policy that for people on routine obs that temps be taken between 18:00 and 20:00 hrs as a study done showed that if a pt is going to spike a temp they will be more...