if your mum phones the patientline operator which can be done from her bed she can registered to that terminal for free. this gives her free radio and willget her a personal phone number without her...
mobile are now declared not to interfere with equiment. staff often carry them were i am hlowever due to the noise problem i think we still like patients and vistiors to restrict there use. probaly...
white may be the traditonal colour in the usa for nurses in the uk its blue with navy for senior nurses/midwifes. we wear unifroms supplied by our employers either tunics or dresses, scrubs only in...
hello all i'm a 2nd year student nurse and have been told my next placement will be in a private hospital. i looking forward to it as i am considering working overseas and may it will be good to see...
its not the same but i spent 6 years working with demtia patients so dealing with people with damage to their brains, the loss of being able to commicate with the rest of the world, the frustation and...
well dealing with the confusion wathcing, and trying to stop them removing drains trachy, venflons and ng tubes is kinda hard work. then their are the pt with bone flap removed who are getting better...
=well i'm on a neurosurgical ward at present and having to deal with confused patients and having some experince of it is not limited to Care of the elderly. I like working with older patients...
oh last 2 weeks i've been on a neurosurgical ward. feeling like i've learned little however there are 2 newly qualified nad they feel little better. anyone have anyt experince of neuro patients they...
its all been said residents will hide soiled clothing, they will move stuff around even other residents we has one once who would take all the pictures frames of the wall(used to be a carpenter ) or...
hi magichands my mates at uwe at frenchay hosptial dementia(worked for 6 years as hca in a Nursing home speicaliny in this) keep calm espically your voice, don't rush anything you have to do and be...
I'm a 2nd year and in manchester. What i think the DN meant by magic is the combination of the patient and the wound being adided by the dressing and the care, evidence can suggest a dressing but it...
off topic ii've come across americans posting about wet to dry dressing and have never heard of them but my wound care knowledge isn't that deep. Who decides what dressing is applied in the usa i...
tissue viability i'm a student nurse in the UK and wound care is an area i feel that i need to know more about. i've a question i've seen americans refer to wet to dry which i think we don;t do. i...
a fellow student once told me that wiping bums was embarsing for her, so she liked community nursing or ER(in the uk we have a 4hr treat, admit or street or the hospital gets a massage
its a case of when in Rome do as the Romans. My point was to point out that If the OP was talking about the ROI she would need to met their requirments. You refereed to the UK and not the ROI, two...
The OP was asking not about the UK but about the Republic of Ireland/Eire. Nurses in the ROI are from 4 years ago only, trianed in 4 year univeristy based programs obtaing aRGN bsn on completion....
temazepam is a controlled drug in manchester all strong opiates morphine/fentayl and iv codeine all double signed (bar our computer system in A&E where u need a accoutn and pin and enter the pt...
Why dou consider a trained midwife CPM as lay do you they not hold a professional license. I'm asking as im in the UK where RM(registered midwifes) can either be direct entry doing a 3 year course...