Scrabbler

Scrabbler

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  1. Best-smelling liquid meds!

    Scrabbler replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    Totally off topic, but Hoozdo, I love your Haiku!!

  2. Beligerent HCA

    Scrabbler posted a topic in General Nursing

    First, a little background: Our LTC unit is staffed with 1 RN and 3 HCA's; one of the HCAs is particularly dreaded by the other 2 (and most staff) because she rushes the pt's and isn't thorough; she...

  3. Waiting 7 hours for an appointment

    Scrabbler replied to pyunnyhana's topic in General Nursing

    ER waits are directly related to, among other things, the shortage of LTC beds...LTC facilities are full with longer-living pts, pt's who are approved for placement are not well enough to return home...

  4. Best-smelling liquid meds!

    Scrabbler replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    Mmm, chloral hydrate...is that even still

  5. patient took my breath away

    Scrabbler replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, fill out an incident report...who knows, down the line you could end up with a hernia or something--WCB won't cover it if there's no paperwork about it. Whatever you submit, keep a copy for...

  6. SBAR tool-- new requirement for report and calling MDs, is my paranoia justified?

    Scrabbler replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    We use SBAR forms as well, but not in the ways previously described in this thread. On our 23-bed auxiliary LTC unit we have about 5 RNs who work regularly in PPT positions, so when a "newer" RN comes...

  7. LTC Documentation Newbie

    Scrabbler replied to *Pepper*'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When documenting a late entry, always note somewhere the reason your entry is late. Example: Jan 26th @ 1422: late entry for Jan 26th @ 0935 (activity on unit) ...or whatever the reason. If that...

  8. Culture Change In LTC?

    Scrabbler replied to RN 4 Life's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our provincial legislation regarding continuing care facilities states that there must be a certain number of hours between meals (eg, not more than 5 I think...) so that kind of culture change would...

  9. Bowel Routine/Protocol

    Scrabbler posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I haven't searched every thread, but I'm wondering what nonpharmaceuticals are used in other continuing care facilities as part of your bowel routines (eg, we use "Fruitlax", a mixture of pureed...

  10. Bowel Routine/Protocol

    Scrabbler replied to Scrabbler's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Most of our residents take Colace, Senna, Lactulose fairly regularly; of course, we know fluids and roughage are best, but for elderly folk who may have no appetite, may not get enough exercise, etc.,...

  11. Where are you from?

    Scrabbler replied to noworries's topic in Canada

    New to allnurses...thought this as good a place to start as any! Got my BScN in Nova Scotia, now practicing in Alberta. I've met more Maritimers out here than you could