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    Shrowding procedures

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Those of you who work in inpatient care: How do you shrowd bodies before you send them to the morgue or have the funeral home pick them up? Do you use a ready made kit? What does it have in it? Do...
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    Shrowding procedures

    adrienurse replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    ......and I missed it of course :) Thanks for the link. It seems I am in the position to change/update our current policy on post-mortem care. I really didn't have the foggiest idea why we went about...
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    Assisted Suicide

    adrienurse replied to ninas's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't always think this way but I am now in the mindset that the need for assisted suicide is an indicator that there is a lack of support and symptom control. Not that I think people should be...
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    Ingrown toenail......ouch!

    adrienurse replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    Don't dig at it anymore! From what I learned in my foot care course: The only way to resolve the problem completely is to cut the nail down to the bone and scrape the cells off the bone. If not it...
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    The Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons

    adrienurse replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Pain Management

    Dave, I got floated last night to a subacute unit and I'm telling you it wasn't pretty. I don't know what the heck is the problem of that unit but the pain control!!!! Disheartening to say the least...
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    anti-embolitic stockings

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    silly, silly question, but: How do you teach your staff to put on these things properly? Ie: not inside out and in such a way that they don't get
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    anti-embolitic stockings

    adrienurse replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hunny, I'd agree to learn almost anything for free food, but this unit nurse is just not gonna pay for that out of her own pocket. P RN thanks for the
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    Nursing with the Canadian Forces?

    adrienurse replied to Kince's topic in International Nursing

    My cousin is a recruiter for the army, he can hook you up if you're interested (lord knows he's always trying to recruit
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    RNs, Bedbaths, I&O & Linen Changes

    adrienurse replied to allsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    I do it, I share the work. I work in a team and being in a team doesn't just count when people are helping you. You have to help them, much better way to make sure things are done
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    care plan meetings in LTC

    adrienurse replied to dysont's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    hi, yes raps being trigored is very good (omg I finally know what you're all talking about with all this freaken mds stuff!), but is only meant to supplement (not replace) actual team decisions. From...
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    Death Rattle

    adrienurse replied to ChicagolandRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Really????? Opthalmic gtts? Wow, never heard of
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    phenomenon in advanced alzheimers

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Maybe some of you neuro or geriatrics people can help me. I wonder if you can help me here. I'm trying to learn more about a phenomenon in late stage alzheimers disease where there doesn't seem to...
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    If Bill Gates gave you a grant for several billion dollars and said design a hospital

    adrienurse replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I'm gonna link you to one of the best allnurses discussions ever. Some time ago, someone imagined what it would be like to design the perfect hospital where we'd all work the allnurses hospital! And...
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    Death Rattle

    adrienurse replied to ChicagolandRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My facility has a very progressive palliative care unit, so all our "death care" policies come from the practices
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    Death Rattle

    adrienurse replied to ChicagolandRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    contravercial, but fluids can be given thorough this site by hypodermaclysis. Through an IV pump at a very slow
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    Death Rattle

    adrienurse replied to ChicagolandRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    An IV catheter (not butterfly -- standard IV cath) is inserted into SC tissue. Is secured in the same manner as an IV, with a saline lock. This is for use when other routes are no longer viable....
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    Foot care training

    adrienurse replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Wondering how a 3 day conference can be considered a complete course, when my course involves 44 hours of in class lectures and a practical
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    CNA's...complaining constantly...

    adrienurse replied to StephMSeattle's topic in General Nursing

    yeah kinda sucks all the happiness and productivity out of the place. Some people just don't have the capacity to trust others and be a team
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    Death Rattle

    adrienurse replied to ChicagolandRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We tend to put in an SC catheter (basically an IV cath inserted into the abdomen or thigh SC tissue) and we give all out meds SC through that. It's more reliable than transderm (which I've used but...
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    levsin vs scope patches

    adrienurse replied to saribeth's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Where I work, we're more likely to give scopolamine SC than anything SL. I've always wondered how viable the SL route is once the mouth is so dry from mouth breating during those last few hours. We...
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    Dairy Connection to Headaches?

    adrienurse replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    This has to do also with TMJ problems, I got a fitted mouthguard from my dentist. It helps some. So does stress management (but that's pretty hard to come by isn't it). I massage my jaw muscles...
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    How prevalent is violence in the workplace?

    adrienurse replied to ArcticNurse's topic in International Nursing

    I work on an Alzheimer's unit in Winnipeg and unfortunately getting hurt by those we care for is all too frequent. The problem is people start getting so used to it that they either expect it or stop...
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    Dairy Connection to Headaches?

    adrienurse replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you grind your teeth or clench your jaw when you sleep. I do and this gives me incredible
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    Distal/Proximal...so confused!

    adrienurse replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    My favorite was the trick for supination and pronation. If you hold your palms in front of you like a bowl it's SOUP-ination. hold your palms facing downwards it's
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    Why Shouldn't I Tell?

    adrienurse replied to kmchugh's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    sheesh If we eliminated all the members here who do what others consider to be "not real nursing", there wouldn't be a lot of us