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    big bad nursing myths busted

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    In the name of nursing week I will defend our profession. I'm not trying to stir up controversy, but lets admit nurses perpetuate myths about their own profession and injure nursing's rep way more...
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    bariatric compression bandage

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

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    Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    adrienurse replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    that a frail old man who lacks the coordination and dexterity to feed and care for himself can unwrap a complicated foot dressing in 5 seconds
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    coping with end of life care and a full LTC caseload

    adrienurse posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

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    coping with end of life care and a full LTC caseload

    adrienurse replied to adrienurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

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    TV in dementia unit

    adrienurse replied to lilybean's topic in Geriatric, LTC

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    nursing podcasts

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm an info maniac and addict. I've recently discovered the wonderful world of podcasting. Lo and behold there even seem to be nursing podcasts. There are even audio files out there of nursing...
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    Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    adrienurse replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

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    What do you have most difficulty with in your everyday job?

    adrienurse replied to MikeDiggity's topic in General Nursing

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    Saline soaks in wound care. Sacred cow? More harmful then good?

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    There seems to be a lot of mixed opinions over the prescribing of saline soaks for wounds. Say for example, someone has an infected toe. Some people are of the opinion that it will be remedied by...
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    Saline soaks in wound care. Sacred cow? More harmful then good?

    adrienurse replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Okay silly question here: so an order for "saline soaks" is to be interpreted as soaking the existing dressing with saline before removing as to not remove the new granulating tissue? Not to soak the...
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    So where do you see yourself in 10 years? This question leaves me to ponder.....

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was asked this question by my supervisor last night. 5 years ago I'd have said heck yeah I'm going back to school so I can advance myself in this profession. Well I tried that. I tried taking...
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    culture in Palliative care

    adrienurse replied to christina1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

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    Any Nurses With Anxiety Disorders?

    adrienurse replied to Susanna23's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    this is something that you can discuss with your medical professional and something that can be treated. It gets better if you get help. Counselling, meds, building a better support system -- these...
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    shoes, shoes and more shoes-and those darn heels

    adrienurse replied to mel1977's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm at work wearing my cute new pair of crock mary janes and they are definately NOT working for me. I keep tripping on my feet because of the grippyness, and there is no arch support. I'm going...
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    Demanding Resident

    adrienurse replied to abooker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    yeah there's always 2 or 3 of the demanding ones on every wing. The best are the confused LOLs who instead of calling the nurses desks, dial their daughter 2000 miles away when they run into trouble...
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    wound odor

    adrienurse replied to nurselearner's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    help me understand. I'm in no means a wound care nurse. when I think of gangrene, I think I was told that the objective is to keep the wound bed as dry as possible (eg nothing fluid related besides...
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    OMG! My feet are killing me!

    adrienurse replied to dansamy's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I used to swear by Merrells, I sprained my ankle recently and dislike the lack of ankle support. I now wear Brooks Ariels and they're really good for my widening foot and
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    wound odor

    adrienurse replied to nurselearner's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    some things I've seen: Putting a bowl of vinegar or some variety of mint essential oil nearby. It competes with the offending
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    OMG! My feet are killing me!

    adrienurse replied to dansamy's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    lets start with the basics. Know your feet. Examine the wear patterns on your old shoes to determine whether your foot tends to pronate or supinate during your steps (turn in or outward), do you have...
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    Ever had an ex-boyfriend, or someone you didn't like as a patient?

    adrienurse replied to preciousbaby621's topic in General Nursing

    occasionally some of my less favorite clients from when I did home care as a student come back to haunt me. Fortunately they don't usually remember me (or I play
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    Nicknames your pt's give you

    adrienurse replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    A confused LOL said "you're the devil" to me a couple weeks
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    Open letter for those with family in care....

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

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    Open letter for those with family in care....

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    Dragging 'em out of bed

    adrienurse replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

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