chirstine

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1. Artificial Fingernails and Direct Care Staff

   chirstine replied to pumpkin92356's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   It is organisational policy where I work that artificial nails are verboten, for good reason. It gives me that shuddery, icky feeling to think about people working with them on.

2. Present at death

   chirstine posted a topic in General Nursing

   hi everyone long time reader, little time poster, yada yada! i work in older people's health, we are basically a medical ward in a general public hospital that caters for 65+, and theoretically we are...

3. No Respect for LTC nurses?

   chirstine replied to bshaw96's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I agree with a lot of what has been posted in this thread. I work in a geriatric assessment, treatment and rehab unit in a public hospital, where a lot of our job is assessing people for LTC, or...

4. What do you do after work to unwind?

   chirstine posted a topic in International Nursing

   Hey - I'm chirstine (yes, I realise it looks like a typo, there's not - only a story.....) I"ve been nursing for just over two years - mainly based in geriatric Assessment, Treatment and Rehab. I...

5. Did I miss the memo???? (rant)

   chirstine replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

   Well done you - that is holistic care! Boo sucks to nurses that say "that's not a nurse's job" - I work in geriatric Assessment , Treatment and Rehab, which in some ways is like a LTC facility - and...