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  1. TRAITOR: Get Out of Nursing!

    shellsincanada replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    There was a neat story in Tending Lives by Echo Heron about a set nurse. Didn't sound like a fun type of work at

  2. Wound Care--"It itches!" Patient scratches around wound

    shellsincanada replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes with a tape allergy I have found success with bordering the area with tegasorb or duoderm then the tape can stick to that

  3. What would you have done?

    shellsincanada replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    you seem to think you have control over this thread and what you have out there in the internet. You don't. Allnurses is a great forum, but by merely asking to have the thread removed doesn't mean it...

  4. What would you have done?

    shellsincanada replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    oh and also if the fact that you may have revealed this person's identity doesn't scare you - think about how you have also revealed WHO you are in terms of if your hospital/board of nursing could...

  5. What would you have done?

    shellsincanada replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is quite possible that they would know who it was. Sure there may be 1000's of people who are in the same high profile feild, but how many would have been hospitalized recently in your...

  6. Question about overtime

    shellsincanada replied to strider1500's topic in General Nursing

    I used to LOVE the seven on seven off when I was part time. It rocked to have a whole week off every couple of weeks. I know as it is now I do 7 in a row when I have to do my weekends. I am full time...

  7. Need advice from nurses please!

    shellsincanada replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Nursing

    Sure this may this woman's home and she can smoke in it BUT it would also be my WORKPLACE and I believe I have a expectation of a smoke free workplace. I have no issues of the smoke smells in the...

  8. insulin pens, safety needles, and needsticks

    shellsincanada replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    They do make this device to remove the needle you dial on. You screw it on the uncapped need and then press a button to eject it. There is a pharmacy that supplies them for us - not sure of the

  9. Do you get extra work cause your bilingual?

    shellsincanada replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think the net was very widespread when she was in germany ( early 90's) Europe emphasizes langauge more in the schools. It is common to learn not one language in school but 2 or more. It's...

  10. Drug Screen - Alprazolam??

    shellsincanada replied to wyrleygirl1's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have an RX for the xanax? Just come clean about it if you do before the test - if it is a legit perscription then you should be ok. half life is the time it takes for 1/2 the med to be...

  11. Nurses: what's your Myers-Briggs classification??

    shellsincanada replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    ENFP

  12. Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    shellsincanada replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry I had to respond to the statement in which an a diploma was considered to be the same as a backyard mechanic. I am quite stunned by the analogy that diploma nurses don't HAVE an education. I...

  13. Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    shellsincanada replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Your analogy doesn't really work here. So do you think diploma nurses are the "backyard mechanics"? Or the bsn nurses? The BSN students have the theory but not as much clinical are you saying that...

  14. Status asthmaticus

    shellsincanada replied to tahnz0's topic in General Nursing

    A as well. wikipedia is made up by the users and can be edited by anyone. I love it for a quick look at something- but there can be inaccuracies because of the fact anyone can edit it. One of those...

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

    shellsincanada replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    It depends. I often will apply a saturated 4x4 to the wound. Depends on where it is. Obviously a toe can be put in a bowl of ns but say a wound further up would be sort of difficult of do that;). We...

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

    shellsincanada replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wet to dry isn't used very often here anymore. It isn't considered best practice. Sure it debrides but it also takes off healthy tissue and delays healing and is painful to the patient. Using...

  17. lpn a nurse

    shellsincanada replied to lpnurse!'s topic in International Nursing

    oh and in canada we tend to use PSW ( personal support worker) or HCA ( home care attendant or Health Care aide) instead of

  18. lpn a nurse

    shellsincanada replied to lpnurse!'s topic in International Nursing

    Me either. Some individual nurses might hold that belief( I don't). The scope of practice varies widely province to province and some of the confusion on what they can and can't do comes from the fact...

  19. ? about thyroid blood work

    shellsincanada replied to KR's topic in General Nursing

    I had an ultrasound. There are also radioactive iodine uptake tests, thyroid scans( these would be done through nuclear medicine) They measure how much iodine your thyroid takes up. Also in terms of...

  20. Changing jobs after maternity leave??

    shellsincanada replied to babynurse06's topic in General Nursing

    God this depresses me. I am in Canada. We get 50 weeks paid for by employment insurance ( also when you get laid off or lose your job through no fault of your own) The rate is 55% of your basic pay...

  21. Squeamish folks

    shellsincanada replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    The asprin in the colostomy bag is supposed to help with odour. But from what I have read it isn't reccommended as it can cause ulcers on the stoma and peristomal skin. I have heard mouthwash or...

  22. Gotta off the wall question

    shellsincanada replied to bakpakr's topic in General Nursing

    It can be intimidating for some health care professionals to have a well informed patient. I suspect that the younger more recently schooled docs probably are more used to it as the net has been...

  23. Great inventions, only sleep deprivatio can stimulate

    shellsincanada replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    FREAKING

  24. nails

    shellsincanada replied to iluvmynavyman's topic in General Nursing

    The issue isn't YOU getting an infection but your patient getting one. You have the choice and are making an informed risk to yourself- your patient isn't able to do this And 98% of women DO NOT have...

  25. nails

    shellsincanada replied to iluvmynavyman's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect that gloves were worn more religiously in the nicu where the nails were a factor in the deaths of the 16 infants. Gloves make no difference. It's probably not an issue because of the...