Hello again! I wrote to you earlier about having experience and so on. But I agree with the answers here; encouricing you to follow your hart!! I have allways followed my own rule: THE DAY I LOSE MY...
THE ANSWER IS NO. I LOVE NURSING AND HAD NEVER REGRET. THAT WOULD NOT MEAN THAT I NEVER HAD BEEN FRUSTRATED OR SAD OR TIRED, BUT I CANT THINK ABOUT ANYTHING BUT NURSING TO DO! (I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT...
I thougt about something that helps RA pt. but I know its really difficult with pt. wiht dementia. But a local cortison injection giiven by a professionel MD is not hurting if its done in the ringt...
Its wonderful to read that so many nurses around the world want to wear a white uniform and a cap! Call me OLDFASHIONED, BUT specially in geriatric nursing the pt love to see A REAL NURSE! I often use...
I am supprised that smoking is allowed when you are in uniform! In Norway its smokefree hospitals; the pt can ev. go out and smoke. Think about the odour, and all the hospital-stuff who create emesis,...
I certenly understand your FEELING of not doing your job as you "should" do - WELLCOME TO THE CLUB, FOR SOME OF US IT WOULD LAST FOREVER! When you get more experience, maybe your shoulder will foll...
I wonder: An old lady with ca. mammae c.met. come from the local hospital to a permanent nursing home. She had a lot of medication and was not good controlled by her pain. The anestesiologist had a...
The problem is that you have to find remedies that is not affecting CNS, and often use local treatment: An onitment from Germany: ARNIKA SALBE, is good for problems as arthritis. In Germany and Norway...
Thank you for this forum: for shearing knowledge and give advice and tips about internet links! I think "pain" is a word you can find in every part of NURSING,- either its about a concret pt pain...
hello! Very usefull replies you have got here; One thing: if this is geriatric nursing, my experience beside USE A LOT O LOTION AND ALLMOND OIL IN THE SHOWER/BAATH; THE OTHER THING: morphin and...
Hello! Ireally understand your wish or maybe the wish to be safer inside and uotside (psychomotoric skills/emotilonell skills) to handle critical sick persons, whith SEVERE pain, pain you might never...
florry replied to fiestynurse's topic in Correctional
excuse my english, I am from Norway: I think we use singel dose system (every medic. for a week in a box, ) and you can give one singel plastic bubbel pakced by pharmacy dep. in your machine, and...
Hello! Yes, I am from NORWAY and have been a nurse for allmost 20 years, in nursing educating and clin. nursing. YOU HAVE TO TAKE CONTACT WITH "AUTORISASJONSKONTORET" IN the main city Oslo. They can...
florry replied to YOGI_NAMASTE's topic in Oncology
Hello again! If you are asking about the stress working in my unit, please have a look of my writing about the tread "canser patiens who dies". The work can be very hard, even you are "old in...
florry replied to YOGI_NAMASTE's topic in Oncology
Hello! Oncology nursing is much challenging; you have to use knowledge from physiologic as well as psychological nursing. Also my experience is that its very "familioriented" or working with social...
Hello out there! Yes, some of you are asking if that is some nursing care..... I will tell you that working with dementia patients i have i lot and good experience with foot care! In our nursing...
I feel that its good to see that you nurses out there are human being - with both emotions and intelligens, and some social skills, if you understand. This subject is complex, for you have to stay...
Hello Kirsti! Maybe its my language problems again, but: Here in our country we have no regulations from the goverment about "alternativ medicine". I am not a certified touch - healer or something...
Hello! Yes, I have taken a Reiki class 4 years ago. I am now in onch. nurse spec. and a parttime nurse educator. I am using Reiki as well as other "alternative method" in my work. The word "hands...