Elisa51

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Hmmmm! I was looking for somewhere to go in September! Perhaps could you send me some information on this session?

I hope that I have better luck with service as I am in Canada. I know that I have one of these at the hospital I work at as well and I needed a HEPA filter and it came within the week. Haven't had any issues to this time with it or with mine here at home, but thanks for the heads up! What company makes the Nova 500?

Use a Helius 40. Am having a bit of difficulty with posting comments. Information is on Canadian Foot Care nurses line

I have been doing nursing foot care since 1982 and I have often told my clients that I provide a medical procedure and if they want a receipt for the medical procedure, I need to keep it as such. If they want them painted as well, that would then be aesthetics and I could still give them a receipt but it would not be valid for a medical procedure. I get the response, "I'll let my granddaughter paint them then!" which works for me as I don't allocate the time into an appointment for painting. Only twice in that time have I painted nails and both were for the same woman who had events to attend and she brought her own polish and was willing to forgo the medical procedure receipt as it meant more for her to have her nails painted.If you do decide to paint though, make sure they bring their own polish!

I have been doing foot care here in Alberta since 1982 and have seen many changes come about in policies since then. Since July of 2013, we are no longer to use dremels as such "All devices used for foot care, including devices used for electronic nail filing, must beintended by the manufacturer for use on human beings.1,2 (see Medical Device definition page 7)" the definition of page 7 being "'Medical device' means any instrument, apparatus, appliance, material, or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software necessary for its proper application, intended by the manufacturer to be used for a human being for any of the following purposes:  Diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease;  Diagnosis, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of, or compensation for, an injury or handicap;  Investigation, replacement or modification of the anatomy or of a physiologic process; or  Control of conception; and that does not achieve its principal intended action (Intended Purpose) in or on the human body by pharmacological, immunological, or metabolic means, but that can be assisted in its function by such means." despite having 3 dremels and 7 fully chargeable batteries, I have since invested in the Helius 40, a vac dremel that even has a HEPA filter! which works great but is more awkward to transport for home use. (Note to self - look into the THUMB!) My favorite bur is the Miltex MX-DMX5-1, a carbine bur that works wonderfully on skin and nail but with nail produces somewhat larger particles so I don't worry quite so much about the client being able to inhale particles that aren't taken up by the vac. A good article to read for those who do file is World at work: Evidence based risk management of nail dust in chiropodists and podiatrists I also belong to the Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses as mentioned by sallyspring above. Our web site is cafcn.ca and our annual conference is coming up in Halifax next week from the 23rd to the 25th of May. Please look into it if you are wanting to meet more foot care nurses in BC and across the rest of Canada!

I have worked as an RPN now for 32 years, in all of the above areas, including substance abuse/dual diagnosis, and I also find that my favorite years have been spent working geriatric psychiatry. I am fortunate in that I work on a unit that specializes in geriatric mood disorders rather than dementia, but we do get a mix. We also have the infirmary for the whole of the 325 bed hospital so we can have a mix of suicide attempts, cardiac cases and paliative care all at the same time. Some express concern that they lose their physical nursing skills, but I think that with the opportunities for continuing education that are available, we don't have to lose these skills. We just need to take responsibility for keeping them current. I just went back in 2003 to get my degree and was pleasantly surprised that I still had the ability to learn! It was great having the chance to converse regularly with other like-minded nurses!

Originally took my psych nurse training, graduating in 1976 from Alberta Hospital Ponoka, one of two such training facilities in Alberta, as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN). After working for 26 years, took my BSN degree online through University of Phoenix. Still live and work in Ponoka at the same facility, now named Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury. Also have a private business providing foot care in the community and surrounding areas.