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HELP!!!!! I used to have a home remedy for opiod induced constipation. I remember the igredients were MOM 7up molasses prune juice and I can't remember the rest. Does someone kknow this recipe? I originally got this from a hospice nurse some time ago...

Hi I am a student and am lookng for some opinions/advice. Our local ADN program is impacted to the gills (even with top grades, still a minimum of two year wait to enter the program). Our local RT program is wide open and recruiting (with CAs filthy ...

Do any of you sew your own scrubs/uniforms?

I occasionally do respite care for PDD kids. It is state funded in CA. I hear it referred to as "autism light". I agree this home needs to be reported as a neglect/abuse situation ASAP. Good home environment is so critical for a special needs child. ...

How STUPID can you get!!! This must go along with the old wives tale that you shouldnt lift your arms over your head while PG or you will strangle the baby!!! :rotfl: Laura

They comply with the WHO Code on infant formula and advertising, which I applaud, since Parenting and Parents can't seem to gather up the b*lls to do this. And they're a nice counterpoint to the typical standard line you see in so many parenting mag...

This patient is a workmans comp case waiting to happen. This pt is mismanaged as well; One the aides need some training on dealing wiith the demented, two the poor pt needs her meds changed or adjusted. I do CNA work in home health and our agency wou...

I had a pateint doing this who was talking to me and said she could see her father and mother, then started talking about packing up "enough diapers and bottles to take with me". It turned out she had given up her son as an infant but kept two daught...

I was working a night shift job as an aide caring for a lady with terminal cancer on hospice at home. (Ive done this work for years) She was starting to slip and I woke her family, two girls and DH. We were all sitting around, she was pretty quiet an...

I do the above with my Moms meds and also keep track of her hx and current dx (there are a bunch). I also printed out copies of all of the above and have them in an enveloppe in her purse. I will say there are times I almost wish I didnt have some kn...

The biggest problem in our current system is lack of insurance coverage and accessability. I have real problems because I am considered unisurable by the insurance companies because I had ARDS and some common complications (renal failure, stress ulce...

I would be willing to bet if the staff would ignore the happy couple and ignore the residents with "aids" the need for tranquilizers and sleeping pills would go way down :rotfl: , not to mention behavioral issues among the demented/Alz population. La...

Well if you have migraines you will have lots of compay in the nursing profession!!!!!!!! See a neuro, but also keep a log of your migraines to see if you can ID some more triggers. I did that thinking d/t my age (30s) that maybe it was hormonal. I...

I wear a Tee under my scrubs all the time in the winter.....esp since I work at night. Sometimes I wear white, and since my scrubs can be any color, I sometimes coordinate a solid color solid under my scrub. I buy cheap ones from Walmart. I have noti...

Around here, it is very common for the agencies (home health) to check credit. One place I worked point blank said if your credit isnt decent, don't bother. The rationale was if someone is irresponsible in one area of their life, the will tend to be ...

Amen!!!!!!! I have learned this first hand. I care for my Mom, who has numerous medical issues. She had been on Paxil for depression (chronic) for several years. She was in rehab after a total knee replacement and the brilliant house rehab MD elimi...

I agree!!!!!! I have already had a similar experience and I havent even started clinical yet! I asked a teacher a question regarding the electrical conduction system of the heart: if a patient is in PEA, what area of the heart is firing? He didnt KN...

I always wear a skirt to work d/t religious reasons.......and Ive done CNA work for about 14 yrs. At nursing school there are several of us who wear skirts d/t religious reasons. Our ADN program requires white, but for work I like the colored ones. I...

I think CNA training should be a program pre req. Our local ADN program requires NO pateint care experience, just a high GPA. I just finished my last pre req, physiology, and i actually heard other students say " all RNs have to do is pass meds, do t...

My agency says no visible piercings and tattoos have to be covered by the uniform/clothing. I told one aide with a barbell to be careful who she showed it to, she could get into hot water. I did ask her what it was like to get one put in.......out of...

I got my caregiving start in MR/DD homes. My med pass training was about 15 minutes!!! Heres the chart, match the chart with the card (meds were carded) nd initial here. Thats iit!!! We gave a wide variety of drugs, but in particular tons of anti-sei...

Well, the NPO rule of 6-8hrs beforehand may be inconvenient, or uncomfortable for some, I would rather be uncomfortable than risk aspiration Pneumonia. Aspiration pneumonia is a common precursor to ARDS. This is how I got ARDS years ago. I wouldnt wi...

The facilities around here are way too heavy on starch, I think. But the "special diets" are a joke. In reality in lots of these places everyone gets the same thing, just pureed or whatever if necessary. My Mom just got out of a LTC rehab place and ...

well, I have had several pts tell me I need to lose weight. Im short and fat BTW. I did have one guy tell me I had great *** and started tellng me all the places we had been and uh, done :imbar . His poor mortified wife and I figured out he thought...

One time I was working with a hospice RN (male) that had previously done alot of regular home health work. He told me he actually had been sent to South Mo (skid row area of town) to care for a pateint living in a by the week motel. Guy had a hep loc...