Stillanurse

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1. Isolation of NH pts in Acute Care

   Stillanurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am the Infection Control nurse at our hospital. We have a physican that wants to place all NH pts in contact Isolation, when admitted, and for us to do a nasal, rectal, urine and wound (when...

2. Scabies

   Stillanurse replied to caffine addict's topic in Infectious Disease

   Several yrs ago, when we used to keep hospitalized pts in for extended periods of time, we had an out break of scabies with our nurses aides. A pt had been in with an un-diagnosed rash (the Dr...

3. ZOFRAN for morning sickness?

   Stillanurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Has anyone taken this expensive med for morning

4. Dr's children at pts bedside

   Stillanurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   We had a meeting today at our hospital. One of the physicans brought up concern over Doctors that bring their young children on rounds with them. This doc was asking if we have a policy that addresses...

5. Convincing staff the importance of getting their flu shot

   Stillanurse replied to NurseNat's topic in Infectious Disease

   If you learn of some way to convince others to get the shot I think you could become wealthy. We actually have staff at where I work take pride in never taking the flu shot. The only thing I can say...

6. Foley cath cares

   Stillanurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I would like to know what other hospitals are doing for Foley Cath Cares; what and how do you document. It seems at our hospital nothing is being documented.I remember the days of having to document q...

7. Artificial Fingernails

   Stillanurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I would like to know how many hospitals have a policy that does NOT ALLOW direct pt caregivers to wear artificial