sdre

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1. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

   sdre replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I suggest consideration of the effects of low literacy in both Canada and the United States as an issue in this type of situation. As educated persons, we consider the information we are giving patients is effective in helping them to manage health ...

2. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

   sdre replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

   Many people who consider not having vaccinations as an appropriate behaviour have little or no appreciation of the risks from communicable diseases. As was observed, they lack basic information about public health issues. The presence of an unprotect...

3. Need advice...life threatened by pt's family today

   sdre replied to SotaRN's topic in General Nursing

   As a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in Canada for 40 years, I suggest that the employer is obligated to protect the employee both at work and off-duty. Please note that the behaviour described is bad behaviour and not all bad behaviour is evidence of ...

4. Need advice...life threatened by pt's family today

   sdre replied to SotaRN's topic in General Nursing

   As a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in Canada for 40 years, I suggest that the employer is obligated to protect the employee both at work and off-duty. Please note that the behaviour described is bad behaviour and not all bad behaviour is evidence of ...

5. Is it selfish not to get a Flu Shot?

   sdre replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   Have you ever heard of Typhoid Mary??? Indeed you may not get sick BUT you could be carrying the bug to work to your vulnerable patients. So stick out that arm and protect yourself and others

6. I shaved off a patient's mustache. Was I wrong?

   sdre replied to NebbyLPN's topic in General Nursing

   I have 3 concerns: 1. the incomplete information about this patient given to this nurse i.e. his existing dementia; 2. the poor post meal hygiene care given to him if his moustache was full of old food; and 3. the seeming lack of involvement of a ...

7. How did nursing ever "buy into" 12-hr shifts???

   sdre replied to HazeK's topic in General Nursing

   12 hr shifts came back in @ 1970 from a YOUNG group of nurses in an ICU in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They wanted the extra time off. As they were YOUNG, footloose and fancy free at the time, it worked for them THEN. It also works for administration...

8. Do you feel you were adequately prepared to practice nursing when you graduated?

   sdre replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I am one of those who was trained in a hospital setting, graduating in 1967. I had a broad base of clinical settings. In reality, nursing school prepares us for starting to be nurses. The resources of technology and knowledge in health care are const...