DG5

DG5 has 11 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, LTC.

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1. I need help getting organized.

   DG5 replied to 1uvakindmom's topic in Geriatric

   After you get to know your residents and their routines it becomes a whole lot easier. Some residents wait by the dining room before breakfast, some are in the lounge and some are always in their room. There are a few priorities first, like taking th...

2. Standing orders (Please explain)

   DG5 replied to ScreamBoxDolly's topic in General Nursing

   Also ditto to never writing down that an order has been received telephonically when it clearly hasn't, I would also never accept an order over the telephone from a doctor or hospitalist that would say for eg: "Sepsis protocol" because as it has been...

3. I need help getting organized.

   DG5 replied to 1uvakindmom's topic in Geriatric

   For the elderly, there is no easy way, especially with polypharmacy and those that needs their meds crushed etc. It is better to be safe than feel pressurised with time. Can you speak to your superviser - it seems like it is a workload issue.

4. Physical Assessments: Do Any Nurses Do Them

   DG5 replied to romie's topic in General Nursing

   I don't quite agree with darkangel 05b's comments that a "lot of the older nurses seem to get lazy in their ways" - a rather sweeping comment.I don't think doing assessments thoroughly is related to the length of time you have been a nurse- it is rel...

5. A Little advice needed!!!!

   DG5 replied to Jossie's topic in General Nursing

   Same thing happened to me and I had worked in Canada for a few years before coming back and re-entering nursing again. Its just the way the provincial contract is set out, but once you are in the system it is really nice to know that there is a Union...

6. Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

   DG5 replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

   Years ago a friend of mine said the doctor had diagnosed her 7 year old with "Minimal Brain Damage" but he was as bright as a button. I've later come to realise this old term was what is now called Attention Deficit Disorder- thank heavens they chan...

7. CAN you believe this! - Bad Portrayal of nurses in my local paper

   DG5 replied to purseOnalityRN's topic in General Nursing

   Tddowney and Tachybrady have it right here - listen to this letter very carefully - it says that there WOULDN'T be a nursing shortage if nurses performed duties that were conducive to their pay. I think T. Ball is emphasizing the fact that nurses lea...

8. Reminiscing

   DG5 replied to knockandhello's topic in General Nursing

   Haven't read all these posts but some of my memories are: 1. getting my hair measured by the "matron" to make sure it was so many inches above the collar 2. passing a "flatus" tube per rectum to relieve gas 3. keeping cabbage leaves in the fridge to ...

9. need help with bedside care

   DG5 replied to dayshiftnurse's topic in Geriatric

   Use every minute you have with something useful to do or observe. When you get a patient up say, onto the commode in the am, use that time to make an assessment, make a bed, wash her face/neck/back/underarms, etc, place a pull-up pad or pad with refa...

10. Silly Question :-P

    DG5 replied to LadyEJ BSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is not a silly question. Its something most of us still battle through after years on the job. But we find ways of coping with things that come with the job we do. I try to focus on the patient all the time, and when I do that, I realise that t...

11. Please Help! Encouragement needed

    DG5 replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in Geriatric

    I think you feel in LTC that you have to hold everything up and it is easy to forget that there are other RNs and LPNs who are also there on the next shift/s to carry things through. Don't forget that you are part of a whole team. Good luck - it soun...

12. Help with a patient who wants to end her life

    DG5 replied to oxyjen's topic in General Nursing

    There needs to be a family conference including the S/W and the doctor. The family will have a very hard time accepting this but they could be offered pro-active bereavement counselling through hospice. Sounds like the family need active intervention...

13. Rant-I was called 'unprofessional'

    DG5 replied to oxyjen's topic in Relations

    Regardless if she perceived you to be unprofessional, it was unprofessional of her to say "unprofessional" in front of your students.

14. Has anyone ever assisted in a roadside emergency?

    DG5 replied to c5150b's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah - a long time ago - someone got a gunshot wound in the shoulder/upper arm and was bleeding profusely from the brachial artery. I stuck my hand in there and the ambulance took 45 minutes to get there. Fortunately he survived but I was up to my el...

15. Intramuscular Injection Sites?

    DG5 replied to Nurse Bethie's topic in Safety

    I always use the dorso gluteal. I was taught to find the superior iliac crest, go 5 cm diagonally from there into the dorso gluteal muscle and thats the mark. Is that still ok?