DG5

DG5

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  1. The Bullying Thread

    DG5 replied to gwenith's topic in General Nursing

    K) You people on nights have it easy. - This was said to me just yesterday from a nurse on day shift who has never worked a night shift in her life. Working on nights, I would make sure my work was...

  2. What is your facility's protocol for managing UTI's?

    DG5 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would be interested in finding out what protocol you have for managing UTI's in your facility. In our facility, it seems that whenever a resident is confused or is suspected of having a UTI (foul...

  3. How many people do you have to wake up at night?

    DG5 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I came onto the night shift 9 months ago, I didn't want to make waves right away, but the first thing I did with my nursing manager supporting me was to change all the eye gtts from the night med...

  4. former RN, wishing to use skills somewhere!

    DG5 replied to Ally1's topic in International Nursing

    Well, I can only speak from experience. I too, was 40 something with five kids, out of nursing for many years, also doing office type jobs. I had no idea how to get back in and it took two years of my...

  5. New to the Night Shift Experience

    DG5 replied to joey1967's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh. it sounds pretty like a pretty heavy rotation. The one day off that you get is only good for sleep and then you are at it again. If I were in your shoes, I would really watch my energy...

  6. former RN, wishing to use skills somewhere!

    DG5 replied to Ally1's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Ally1Why don't you just take the Refresher course and continue being an RN? I was out of nursing for 18 years and I did the nursing refresher course and got a job in an intermediate care facility....

  7. RNs in LTC

    DG5 replied to surfnbeagle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In my facility, we have one RN for about 38 residents on days and evenings and one LPN which float between the two. The LPN is not there to run the floor but to assist and complement the RN and the...

  8. Night shift nurses...How many hours of sleep do you get?

    DG5 replied to lpnin03's topic in General Nursing

    I have also just recently started nights (two weeks ago) and got a bad flu in the first week. I'm trying to get to sleep right away when I come home because I have to wake up at 3 pm to fetch kids...

  9. Starting a new night job

    DG5 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Today I handed in my application to go on night shift. I have been on days for four years and wonder if I have done the right thing! The main motivating factor was that after I come home from my days...

  10. Funny quotes from patients

    DG5 replied to RNtoJD's topic in Nursing Humor

    Working one quiet evening in an LTC facility, an elderly 90+ resident sat by the nursing station to talk, as she couldn't get to sleep just yet. Knowing she was from South Africa I asked her "So, are...

  11. Am I overeacting???

    DG5 replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry- I was replying to the post by

  12. Am I overeacting???

    DG5 replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    I think the last post was rather unkind and judgmental! YOU know what's best for you and your son. I have five kids, two boys in there both age 11 and 12, and two teenagers. We have LOTS of these...

  13. doctors order

    DG5 replied to ytoni's topic in Medical-Surgical

    AND if there still is some doubt to what you have heard even after reading it back and getting the reply, ASK AGAIN until you are 100% sure you have it straight. Even if it means another phone call....

  14. Taking Kids to the Job is it OK?

    DG5 replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There is the odd time (maybe once or twice a year) when an emergency indeed arrives- the teen in your family is held up somewhere and can't be home to babysit the younger one, no outside help to call...

  15. Staff RNs in LTC

    DG5 replied to surfnbeagle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can't understand the mindset of that RN you work with. These kinds of nurses need to get one big wake up call. I am an RN in an LTC facility, with an LPN and 2-3 CNA's for 37 beds. The LPN and I...

  16. Hello, my name is Kathi and I need some

    DG5 replied to 4mygrls's topic in Nursing Career

    You mention you want something that changes all the time as you get bored easily and you want something where you are not working with the same people all of the time. Nursing can be doing the same...

  17. Your Worst Mistake

    DG5 replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    A second year student, thrown into ICU for the first time, told to watch a patient out of surgery from triple bypass, tubes everywhere, told to do vitals Q 2 hourly, temp was really low, cold...

  18. Procedural Question regarding Phys. orders

    DG5 replied to colleen10's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you have all the confidence I never had as a student but wished I had. You'll make a great

  19. Accident Scenes: Do You Always Offer Assistance?

    DG5 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I don't usually stop - there always seems to be someone like another nurse or doctor there at the scene, but you can't help stopping to help if its a life and death situation. I heard a crash outside...

  20. How to tell the difference between diaper rash, heat rash, and yeast infection?

    DG5 replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in Pediatric

    My baby had the same thing - this was years ago and nothing worked with all the creams too. The paediatrician put him on soya milk / lactose free milk. He was tiny, only six weeks at the time. That...

  21. Story on Oprah: Cradle Rape

    DG5 replied to NannaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have lived 28 years of my 40 something life in South Africa. I trained there as a nurse. I had five children out there. The african culture is very different from anything we know in North America....

  22. Nurses grossed out by spit/mucus

    DG5 replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh its nice to know there are others in the same boat. I can't handle mucus at all. In nursing school (way WAY back!) we had spatoons at every bedside that we had to empty and clean and I still have...

  23. Pressure Staging?

    DG5 replied to Rnltc's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I'm sorry, I really don't know the answer to that This lady was sent off to the ulcer clinic where the RX and application was done. And I only saw it in the initial stage. The maggots are tiny to...

  24. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

    DG5 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    As far as I remember, he said it was in a fight, and he basically had to pull it out under desperate conditions in a remote third world situation! Fortunately this worked! I'll have to ask him again...

  25. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

    DG5 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    Well, we have some stories - my dad was a doctor in the Congo many years ago. He said a woman brought her baby to his clinic one day with a big dent in his head. A coconut fell out from the tree she...