carolmaccas66

carolmaccas66 BSN, RN

Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych

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  1. Did you get their bath done? Seriously?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    Here's one idea: when I have been REALLY pushed for time, or when the patient's shared bathrooms have been chockers (full up), I've said to patients will you wash here at the bedside? So I get a big...

  2. Watch your manners please..

    carolmaccas66 replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    How absolutely effing rude. And no hospitals here do not stock caskets or coffins. But the only thing I can think of that even remotely sounds like that is a cast (plaster of paris cast), but why...

  3. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    carolmaccas66 replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I just had to laugh at this last part! I know nurses who have retired and there is no way they would go back to nursing. But I've read/heard of quite a few who have had to go back to to work, because...

  4. Hidden Cameras in Nursing Homes/ALF

    carolmaccas66 replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure you report all of these problems to your shift supervisor. Try to find time in a quiet place to explain to the family, with your supervisor present, the inherent difficulties in dressing...

  5. Did you get their bath done? Seriously?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    There is 'never nothing to do' in nursing I

  6. Did you get their bath done? Seriously?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a nursing assitant (many moons ago), EVERYONE had their sheets changed, either a full set if sheets were really soiled, or top and tailed (top sheet goes on the bottom, new sheet on the...

  7. New Job 35 miles away

    carolmaccas66 replied to jesuslovesme's topic in General Nursing

    35 miles is nothing! I've driven 900 kilometres in one day. Tiring but doable. Why don't you try a car pool option, would that work? Or can you rent accommodation the nights you have to work shifts...

  8. I don't like floor nursing...

    carolmaccas66 replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    I remember I had a conversation with some older nurses when I was a student at a large, public teaching hospital. They told me that if you did all your clinical rotations at the same hospital, you...

  9. Oh well:-/

    carolmaccas66 replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    As good an answer as any! At least you put yourself first - very, very

  10. tips on being an effective charge nurse?

    carolmaccas66 replied to minnib's topic in Nurse Management

    Have a plan for the shift. Let everyone else know what is expected of them. Ask for suggestions re some situations, but if anything gets out of hand, take charge and let others know some situations...

  11. Passing gas after surgery...

    carolmaccas66 replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    I also had the horrific neck and shoulder pain. I felt like I'd been hit by a truck. None of the nurses took it seriously and I was told it would eventually go away. They gave me nothing for it at the...

  12. Passing gas after surgery...

    carolmaccas66 replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    It's usually within about 8-12 hours, but they MUST have passed a good amount of wind before being discharged. Some ways to help pass gas: walking, warm water bottles (not hot!) on the abdomen,...

  13. Dealing with frustrating family and supervisor

    carolmaccas66 replied to SquishyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Schedule a meeting with your DON/NUM and the daughter and thrash it out - if they are serious re this complaint, I think u have to confront them TBH. Type up your version, make sure the DON/NUM gets a...

  14. I don't like floor nursing...

    carolmaccas66 replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    God's sake! Stabbed by a patient? Do tell please. What solution worked for

  15. Dealing with frustrating family and supervisor

    carolmaccas66 replied to SquishyRN's topic in General Nursing

    The daughter of the first patient and your management have decided to use you as a scapegoat for something. Maybe the daughter is just upset about something else, but has decided to take it out on...

  16. The CRAZIEST "Baseline" You've Ever Heard

    carolmaccas66 replied to MoLee228's topic in General Nursing

    Goodness how hard for you! What happened if you don't mind me asking? How do you cope? Very sensible of you to have a card reading with that info I

  17. Oh well:-/

    carolmaccas66 replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    What made you quit in the first place? And another question I'm curious about: how could you afford to

  18. I don't like floor nursing...

    carolmaccas66 replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I do go to the gym, though I've had a very bad cold thingy I can't seem to shake off (had ABs not long ago for an infected chest and ingrown toenail). So couldn't go to the gym for a while! I'm...

  19. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    carolmaccas66 replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think u did the right thing talking ur daughter out of a nursing career. I'm glad she chose something

  20. What to you like about being a nurse?

    carolmaccas66 replied to 2RNornot2RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry nursing has become a very hard job and is a politically hot potatoe and is very negative right now, with little positives (if any) and very little rewards. I cannot think of any positives right...

  21. I don't like floor nursing...

    carolmaccas66 replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    I know exactly how you feel! After hanging onto a relationship with a man I dearly love for 20 years that is now over, I am definitely single again. Forget about dating when doing shiftwork - I was...

  22. Impersonating a nurse

    carolmaccas66 replied to Elleveein's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    what is a vn and an ma please? I don't understand all the US

  23. I'm afraid that I'm a bad nurse.

    carolmaccas66 replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    It's funny - I was just talking to my Mum about the hospital in our home town and the lack of support when I first worked up there, then I read your post. First of all, I DREAM about having a 5:1...

  24. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    carolmaccas66 replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I thought a pre-nursing student was an American thing. Did the OP ever answer this

  25. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    carolmaccas66 replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sadly, I have heard this story happening more and more with older nurses. I myself am getting older, but have done many other jobs in health care, not just nursing. I feel sorry for the ones who are...