nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. Personal Hygiene...

    nightmare replied to Michelle123's topic in General Nursing

    I had this email about handbags.How many of us put them down on a restroom floor and then bring them home and put them on the counter?!!EEEwww not any

  2. baby with a stiff back

    nightmare replied to babygirl66733's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As racing mum says we do not give medical advice on this board.Please get baby's mum to take this up with her

  3. UK old nurses question

    nightmare replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    Oh God yes,forgotten about that.Anyone remember St.Peter's

  4. UK old nurses question

    nightmare replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    Zimmers with wheels we call 'bikes'.Those walkers with 4 wheels we call quad

  5. Health Care in the UK

    nightmare replied to calliesue's topic in International Nursing

    One week in patient with cholecystitis...cost=nil Keyhole surgery .removal of gall bladder etc...cost =nil Husband in hospital for 6 months...cost =nil(apart from bus fares).We have both paid 'stamps'...

  6. Reregistered for the CPNE

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I KNEW you'd be back!!! Go

  7. UK old nurses question

    nightmare replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    Well at least you haven't got to my

  8. UK old nurses question

    nightmare replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    You're like

  9. Need some SERIOUS advice from Neonatal/Pediatric NP's

    nightmare replied to mommy2three2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Moved to Nurse practitioner forum for more

  10. UK old nurses question

    nightmare replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    Good grief,Sharrie,you're not old,you're still a spring

  11. Working in The USA

    nightmare replied to TavellerCA's topic in International Nursing

    As you do not have to reveal your DOB to the public forum I don't see the need to falsify

  12. Working in The USA

    nightmare replied to TavellerCA's topic in International Nursing

    So you're a trained nurse and have worked 6 years in the US but you're only

  13. UK old nurses question

    nightmare replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    Some of us are long in the

  14. UK old nurses question

    nightmare replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    Oh I remember the burned fingers from making Kaolin poultices! First you have several squares of gauze then you had to aim the boiling kaolin into the middle ,away from the edges then you had to put...

  15. UK old nurses question

    nightmare replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    The other day I had to show some of the younger nurses how to 'repair' a sphyg. because the mercury had separated.none of them knew how to do

  16. nursing interview

    nightmare replied to little shell's topic in International Nursing

    Have moved to Uk forum for more informed

  17. UK old nurses question

    nightmare replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    Yes ,who took the fun out of

  18. Do you discuss lab results/x-ray or other test results with patients?

    nightmare replied to KyPinkRN's topic in General Nursing

    On the other side of the blanket, it annoys me if I ask for blood results and they won't give them to me,saying the doctor/nurse will tell you.This means waiting a week for an appointment and worrying...

  19. nurse vs doctors

    nightmare replied to monkeymedic's topic in General Nursing

    'O' levels are usually taken in the fourth year of ,I think what you call High school,age about 15 -16.'A' levels are taken in the fifth and sixth year,age 17-18 at the end of High school.You can also...

  20. A big, fat CPNE failure here

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    [[[[[[[sue]]]]]]] So sorry to here this but don't give up.Next time you'll know what to expect and you will ace

  21. Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

    nightmare replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard a few different variations for Quetiapine,and have one nurse that just can't get her tongue around Bendroflumethiazide at

  22. licensure in Canada for foreigners

    nightmare replied to statedintent's topic in International Nursing

    I will move it to the International forum for

  23. Unsigned Form

    nightmare replied to Kittykat06's topic in International Nursing

    You could contact school but they will probably send it back to you for signing

  24. keeping in touch?

    nightmare replied to nursejnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think this is definitely a practice you do not want to start!By giving a patient your phone no.email,etc you suddenly become a 24/7 unpaid medical adviser for them and probably their family! That...

  25. proning patients

    nightmare replied to tree22_RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I remember using a Stryker bed years ago in the respiratory unit.Easy to use ,you could turn someone yourself quite