nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. Nursing in Australia

    nightmare replied to iamawomantolove's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Moved to International for more

  2. Help needed guys..

    nightmare replied to Sarah_UK's topic in International Nursing

    Post moved to Canadian forum for more informed

  3. What states allow RN's to pronounce death?

    nightmare replied to daisey_may's topic in General Nursing

    If we had an unexpected death at night then we would call out the doctor immediately.The practice of us verifying death at night is to save the on call doctor, who is covering a very large area,from...

  4. fall prevention inservice

    nightmare replied to springlover's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Here is a fall risk assessment.Hope it helps.Always check that shoes are well fitting and not worn down as well. Fall Risk

  5. South Beach Diet anyone??

    nightmare replied to at your cervix's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Well done to you,this is an excellent way to control your diabetes,I've been doing the same and my sugars are now in acceptable limits as

  6. Suesquatch cpne

    nightmare replied to calliesue's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Go for it,you can do

  7. What states allow RN's to pronounce death?

    nightmare replied to daisey_may's topic in General Nursing

    Here we can verify a death,especially at night if it is an expected death.We do it with only a single nurse(but then there is only one nurse on duty!)The death is then certified by a doctor during the...

  8. research to uk OLD NURSES : do you have old pictures of you hat and how to make it

    nightmare replied to fleury's topic in International Nursing

    I trained in the 70's and ,apart from the first year hat,the others were cardboard or

  9. diabetic ?neuro manifest ?

    nightmare replied to cwoodall68's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    You don't say how old patient is but it sounds like symptoms of a

  10. orthostatic hypotension

    nightmare replied to chadash's topic in General Nursing

    Have you tried sitting her up for a minute then standing

  11. Help! placing foley in obese females

    nightmare replied to avatar78's topic in General Students

    Sometimes getting them to cough will show you if there is any

  12. CNAs: What do you do 11pm-7am?

    nightmare replied to AnxiousStrawberry's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Well we try our best,the carers fairly earn their wages,most nights they are run off their feet answering call mats as some of our residents are up and down like

  13. CNAs: What do you do 11pm-7am?

    nightmare replied to AnxiousStrawberry's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Our carers work from 9pm to 8am .They do a first round ,putting residents to bed,changing pads and any wet beds.After that they do the laundry and set the breakfast trays in the kitchen.They clean...

  14. Questions about MG and Parkinsons

    nightmare replied to monday123's topic in General Nursing

    There is a type of dementia known as Lewy body dementia where the patient exhibits Parkinson like symptoms as well as dementia.Also some of the older psychotropic meds caused Parkinson- like side...

  15. Makeover Ideas

    nightmare replied to LTCRN4LIFE's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A 'quite'room, where dementia patients can go and sit and recharge. Sometimes there is so much different sound input from tv's radios, people shouting that dementia sufferers just can't cope with it...

  16. research to uk OLD NURSES : do you have old pictures of you hat and how to make it

    nightmare replied to fleury's topic in International Nursing

    Our first year caps were a square of starched linen that you folded so that you had a 'boat shape' for your head and the rest of it hanging down at the back.I don't remember how we folded them.Second...

  17. Help with reflections needed.

    nightmare replied to Loopylorns's topic in International Nursing

    I'm with RGN1 on this.I never did come to grips with the different models,probably because we didn't use them in training.I sit and write ,then read ,then rewrite until I am satified with what I have...

  18. Using Same Equipement on all Patients?

    nightmare replied to Atl_John's topic in General Nursing

    This is something I think I will bring up with our manager! We have one sphyg.which we use on everybody!Thinking about it as a lot of MRSA patients test positive under the oxters and the cuff is very...

  19. HELP!! I am stuck in a situation! - need advice from experienced nurses

    nightmare replied to MegRyanGirl's topic in International Nursing

    Move to International for more expert

  20. cna refusing to get patient up for meal

    nightmare replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :yeahthat:My carers know exactly where the line is and don't cross it more than once!If this is an unusual thing for your CNA to do question why? don't just assume they are being

  21. Archetypes in Nursing

    nightmare replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Clipboard nurse Always bustling along importantly,always seems to be busy but never actually doing anything. Road-runner Heart of gold but no organisation.Will start one job then see something else to...

  22. Hit in the face!!

    nightmare replied to Morning-glory's topic in General Nursing

    You have to develop fast reflexes in LTC especially with dementia

  23. New Grad Interviewing at WHC and CNMN

    nightmare replied to udilwort's topic in General Nursing

    Thread re-homed in

  24. New Grad Interviewing at WHC and CNMN

    nightmare replied to udilwort's topic in General Nursing

    oops

  25. know why hb is always low in CRF?

    nightmare replied to mragko's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Moved to student assistance