nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. Moving and handling patients

    nightmare replied to Chixie's topic in International Nursing

    Quite correct! Your mentor should not have put you in this position at all,a stand-aid should have been used and you were well within your rights to refuse to lift in this fashion.Good for you!I'm not...

  2. Fear of physicians and taking telephone orders

    nightmare replied to Joni's Mom's topic in General Nursing

    Have all the answers to hand he/she is likely to ask.As for taking down orders.take them down so that you know what it says then rewrite them for others to

  3. When will they change the name???

    nightmare replied to hand2cut's topic in Men in Nursing

    I suppose we did change the title ' Sister 'for 'Charge nurse' to accommodate males but it still incorporates the word 'nurse',and whatever fancy title is thought up the patients will still call out...

  4. Double Briefing

    nightmare replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our management has gone down the extreme route of issuing out only one weeks pads at a time.Each resident is continence assessed and then,if they are assessed for three pads a day they are only issued...

  5. Back stabbing

    nightmare replied to fiesty_gemini's topic in International Nursing

    It's true,unfortunately.We try so hard to be calm ,cool and collected with the patients but when it comes to each other,well something snaps sometimes.I like working with students,I find I learn...

  6. I know we are all sick of this but.....

    nightmare replied to scattycarrot's topic in International Nursing

    Aye but what about spreading the sawdust after

  7. When will they change the name???

    nightmare replied to hand2cut's topic in Men in Nursing

    :lol2: Just noticed in another post I read the use of the word 'hospitalist' I assume meaning doctor.Now there would be potential for even more confusion

  8. What would ja do?

    nightmare replied to JRD2002's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses today are trained to be rational, analytical people,not handmaidens blindly following orders but........doctors still think we should blindly follow orders!!I think you were right

  9. When will they change the name???

    nightmare replied to hand2cut's topic in Men in Nursing

    There is nothing wrong with ' nurse ' it is an honourable title. Hospitallers may have been working with the sick to begin with but they quickly turned into soldiers.Anyway I guarantee that if you...

  10. Anyone Use This?

    nightmare replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Bnf stands for British National

  11. How to secure police clearance here in saudi

    nightmare replied to canterbury009's topic in International Nursing

    I suggest asking at your embassy,they would probably

  12. I know we are all sick of this but.....

    nightmare replied to scattycarrot's topic in International Nursing

    I know exactly who you mean! I used to like her until she started all this ! I'm 'traditional' trained and yes I did 'clean' sometimes but we had ward maids who did the bulk of the cleaning when they...

  13. Thanks Suzanne!

    nightmare replied to Wendy2006's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It's nice to see Suzanne's work and efforts

  14. Anyone Use This?

    nightmare replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    We have the MIMS (monthly index of medical supplies) and the BNF which comes out twice a

  15. Comparsion of US vs UK taxes for healthcare

    nightmare replied to mc3's topic in International Nursing

    Unfortunately,Sharrie,we are still paying prescription charges but they have gone down to £5 and will be done away with

  16. to sleep or not to sleep???

    nightmare replied to trmr's topic in General Nursing

    I will not wake any of mine up unnecessarily because most of them are elderly confused and once they're awake they get up! I only wake them if the meds they are prescribed are important ie...

  17. Ankle Sprain Need Advice

    nightmare replied to AprilCNA's topic in General Nursing

    Please see

  18. Need advice! Resume with almost no work experience?!

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

    So you detail what you learnt in clinicals and internship and also the life skills that you acquired dealing with the public at your other jobs.Bringing up 7 kids is no mean feat so time management...

  19. ilieus and how to dx and treat it

    nightmare replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago the protocol was,listen for bowel sounds,start them on 30ml per hour water only for 4 hours.If that was tolerated up the fluid to,I think,100ml.Check for bowel sounds regularly.It is maybe...

  20. Liquids to thin mucus

    nightmare replied to michael79's topic in General Nursing

    Well if i'm congested I breathe in hot steam to thin the secretions,don't know if taking in hot liquids works the

  21. What is a CNA or CRNA?

    nightmare replied to mNm85's topic in Nursing Career

    So what is the difference in job description between an RN-BSN and an RN-ADA? Both are registered nurses by the look of it. I thought that your LVN/LPN was sort of equivalent to our EN's who do two...

  22. NG Tube Yields 2000 ml Immediately

    nightmare replied to Nurse_Advocate's topic in General Nursing

    Yes me too! As SD said ,part of our training,and we were better at it than the junior

  23. Told that over time "I would lessen my concern for change"

    nightmare replied to kstec's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can't believe your ratios. We have one RN and two carers on nights for 32(at the moment)During the day we have one or twoRN's and four carers per morning and evening shift and we don't consider that...

  24. Care Plan for Bowel Incontinence?

    nightmare replied to am0r803's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Oh I had some tutors like

  25. Students not charting...If it isn't charted..who did it?

    nightmare replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    Can't the students chart and be countersigned by the