nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. Care Plan for Bowel Incontinence?

    nightmare replied to am0r803's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Daytonite,your care plans are always so informative.I have a couple of questions.Do you tilt patients in the US? This means that you do not turn them fully onto side by just by 30Degrees so that the...

  2. diabetic nurses working nights

    nightmare replied to SouthernGirl77's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights and my blood sugars are usually lower when I come home compared to what they are when I'm not working.I put it down to the intense exercise from 6 to 8! My hba1c is also down.It depends...

  3. Pay rise.

    nightmare posted a topic in International Nursing

    nurses offered 8% pay rise over three years published: 07 april 2008 12:36 author: richard stainesdr peter carter has recommended members accept the deal. the government has offered nurses a...

  4. NURSES..plese help..

    nightmare replied to maely's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The side effects of some BP medications can also cause

  5. Is TLC(=tender loving care) causing you more trouble?

    nightmare replied to sarahrain's topic in General Nursing

    TLC is always labour intensive and always worth

  6. What do you think of this then?

    nightmare posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This sounds promising,but will it be trialed and tested ,I wonder?

  7. What do you think of this then?

    nightmare replied to nightmare's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This actually is in the US,CCM. Apparently they inject it into the neck then tip the patient head downward so that the drug reaches the

  8. Hello From Silverdragon

    nightmare replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

    She must be getting withdrawal symptoms from AN by

  9. This is a drug allergy question....who will it stump?

    nightmare replied to justme1972's topic in Ob/Gyn

    British studies on aborted fetal samples showed that from the second trimester onwards fetuses are capable of producing an allergic reaction. The researchers hypothesize that the antigens from the...

  10. Night shift: does it make you sick?

    nightmare replied to inthesky's topic in General Nursing

    It's all to do with your circadian rhythms!!I've worked nights for 17 years and I like it but then I am a night person. Some people just can't work nights ,they get ill,depressed etc.I also feel like...

  11. Spinach/Vitamin K.

    nightmare replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Spinach.....well it never did Popeye any

  12. Handwritten notes/laptop for classes

    nightmare replied to Piglet68's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I suppose it depends on how fast you can type! You've got to factor in,balancing a laptop,concentrating on the lecture plus typing,as apposed to holding a notebook and pen and scribbling down notes.I...

  13. Medihoney...heard of it???

    nightmare replied to trmr's topic in General Nursing

    Is this the same as menuka (sp?) honey?Which I know diabetics in the UK use for slow healing

  14. nursing home querries

    nightmare replied to frap's topic in General Nursing

    Have you actually been offered a job as a nurse in the Nursing Home? or is it a job as a

  15. Code Blue in LTC

    nightmare replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The thought of a frail, osteoporotic going to code fills me with dread!!An ambulance takes at least 15-20 minutes to get to us and I don't think I could physically do CPR for that length of time! and...

  16. Memory Care definition? LPN's duties? How to document for pt with dementia?

    nightmare replied to seneyka's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work with 90% of my residents having some form of dementia, MID, Alzheimer's, Lewy bodie etc.(I'm in UK so our charting is different)We try to assess what each person's 'normal' is.This can take a...

  17. Mandatory daytime meetings for nightshift employees

    nightmare replied to BizzieRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have the same problem here in the UK! I only go to meetings if they are on my days off.The same goes for training sessions.I can see no value in going to a meeting and being so tired that I don't...

  18. I hated cat dissection!!! Will I hate nursing?!

    nightmare replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I remember having to dissect dog-fish in high school!This was just after the summer holidays and the fish had been sitting at the railway station awaiting pick up for at least a week (in the heat)...

  19. just a question.....

    nightmare replied to kad13579's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Oops think I was thinking about thyroid

  20. just a question.....

    nightmare replied to kad13579's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Don't know if this is the offical answer but it takes longer to drink through a straw than gulping down a drink,thus the iodine will be visible for

  21. Teaching Plan for an Alzheimers pt.?

    nightmare replied to lilace1369's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One of the biggest things in Alzheimer's is memory loss so how about a teaching plan to cope with that? You can got into things like a bulletin board with post it notes so that they can refer to it...

  22. Excelsior Just Called with my CpNE Date!

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    30th May is number one son's birthday!I will have to remember you sitting your exam as well.Good

  23. Dumb question on pronunciation...

    nightmare replied to PreRN Katie's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard it spoken other than M.R.S.A .in UK

  24. How to be a good preceptee????

    nightmare replied to 3KittiesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Be a good listener, reiterate points so that your preceptor knows you understand what you are being told.Ask questions so that she knows you are reinforcing what you are learning.If you are told...

  25. Dumb question on pronunciation...

    nightmare replied to PreRN Katie's topic in General Nursing

    Being a Brit and not knowing what this was I have also asked that question.In my head I call it Nelix which for any 'Trekkies'was a character in