nightmare replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
OMG and are you still sane!:smackingf After a double shift like that I think I would have resigned!I hate it when quite obvious things have not been done yet they tell you it has.Rest and recover ,my...
To be honest I'm completely lost with all these abbreviations!Things have moved on a good bit since my HDU days and reading Ayla's post was like a foreign
There has been research done that showed it was more humane to not hydrate someone when they are dying.Personally i always try to give a little moisture to keep their mouths from drying and...
Your bodies natural response to illness is to make more sugar.Often this will mean you will need to take a higher dose of insulin than usual,rather than cutting the dose or not taking it.Reducing or...
I am in Scotland,IT so probably things are different. Our inspection teams will look for closed doors because of fire safety!( This is all because of a bad nursing home fire some years ago)I do agree...
The NMC card in itself is not proof of registration.All prospective employers are supposed to check with the NMC for proof of registration.I would check that they have your work place details etc so...
In your facility do you have to keep the room doors closed all the time? We have been told we have to keep the doors closed because of fire safety.This means that to physically see a resident you have...
I would say drop the number down to 4! In my past life I worked in a HDU with 4 patients. As they all had 15 obs, ventilators,and all the other bells and whistles you went round and round a bit like a...
My immediate thought was 'how are you going to staff it?' Will this be a 4 bedded room?So you would need at least one nurse 24/7 just for that room.Will they give you the extra staff or will this just...
Never thought of doing that!!:lol2: Most of the time I could defuse things with humour,and,on occasion,I can swear better than them!I never found 'grounding'worked,basically they would then make my...
Whenever things got to the stage of me throttling a child I would go into the kitchen ,pick up an orange tumbler(plastic) and hurl it at the walls,made a satisfying noise and didn't hurt anything!!My...