nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. I worked a double yesterday and today I called out!

    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...

  2. Help with this doctors order....

    nightmare replied to Melandru's topic in General Nursing

    20x 60= 120mg 20x65= 130mg neither equate to 200mg caps!Definitely check with

  3. using avpu in ews

    nightmare replied to ayla2004's topic in International Nursing

    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

  4. using avpu in ews

    nightmare replied to ayla2004's topic in International Nursing

    What does ' ews'

  5. Commonplace to starve someone to death?

    nightmare replied to HM7380's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  6. I've Had it! *Long*

    nightmare replied to MedicalLPN's topic in General Nursing

    What does 'tptb' mean

  7. blood glucose 68, still need insulin?

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

    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...

  8. Missing NMC card

    nightmare replied to cheshirecat's topic in International Nursing

    I remember reading in the papers about some NHS hospitals which were found to have nurses who had not been registered for 9

  9. High care area

    nightmare replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    Good thinking

  10. Missing NMC card

    nightmare replied to cheshirecat's topic in International Nursing

    Well mine is due to renew at the end of March.Just waiting to see if anyone at work actually asks to see the new

  11. Missing NMC card

    nightmare replied to cheshirecat's topic in International Nursing

    That's true,i suppose.Then you would have to memorise a new PIN,it's taken me years to remember the original

  12. High care area

    nightmare replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    I hope you get on OK with this

  13. Missing NMC card

    nightmare replied to cheshirecat's topic in International Nursing

    Do you mean they changed your PIN number? I thought you had that number for

  14. Hourly rounding in LTC????

    nightmare replied to tatgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  15. Allowing suicide vs. not allowing suicide????

    nightmare replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    Well basically because nicotine is probably more addictive than

  16. Missing NMC card

    nightmare replied to cheshirecat's topic in International Nursing

    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...

  17. Hourly rounding in LTC????

    nightmare replied to tatgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  18. New grading system in Scotland for care

    nightmare posted a topic in International Nursing

    for full details see:

  19. High care area

    nightmare replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    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...

  20. High care area

    nightmare replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    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...

  21. unruley teens

    nightmare replied to proud2b1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I had three of

  22. Not alot to do with nursing

    nightmare replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    Well the grand slam would have been nice but ,hey,there's always next

  23. unruley teens

    nightmare replied to proud2b1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    So...how many grey hairs have

  24. unruley teens

    nightmare replied to proud2b1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    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...

  25. unruley teens

    nightmare replied to proud2b1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    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...