nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. Does anyone else feel guilty when your sick?

    nightmare replied to blondeern's topic in General Nursing

    It seems to be a world wide thing,nurses just aren't supposed to be sick! Thank God for Allnurses! At least we on the ground floor can support each other and understand. I know Managers have people...

  2. Does anyone else feel guilty when your sick?

    nightmare replied to blondeern's topic in General Nursing

    Sick? Sick?! You're a nurse you're not supposed to get sick,have a home life or a social life!You belong body and soul to the management to use and abuse until you are a burned out shell.Then and only...

  3. daytonite. please help

    nightmare replied to laurainri's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    All the type 1's I know rotate their injection sites each

  4. Healthier Living Thread Part V

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

    Just got my Hba1c back and it is 6.9%:balloons::balloons:(it was 7.9% when I was diagnosed) My cholesterol is 4.5 and I have lost 30 pounds since July:balloons::balloons:Determined to keep losing...

  5. Held Down and Forced to Take The FLu Shot

    nightmare replied to Nurse_FF_EMT's topic in General Nursing

    That is really

  6. Burnout?

    nightmare replied to registerednut1221's topic in General Nursing

    What ,you beat them up with a golf club,neat

  7. moving to the states

    nightmare replied to ted53's topic in International Nursing

    What, you want to move from beautiful,cold, gray and wet Scotland to somewhere also gray and wet,.........go for the heat man!!!!Good luck and welcome to

  8. ankles are purple... how to doc?

    nightmare replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm interested,do you write out peripheral cyanosis on your care

  9. Psoas sign and appendicitis

    nightmare replied to GingerSue's topic in General Students

    Interesting that,we were always taught to press "Mcburnies Point" which is sort of a central point between the right hip bone and the pubic bone .A positive sign was guarding when you remove the...

  10. Improving Archaic Medicine

    nightmare replied to sunspotmia's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it's looks good on the video as long as nurses remember to communicate with the patient(which she was doing in the video)sometimes there is a tendency to get so caught up with the machinery you...

  11. Burnout?

    nightmare replied to registerednut1221's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you JoJo,long may you continue to feel like

  12. I wonder if I'd like LTC better as an RN?

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well,you can but try!! Given your experiences as a LPN in LTC (too much initials!!) you will have a head start in spotting problems and will now be in a better position to sort them. Unfortunately...

  13. Colostomy Care Teaching Resources

    nightmare replied to cheleb61's topic in Patient Education

    http://www.greenhosp.org/pe_pdf/surgery_ostomy.pdf http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/colostomy/htm/index.htm These are from Medline Plus and there are lots more if you put "colostomy care"...

  14. frustration big time..only me?

    nightmare replied to ulmaulma's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We are told to think of it as holistic care.So that includes everything from washing their clothes and setting breakfast trays(done by night carers) to cleaning up spills,"they chuck it,we clean...

  15. Now night staff are getting a bashing!!

    nightmare posted a topic in International Nursing

    http://www.readersdigest.co.uk/dont-get-sick-after-dark-i-387.html The press seem determined to pull down nurses/doctors at every opportunity, is it any wonder that violence against health care...

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

    nightmare replied to scattycarrot's topic in International Nursing

    Wow ! Yeh go nurse Anne,you tell

  17. frustration big time..only me?

    nightmare replied to ulmaulma's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes no one believes that a frail 34kg 98 year old can have the strength of Hulk Hogan! and the escape ability of

  18. What kind of LTC resident will you be?

    nightmare replied to squeakykitty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OMG we say that too!!If I ever get put into the place that I work they will have to change all the door codes because I will be out of there! I know every inch of that building and after 17 years its...

  19. Now night staff are getting a bashing!!

    nightmare replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    I think journalists are regarded as pretty low anyway.Trouble is they don't hold people's lives in their hands ,only their

  20. Now night staff are getting a bashing!!

    nightmare replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    I feel reluctant to tell anyone I'm a nurse nowadays,especially that I work in a Nursing Home.You can almost see them thinking "Is she one of those that you read about"........or am I just getting...

  21. The Telegraph wins this weeks Bash Nurses award

    nightmare replied to StNeotser's topic in International Nursing

    I work in a Nursing Home,17 years ago,when I first started all residents were considered DNR.Now the rules have changed but we still do not have the equipment to resuscitate. It will take approx.20...

  22. Nurses to decide on resuscitation

    nightmare replied to Thanet's topic in International Nursing

    I sincerely hope this becomes a reality because the DNR debate is becoming a real

  23. Families!

    nightmare replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I blame the poor press and adverse TV documentaries for some of the things families come out with.They come in looking for things that are wrong and are not happy till they find something!I had one...

  24. Healthier Living Thread Part V

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

    I agree with Tweety,lots of pounds is great at first but a steady lose of 1-2 pounds a week helps you to try and tone up and not end up with yards of loose skin!!I've lost 29 pounds now and am slowing...

  25. Why does diabetic people feel lethargy?

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

    Your cells make use of glucose - sugar - for fuel. The hormone insulin controls the allocation and use of glucose in the body. In diabetics, due to poor production of insulin, the glucose is not...