nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. Florence Nightengale Pledge.

    nightmare replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    we never had

  2. Banner Hospitals to go to Uniforms

    nightmare replied to WoosahRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've always worked in hospitals/nursing homes with colour coded uniforms and I can't say its ever bothered me.However I can see the point of wearing scrubs in areas with high body fluid splatter...

  3. Murphy's Laws of Nursing | Life of a Nurse

    nightmare replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never use the "Q" word(Quiet) on nights! It's guaranteed to make all H*ll break out! Burst stoma bags always occur 5 minutes before you are due to give report. If you swap shift with someone,it will...

  4. A phantom poo

    nightmare replied to vrhodes's topic in Nursing Humor

    Poo in its normal setting I can deal with but "diggers" oh boy!They hide it under pillows,in drawers,eat it:barf01:its under their nails,in their hair and when you do clean them up they look at you as...

  5. Anybody feeling faint??

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

    It was spinal taps that used to get me! I can still feel the place the needle goes in and I was just an

  6. Please Reply. I Need Your Input

    nightmare replied to sister--*'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At the moment we have 1RN and two carers for 30.We should have 3 carers,that's the usual staffing level for up to 35 residents at

  7. Walmart flip flops

    nightmare replied to RosesrReder's topic in General Nursing

    Here's an idea,challenge all Walmart executives to walk in these flip-flops for a day.....Then see if they still say no

  8. Need recommendation!

    nightmare replied to ryan4_justin's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know about US but here you can find info on nursing homes on-line.Suggest you do a google search of your area and see what it comes up

  9. Changes in Nursing

    nightmare replied to Rosie07's topic in General Nursing

    In the UK,bring back in-house EN based training!There are so many young girls out there that would make excellent bed-side nurses but who just can't cope with academic university based training you...

  10. Changes in Nursing

    nightmare replied to Rosie07's topic in General Nursing

    double

  11. Alzheimers and cancer

    nightmare replied to momcat107's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We had a similar problem which eventually was sorted by using Fentanyl patches.The family were adamant that mam didn't take tablets,mam had bladder cancer and bleed all the time,everywhere ,and was...

  12. Just a vent.....

    nightmare replied to Preemienurse23's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's a US thing but "writing up" colleagues is a thing we don't do (maybe the UK hospital based nurses can comment on this) and God knows sometimes we come across plenty of mistakes! If we...

  13. skills exam-bed making

    nightmare replied to steenerz's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We use dissolvable red bags for soiled linen,take the bag in,bag and tie and put in soiled linen cart. Washclothes for peri area,no way!! We use disposable wipes for those areas which are disposed of...

  14. understandable english

    nightmare replied to susyn153's topic in General Nursing

    "You say Tomayto and we say tomato"":lol2::lol2: We have exactly the same problems here! We have some English carers that the residents have difficulty understanding! We also have foreign national...

  15. Rich nurses?

    nightmare replied to tiij's topic in General Nursing

    Overpaid!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::bow: You really crack me

  16. Ambulation Assistance: Strong Side or Weak Side

    nightmare replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You have to do a patient-by-patient M & H assessment for this. Usually, with a stroke patient with some walking aid, I would go on the weak side, but if I am walking with a stroke patient without...

  17. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

    nightmare replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have several like this in the Nursing Home,buzz for every little thing instead of doing it themselves,lie like a stone and nearly give the nurses a hernia trying to move them when they are...

  18. How many of yall use noncertified nonSANE nurses to do sexual assault examinations?

    nightmare replied to texascowgirl's topic in Emergency

    Usual foreign ignorance but what is a SANE nurse! I have definately known a few insane nurses,do we have to have a sanity test now before

  19. Are LPN's really nurses in the eyes of RN's

    nightmare replied to LUVyourCNA's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the best nurses I know are SEN's (our equivelent of LPN) They are best at direct patient care which after all is the basis of

  20. Jehovah Witness RNs

    nightmare replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you ,reesern63, I did not know

  21. so far, love the job, hate the culture

    nightmare replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it just the case that we are all stressed out from working short staffed and therefore not being able to do what we consider our best for our patients? This leads to dissatisfaction and general...

  22. Jehovah Witness RNs

    nightmare replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    I have a question,please don't flame me for any ignorance shown! I assume that in the US there must be some communities that are predominatly JW.Now if I ,a non JW were to be admitted to a hospital...

  23. Feeling tremendously sad!

    nightmare replied to Windshadow's topic in General Nursing

    I think you've just described me ,Sue:lol2: It is important to have a good working atmosphere on nights because there are fewer of us and we rely on each other more,teamwork-wise.I hate it when there...

  24. PICCs in LTC

    nightmare replied to CritterLover's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We use subcut and the occational p.e.g but I've never seen a PICC in the Nursing Home setting,generally if they need something like that they are transfered to the local hospital.Would be interesting...

  25. I'm leaving LTC

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Congrats!:balloons:You've finally escaped the bedpans for the drips! Hope it brings you everything you want and I'm sure you will enjoy the challenge.Look forward to hearing about you experiences in...