nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. Finally got chronic pain relief withOUT narcs!!!

    nightmare replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    Just looked this up in the BNF and it says Note The Scottish Medicines Consortium has advised (August 2006) that Lyrica® is not recommended for the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain. My...

  2. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

    nightmare replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I had a resident who would wake up from a sound sleep and roar with immediate pain,like some of you I thought he was putting it on.When my husband had his stroke I spent a lot of time in the...

  3. is re charting legal

    nightmare replied to capability's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It's not legal here either.If we write in the wrong care plan sheet we put( ) round it and add "written in error" We used to have a Matron who had us re-writing drug prescription sheets whenever a...

  4. Come, All You Nurse Detectives

    nightmare replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Scary one this. You can get altered taste sensation with Ca gullet or

  5. ID this pill?

    nightmare replied to 4x4country's topic in General Nursing

    i'm confused,why is he giving cat medicine to a

  6. Nursing Home conditions are unacceptable!!! (vent)

    nightmare replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's the same here. The NHS basically doesn't want to know when you get old therefore the elderly either have to wait for funding from their local council or ,if they have money, they have to pay for...

  7. The smell...

    nightmare replied to dbledutchs's topic in General Nursing

    Those little tins of vaseline that you buy for your lips are very handy you can slip one in your pocket and just rub some round your nose if you think you need

  8. The smell...

    nightmare replied to dbledutchs's topic in General Nursing

    Sputum never got used to sputum!! Can tolerate the niffiest of BM's ,dirty wounds etc but sputum egh! I'm not the only one either,even our dep.manager says she would rather do a dirty wound than...

  9. Thank you all for being here

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    With all this backing-------------How can you fail!!! Keep a smile on your face----and they will wonder what you know that they

  10. The smell...

    nightmare replied to dbledutchs's topic in General Nursing

    If you have to hand sluice anything do it in cold water first because ,believe me,hot water intensifies the smell x10!!Same if you get the smell on your hands, wash them with cold water first and then...

  11. Unfair discipline - what do you think ? it's long, sorry!

    nightmare replied to erinp88's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have been reading several threads tonight about warnings and discipline.Is this the norm in US hospitals or is this just in certain facilities? It does seem very extreme and not an environment I...

  12. Discouraged

    nightmare replied to JJewel's topic in General Nursing

    Why do they pile more and more pressure on us?? I guarantee that we are all probably good nurses but time and time again I'm reading about Nursing Homes/LTC's breaking the confidence of good nurses by...

  13. what would you have done??

    nightmare replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Did a quick Google and aparently it's not uncommon.

  14. what would you have done??

    nightmare replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Could have been cheyne-stokes respiration.So what happened to

  15. what would you have done??

    nightmare replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Is this lady large? I would have repositioned her on her side to see if the apnoea continued.Usually people with sleep apnoea breath better on their sides.If it continued then I might consider phoning...

  16. So what is my problem?

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My advice,get your RN and start passing on your good,caring attitude to students who will hopefully benefit from it and take it with them in their nursing

  17. Feeling used

    nightmare replied to shannieliz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Six staff to 75 residents ,that's more than a 1:10 ratio! I find it hard with 35!At the moment we are working with only two carers and one RN on night shift and we are really under pressure.I cannot...

  18. Above and beyond the call of duty...

    nightmare replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I noticed last night that someone had very thoughtfully left us a nice big bunch of flowers,shame that some of the foliage was actually poisonous berries! Try explaining that to MrX's nearest and...

  19. assault in nursing home

    nightmare replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You do get a type of dementia called Pick's in which the sufferer exhibits uninhibited sexual behavior but what kind of sick ---person would take advantage of this. Castration is too good for...

  20. Number of Meds per Resident

    nightmare replied to aander2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Lasix and Digoxin definately come in liquid form here.When it gets to the stage that residents have difficulty swallowing then the doc.generally reviews all meds to see what they can do

  21. Number of Meds per Resident

    nightmare replied to aander2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    are you allowed to crush tabs then? we are not allowed to crush meds at all. if the resident has trouble swallowing then we try and get liquid

  22. Why is this PC bullcrap prioritized above people's lives?

    nightmare replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    Surely if the daughter was that upset about her mother she should have translated for her in the first place! I work in a nursing home for dementia.We have a very distinctive local language here and...

  23. So what is my problem?

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Woh sounds like you having a rough time!How many residents do you have per unit?It must be tough trying to do med passes for a lot of unfamiliar residents if you are constantly on different units and...

  24. An Ethical Dilema

    nightmare replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm so glad you got your job,congratulations and I hope it is everything you want it to be.I hope that your op goes OK if you decide to have

  25. An Ethical Dilema

    nightmare replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If you got the job by not disclosing your injury,how are you going to explain needing time off for the forthcoming op?!Will getting this job depend on you being 100% fit,do you think? If you explain...