Quite normal!You may be a nurse but you are also human and the fight or flight response reaction kicks in wether you want it or not! It was your first time and it will stand you in good stead for the...
This might be a curious question but when you are talking about NCLEX how do you say it? Do you pronounce each letter or do you sort of turn it into a word.I always think of it as Nelex who is a...
So,how much does this nurse do? Does she get her med pass done on time and do all her charting or is she expecting you to do her work as well! Sounds like you are doing all right and if she is the...
I have, in 16 years, only had occasion to do that twice.Both times on terminally ill residents who,despite supps and enema,just did not have the energy to move and begged me to help them.As...
We are not allowed to digitally remove without the residents permission, you also have to go through a check list of things beforehand. Mostly the residents who become impacted with us are the...
Have you thought about Nursing Home work?I know it's not what you have been doing but you might have more chance getting a job there and it will be only for a short time.Do you know what area you will...
When the Care Comission do an announced visit to us they actually highlight the points in their code of practice which they will be looking at.That gives us a chance to have everything up to date on...
nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
OMG Daniel O'Donnell !Is he required listening in all LTC's then!:uhoh21: I was once forced to listen to 3 hours of him and only just escaped with my sanity:lol2: We find that quite often a joke or a...
nightmare replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC
All our carers come in straight off the street so to speak unless they have prior experience somewhere else.We have to train them from scratch and that is not always easy.When they do their SVQ 2or3...
nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
We use Attends "garments" on a lot of our residents with Dementia who are incontinent.We do a 4 day frequency volume chart to assess how much they pass overnight and then hopefully they are given the...
I came across,on Allnurses,some very good excel spreadsheets on drugs.I think it was to do with NCLEX but I can't find them again.Sheets like these printed out with the drugs you use in your...
Sounds just like here! I've been working in a nursing home for 16 years,if I tried to get back into the NHS system I would probably be told I don't have the experience.We try and keep up to date with...
Can anyone tell me what is the US equivalent of Paracetamol? Is it Tylenol or something else.I bought a Mosby's drug guide only to find it is the American version so some drugs will have different...
quote by Silverdragon "Have you also gone through the NMC because unless you have done that I do not think you will find anyone and the process is long and you must complete language exam and 20 day...
nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
We're not supposed to get anyone up before 06.00 but we have one resident that wants to get up just after 05.00.Because she is in her right mind we get her up and document the
Sitting here looking out on a grey,misty(though not cold)Scottish "summers" day a dip in a pool sounds heavenly.Good luck with your op. Cariad,hope it all goes