nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. Just want to know.....

    nightmare replied to Sari_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  2. NCLEX this Friday!!!!!

    nightmare replied to janelola's topic in International Nursing

    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...

  3. New nurse

    nightmare replied to remched's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  4. impaction

    nightmare replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  5. impaction

    nightmare replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  6. nursing in England

    nightmare replied to nataly3's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  7. Need help with inservice for CMA's

    nightmare replied to Donna Jo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Found that link with the excell drug sheets it's here: https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/those-wanted-drug-lists-224467.html hope that

  8. Dragging 'em out of bed

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Daniel O'Donnell's married!! I thought he was the other way

  9. Survey is coming!!!!!!

    nightmare replied to wooosp's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  10. Dragging 'em out of bed

    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...

  11. Where do they find these caregivers?

    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...

  12. Dragging 'em out of bed

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like a good idea except that if I sang to the residents it would probably be termed

  13. Lovely weather

    nightmare replied to cheshirecat's topic in International Nursing

    It's still raining.....................

  14. Dragging 'em out of bed

    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...

  15. Need help with inservice for CMA's

    nightmare replied to Donna Jo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  16. Dragging 'em out of bed

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Perhaps if ALManager would read to the end of the thread she/he would see that some very good suggestions have been made in what is a very difficult

  17. No Respect for LTC nurses?

    nightmare replied to bshaw96's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  18. Paracetamol or Tylenol?

    nightmare posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  19. Paracetamol or Tylenol?

    nightmare replied to nightmare's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Still living in Scotland,hajiagambo! Hence not knowing the US

  20. Tragedy awaiting to happend!!

    nightmare replied to paris2's topic in International Nursing

    That's right,in fact I'm sure that your reg card is not actually proof of reg.It says somewhere about checking the website to check if the nurse is

  21. nursing in England

    nightmare replied to nataly3's topic in United Kingdom

    Cheers XB9S, didn't know

  22. nursing in England

    nightmare replied to nataly3's topic in United Kingdom

    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...

  23. Lovely weather

    nightmare replied to cheshirecat's topic in International Nursing

    We're still grey and

  24. Dragging 'em out of bed

    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

  25. a pool in the sun

    nightmare replied to cariad's topic in International Nursing

    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