nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. RN from h#ll

    nightmare replied to bshaw96's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sound like one very insecure RN! The kind that delegates like mad to cover up her own inadaquacies!Known a few of them,they are hell to work with and can cause chaos amongst a good

  2. F 314 and F 315 Tags

    nightmare replied to cschuess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have what are called link nurses for : Infection,continence,wound care,health and safety,manual handling and fire safety.All nurses are responsible for checking their patients skin on the day they...

  3. Mrsa

    nightmare replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Strange isn't it,when MRSA first started making an appearance in the community we had full isolation measures in force for the affected resident.Now its just apron and gloves,yet it's still the same...

  4. Demanding Resident

    nightmare replied to abooker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds so familiar! In the case of truly demanding residents(as opposed to the demented ones who don't actually know what they are doing)it's document,document,document.We have a computerised call...

  5. Does "the state" visit your facility often?

    nightmare replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have one announced visit and one un announced visit a year.More if there are any

  6. Question about references in LTC.

    nightmare replied to linzz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We are also not allowed to give out references unless it's just a character ref.Our manager is the only one allowed to give out

  7. What is it with the nurses in LTC?

    nightmare replied to lilypad2424's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It really annoys me when non registered staff think we are "just sitting in the office all night".Our care plans are,on average ,at least 2 inchs thick,they take anything from 2 to 3 hours to start...

  8. night nurse who leaves everything undone..

    nightmare replied to linzz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Cheers CCM! I'm actually 3 years older than you but I trained at the beginning of the 70's.I was watching a program tonight about student nurses and they were taking bloods in their second...

  9. Question what Nurse Techs & Med techs can do

    nightmare replied to nursetweety's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What's the difference between a CNA and a tech then?(for those of us that are

  10. night nurse who leaves everything undone..

    nightmare replied to linzz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I trained female nurses did not get taught how to catheterise a male and to this day I have never catheterised a male! I would be a bit wary of attempting to catheterise some of our old men due...

  11. I'm a Medications Menace

    nightmare replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow,you guys seem to have very complicated drug rounds compared to ours but then that's maybe the difference between LTC and our Nursing Homes.If ours are prescribed a new drug or new dosage it is...

  12. night nurse who leaves everything undone..

    nightmare replied to linzz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Slightly sideways to the topic but if this patient needs all this catheterisation why is she not on continuous

  13. Early stages of dementia question.

    nightmare replied to linzz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What a difficult situation you are in,I hope that it will be resolved one way or another for you and your mum and that eventually he gets the help that he needs. Good luck and

  14. Early stages of dementia question.

    nightmare replied to linzz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If he has always been a heavy drinker then Korsecoff's (spelling) syndrome immediately springs to mind,has he had any sort of medical assessment or is he resistant to the

  15. Early stages of dementia question.

    nightmare replied to linzz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You say your mum looks strained and tired so I would hazard a guess that she has been dealing with his change of personality for a while,deep down she will know that "something" is not right but is...

  16. Smoking in LTC

    nightmare replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Mmm,don't know about USA but here it would be against the law to order someone! We have an inside room for resident smokers although the law now bans smoking in enclosed public places .We cannot...

  17. Staffing Models in ALF---What Works For Your Facility?

    nightmare replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Each of our residents have a daily care plan sheet,this is filled in by the nurse on duty if there are any occurences.Things like wound charts are individual so that ,again ,the nurse on duty fills...

  18. Lazy Workers

    nightmare replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in a private Nursing Home and the Care Commission would be down on us like a ton of bricks if we conducted ourselves like this!! Is this an NHS hospital? They seem to get away with some very...

  19. Input needed

    nightmare replied to Lpn1997's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We used to use syringes but not now.The theory is that an untrained carer may syringe too fast and cause

  20. breakfast

    nightmare replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You are so lucky to have such a great staff ratio!! For 35 we have one nurse and three carers on nights ,we get up between 8-10 residents who are early risers.On day shift there is one RN and 4-5...

  21. now considered a restraint?

    nightmare replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ah different countries,same d@*n problems!!We also use bean chairs for the forgetful ones who think they can walk.Recliners are not as good as they tend to get stuck in parts of them,not the intended...

  22. now considered a restraint?

    nightmare replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have exactly the same problems,we use bed rails to protect an epileptic lady from falling out of bed when she has a seizure.She is not physically able to get out of bed but it is seen as a...

  23. Affectionate terms

    nightmare replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    All of our residents(yes,residents!)are asked what they want to be called and it is documented in the care plan.I think the PC brigade are going overboard on the core values.I don't mean that we...

  24. night duty--weekends

    nightmare replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    Because we work permanent nights we feel that the pay on special holidays should reflect this but the special rates,ie.time and a half ,double time etc go from midnight to midnight so that if you work...

  25. night duty--weekends

    nightmare replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    thats pretty much what we do,the carers who work two nights have to do a Fri/sat a month and the ones who work three nights a week do a Fri/sat/sun a month but quite a few of them do a lot of Sundays...