nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. night duty--weekends

    nightmare replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    well that is half the problem because although the trained staff get a weekend enhancement the carers do not making it very difficult to get carers to work the

  2. night duty--weekends

    nightmare replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    well our theory is that if you work friday night it pretty much wipes out your saturday and if you work saturday it wipes out your sunday but if you work sunday that wipes out monday which is not a...

  3. You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    nightmare replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard the one about the garden but we were always told you couldnt bath or go swimming during a period,both of which I used to do regularly.My mother swore by anadin for period cramps she said...

  4. Reward system for hardworking CNA's..need help!

    nightmare replied to NurseWiggins's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our c/a's get an extra bit of money if they complete their rotaed hours per month.I wish there was an easy way to get rid of those that dont pull their weight.They curl up and sleep when your not...

  5. workplace violence with geriatric residents

    nightmare replied to kferber's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Like triageRN34 says document like crazy!We have a resident who can be really violent with staff especially when they are attending to him,his daughter did not believe us even with the...

  6. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

    nightmare replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    If we are short our manager usually tries to grab some random day worker to do the night shift with the consiquence that you have someone who has worked half a day before they come in at nine.By the...

  7. staffing on nights

    nightmare replied to donmomofnine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in a nursing Home we have 35 residents,most of whom have dementia.Night shift staffing is one registered nurse and 3 care assistants.Quite often we are short of one c/a. A typical night sees at...

  8. american nurses abbreviations

    nightmare posted a topic in International Nursing

    Could some kind person please translate all the different abbreviations,LPN,CRNA,etc ,or could you point me in the direction of a thread that explains the differents between all these

  9. working in nursing homes

    nightmare replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    We're still viewed as the "Cinderella" of nursing.I view it as a specialist subject,and a very demanding one at that. If the newspapers paid as much attention to the positive aspects as they do to the...

  10. american nurses abbreviations

    nightmare replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks ayndim,thats helpful,I'm new to this forum and find all these different terms fascinating.I live in the north-east of scotland.I dont know if we have CRNA's yet,I work in a nursing home so I'm...

  11. suctioning

    nightmare replied to jude25's topic in International Nursing

    Hi,Jude,first off do you work in a hospital? They should have a manual of procedures which should give you detailed protocols and safety procedures to follow.Check out nursing standard on line I'm...

  12. problem with management(jnette-please read)

    nightmare replied to ktwlpn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow,ktwlpn,your management sounds just like mine!!I take it you are in America,here in Scotland,if we have a greivance we can take an advocate into the meeting with us to act as a witness.By advocate...

  13. Nurses who don't take the time to care: have you seen examples?

    nightmare replied to np2b's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work with a few of the "pull yourself together brigade" and how they annoy me! Sometimes a few minutes,and I mean a few minutes,is all it takes to calm someone down.I mean why should someone with...

  14. Dedicated Stroke Units

    nightmare replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    My husband had a stroke four years ago and was tranferred to a dedicated stroke unit .I must say that they were very "dedicated".The unit only took stroke patients and they have their own...

  15. Nursing Home ratios??

    nightmare replied to JustJulesy's topic in General Nursing

    Jyoung that sounds horrendous,it really would be a nightmare working there,you dont say what country you are in,but if it is britain surely the Care Commission have something to say about your...

  16. Nursing Home ratios??

    nightmare replied to JustJulesy's topic in General Nursing

    How many of you who work with a high ratio of patient to nurse feel that you are giving them the care and time that they deserve,can you keep up your standards or are you occasionally/always having to...

  17. Nursing Home ratios??

    nightmare replied to JustJulesy's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a nursing home in Scotland and we have one trained nurse(RGN)and three carers for 35 residents at night.During the day they had twoRN's and five carers in the morning,and one RN and four...

  18. Okay hands up who knew...

    nightmare replied to Whisper's topic in International Nursing

    So thats why some of our recent drug orders have had some "odd" spellings!I must say that our local chemist is bang up to date on all these