nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. Uk Rn Looking To Work In Canada

    nightmare replied to scotlady's topic in International Nursing

    Moved to International for more informed

  2. Stroke Question

    nightmare replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for that, Miranda,That ScubadooII is your definitive

  3. Stroke Question

    nightmare replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you get a definitive answer before your

  4. Stroke Question

    nightmare replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a tutor that you could check out the answer with? This would probably be your best course of action before your

  5. Stroke Question

    nightmare replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    Is your book saying to approach stroke patients from the unaffected side or is it saying approach patients with unilateral neglect from the unaffected side? Think of it this way.If someone is your...

  6. Stroke Question

    nightmare replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    Yes,but of course you have to know if they are neglecting that side? How would you decide

  7. Stroke Question

    nightmare replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    Not all of them,no.A lot are very positive about their strokes and recovery and do their best to work with the HP's to get back as much function as they can.The quicker the brain is stimulated to find...

  8. Stroke Question

    nightmare replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    In unilateral neglect they quite simply ignore their affected side.So ,under the principle of 'use it or lose it' we try and make them use the affected side by placing things on that side and...

  9. Are we deskilling

    nightmare replied to XB9S's topic in United Kingdom

    I trained in the 70's,long before P2K and we were members of the team as soon as we set foot on a ward.You learned from the bottom up,the infernal intricacies of sluice machines ,the doing of a whole...

  10. I need to ask a few interview questions.

    nightmare replied to MsFlo1982's topic in General Nursing

    Note: MsFlo1982 cannot send Pm's until she has 15 posts on the

  11. update on UK TO USA

    nightmare replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    oh you're a cruel,cruel,woman ,cariad!!it's freezing here! well, in the 50's anyway which is cold!!am i jealous,,no,of course not! enjoy the heat,good for the

  12. Middle School Diabetes Activities

    nightmare replied to Jeanine's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    How about some sort of carb counting game/group activity.Help them learn about controlling their intake and insulin

  13. Bed Sores & Contractures

    nightmare replied to missjennmb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We do not have in-house physical therapists,they have to be referred from community health.Although they may teach some of the staff exercises and movements for the residents with contactures,there is...

  14. Bed Sores & Contractures

    nightmare replied to missjennmb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We don't have bed sore too often,we have a good turning system.Contractures though,when i first started we did not have any but with the advent of 'no lifting' policies residents who were previously...

  15. What Would You Like to Chart if You Can Get Away With It?

    nightmare replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    'Spilling' a bottle of surgical spirit works even

  16. Post-mortem care

    nightmare replied to ProfesseureTournesol's topic in General Nursing

    There used to be an old superstition that the soul did not leave the body for 2 hours and that the window was therefore left open to allow it to leave.Whether this has any bearing on it ,I don't

  17. Pets at work

    nightmare replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We had a few cats in the Nursing Home until we got a manager who did not like cats and got rid of them!!The cats were a great hit with the residents and we found that one particular cat would sit on...

  18. Shift-work

    nightmare replied to sam20007's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure if you Google,shifts sleep disorder, you will find plenty but then it will make no difference to your manager as all hospitals do

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    nightmare replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Certainly freaked me out! [[[[[shudder]]]]] love the

  20. Off topic...Weather

    nightmare replied to MaryAnn_RN's topic in International Nursing

    I am in Scotland.North-East.It's cold and snowing,has been all

  21. Off topic...Weather

    nightmare replied to MaryAnn_RN's topic in International Nursing

    Oh down as far as that,I thought it was just up

  22. Off topic...Weather

    nightmare replied to MaryAnn_RN's topic in International Nursing

    It's been snowing here all day,it's freezing.It's going to be a long

  23. Going Back to Basics

    nightmare replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you'll be very happy there,Marla. BTW we're looking for a new manager...but I suppose it would be a bit far to

  24. Hobet- Math question

    nightmare replied to MemphisTiger's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Steven can make 4 a minute.Sue 2 a minute.Jack 1.3 a minute.That's 7.3 per minute for all three of them. 20 x 7.3 = 146 .Divided by 60=2.4333 minutes. Well that's my working on it

  25. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    nightmare replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Me too! [[[[[[[shudder]]]]]]] never liked them,always used to scream at the