nightmare

nightmare RN

Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology.

Scottish trained RGN now retired.

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  1. working in nursing homes

    nightmare posted a topic in International Nursing

    With all the bad publicity that nursing homes have been getting lately do any of you feel reluctant to admit that you work in a home even though you know that your home has a good standard of care and...

  2. Wouldn't It Make Sense to Buy Some Supplies Now?

    nightmare replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Perhaps I'm out of step here but swine flu has been relatively mild in the UK ,I certainly am not worried about getting it as I have had flu before and ,although it knocks my off my feet I am still...

  3. Manifold..safe to mix or not.

    nightmare replied to PJC10181's topic in General Nursing

    I know that in UK the BNF (British National Formulary) lists drugs that should not be mixed together because they cause 'clumping ' and can cause blockages.I would imagine that you have the same info...

  4. Resident Centered Care

    nightmare replied to km7100's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Their own pictures and possessions in the room. Coloured bedlinen and even painting the walls different colours in the

  5. night duty--weekends

    nightmare posted a topic in International Nursing

    when you work nights which nights are considered to be the week end?As permanent night workers we consider that Friday and Saturday night are the unsociable nights of the weekend but our manager...

  6. A Place of Safety

    nightmare posted a topic in General Nursing

    I always kind of assumed (yes I know, never assume etc) that after working in this environment nurses and carers become empathic with their patients. Like most of my breed, I am tired, burning out and...

  7. What do you think a fair salary would be for a RN?

    nightmare replied to ohcomeon's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I would like my salary to be a few pounds more per hour than it is now.I would like to see it reflect not only seniority but also length of

  8. Caregiver and administrating medications

    nightmare replied to imback2school's topic in General Nursing

    Best way to make 100% sure is to contact the Board of Nursing in State that you work in to see what you can and cannot

  9. Preventing falls from low beds

    nightmare replied to BoopetteRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have ,occasionally put the base and mattress on the floor to guard against fallers but even then we had one who got carpet burns rolling about on the floor.Now we lower to lowest position and use...

  10. what would u do?

    nightmare replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    If I had witnessed the incident I would fill in an incident report otherwise it is just documented in the daily nursing notes.The daily notes are just as legally subjective as an incident

  11. Advice for British nurse wishing to emigrate.

    nightmare replied to gavspad's topic in International Nursing

    Moved to International for more input on

  12. Death of a pt

    nightmare replied to LVN2010M's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A dead body is the same as a living one,except the life force has gone.Mostly they pass peacefully and this is reflected in their faces.Personally I still speak to them when doing post mortem care and...

  13. How do you keep your hands in good shape?

    nightmare replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    I have an instant and very nasty reaction to the hand sanitiser we have at work and just will not use it anymore.I do wash my hands thoroughly with soap and water after each resident however.I use...

  14. Nursing Students in the UK

    nightmare replied to suzanne4's topic in United Kingdom

    We often have nursing students work as Care Assistants with us.They gain confidence in the 'basics' and also get a greater insight into working with the elderly and the problems of the elderly such as...

  15. oxygen and vaseline

    nightmare replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    Found this in Nursenet

  16. Nursing in Oregon

    nightmare replied to SparkytheRN's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Moved to Oregon nurses forum for further

  17. How are you with needles?

    nightmare replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Nursing

    Now I don't mind doing my fingersticks but I hate having blood drawn from me!!Always look the other way much to the PN's

  18. Jehovah Witness patients refusing any blood transfusion.. Why?

    nightmare replied to cameroondiva's topic in General Nursing

    If you do a search on 'Jehovah witness blood' you will find a lot of existing threads ,this is one of them.

  19. Never Forget there is a person behind the illness

    nightmare replied to tammy07's topic in General Nursing

    I remember a man I nursed years ago with tetorifice saying afterwards that he used to make himself spasm just so we would take notice of him!!I never forgot after that that there is a person attached...

  20. Strangest thing ever said to you by another professional.

    nightmare replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A type 2 diabetic told not to test too much because she would lose the feeling in her fingertips and then,when she eventually went blind because of her diabetes,she would not be able to read...

  21. Help from experienced nurses- post menopause problem

    nightmare replied to Firefly602's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry that we cannot give out medical advice on the forum as per TOS.I hope your friend sees the doctor soon for professional

  22. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    nightmare replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just re-read that post,is Serjohn Australian by any chance.We did not have endorsed enrolled nurses in UK but they maybe do in Australia.Our enrolled nurses all trained in-house within the

  23. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    nightmare replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Enrolled nurses did a 2 year course and were always meant as bedside nurses ,never going any higher.I think your equivalent would be LVN/LPN .We do not ,however train Enrolled nurses anymore,which is...

  24. Is this odd to you too?

    nightmare replied to mom4josh's topic in General Nursing

    That was a lovely post,Elvish,you bring a lump to my

  25. Acronyms/Abbreviations

    nightmare replied to nursemike's topic in General Nursing

    It would be useful to us 'furiners' who have to burn Google red-hot to keep up with some of the posts