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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 here to tell the tale.(this includes surviving Asian flu in the 50's) There seems to be a lot of panicky negative press with this flu which,although it has killed some here (as does 'normal' flu every year) seems to be no worse than other strains of flu.

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 in the US re these drugs.

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

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 service.

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 do.

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 bed alarms.

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 report.

Moved to International for more input on emigration.

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 encourage my assistant to do the same.Death is the final act of life ,you should not be scared of it.

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 Neutrogena Norwegian formula to try and keep my hands from cracking up.( now,if only that worked on brains as well!)

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 Dementia etc.

Found this in Nursenet archives,

Moved to Oregon nurses forum for further input.

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 amusement!

If you do a search on 'Jehovah witness blood' you will find a lot of existing threads ,this is one of them. https://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/caring-jehovahs-witnesses-118304.html

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 to that vent.

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 Braille!!How's that for encouragement!!

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 advice.

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 hospitals.

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 a shame,some of them were really good nurses.

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

It would be useful to us 'furiners' who have to burn Google red-hot to keep up with some of the posts here!:uhoh3:

It is common sense but it is a questioning common sense!It is thinking about what you are doing and evaluating the variables in that action.'I have to do this' ,'what will happen if I do' ? 'what will happen if I don't'? etc. On task orientation ,we often use that phrase to denote someone who knows their job but cannot cope if something out of the ordinary happens while doing that job.They like to work from A to B to C and are not able .or sometimes willing to include a variable into their work 'routine'.

I'm more used to seeing that written as GTN sl.

Now you can use the PM function!!:wink2: