Cmenurse

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1. Mandated reporting outside of work

   Cmenurse replied to chrisrn24's topic in General Nursing

   I worked in a LTC where several staff members saw abuse by a CNA; it was reported to the DON and the administrator. We were told in staff meetings, repeatedly, that if you suspected abuse you were to...

2. Is there any truth to this?

   Cmenurse replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   My husband has a baseline temp of 97.0. when he gets up to 99.0 it often turned out he had an ear infection or something like

3. What would you change about nursing?

   Cmenurse replied to aellisrn's topic in General Nursing

   Do a time-management study on actual nurses...focus on how much time they must waste on duplicate charting, getting food trays sent, emptying trash, changing beds...and DO SOMETHING about it. Most...

4. oxygen sTaturations

   Cmenurse replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

   I work in Quality Mgmt entering incident reports-unbelievable how many intelligent nurses report patients were found "in the floor". Really? How deep were

5. Coccyx and Sacral Dressings

   Cmenurse replied to followyourbliss's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Like Mommy19, I have found that what you keep OFF the wound-heat from briefs, pressure from sitting on it, poop and pee-are as important as what you put ON it. Is your gentleman bedbound? Keeping...

6. has this happend to you?

   Cmenurse replied to BigMama3's topic in General Students

   I probably sound jaded but looking back I think nursing school mainly taught me How To Pass the NCLEX. Work is where I learned how to be a nurse. I have learned more from working with and observing...