Forcemaster

Forcemaster

Emergency, Orthopaedics, plastics

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  1. Wearing scrubs in public...

    Forcemaster replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I never mentioned the ease of transit of infections... I was talking about transmission of micro-organisms, most of which transmit VERY easily... You really don't want to know how many bacteria you...

  2. Wearing scrubs in public...

    Forcemaster replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    All very valid points, and all logically made... But I could also quote evidence to show that NICU babies have suffered at the hands of MRSA infections that can not be attributed to poor hand hygiene...

  3. Wearing scrubs in public...

    Forcemaster replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Recent Media coverage has drawn everyone's attention to the continuing problems of Infection Control within hospitals, thus demonstrating a need for changes in current practice. According to Ward...

  4. How do I wear this?

    Forcemaster replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    One of my scissors has, built into the handle, a thing to open O2 tanks and the tip of the same is a screwdriver... not quite sure why i need a screwdriver... but the O2 thing has come in handy...

  5. Wearing scrubs in public...

    Forcemaster replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    This is going to sound like a lecture, but I can't not make is otherwise... so here goes... There is so much wrong with this statement that I don't really know where to start! I can see the logic to...

  6. How do I wear this?

    Forcemaster replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    I already have the utility belt :chuckle When I was a student I found that, even if I didn't have a clue how to help the qualified nurse in a task, the very least I could do was act as a walking...

  7. Out with "Nurse" In with...?

    Forcemaster replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    Correct you if you are wrong? Boy are you going to be sorry you asked for that !!! *ahem* It the days of our tribal ancestors, the role of nursing was often given to the wife or elder women of the...

  8. Nurses Will Eat Anything

    Forcemaster replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I did the same thing when I joined a dietician for a day, she let me try some of the nutritional supplements... GOD some of them were AWFUL:stone ! Especially the Calogen (that stuff leaves a layer of...

  9. CPR after rigor mortis

    Forcemaster replied to HealinghandsRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Technically as soon as the heart ceases electrical activity, a person is dead. Now this doesn't mean that we can't bring them back using ALS techniques, and so we try our best... But what does it mean...

  10. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    Forcemaster replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ive heard a few good things about alternating compression CPR using a rather strange device that looks is a rigid frame with two hinged adhesive pads where the user rocks the bar (that has handles)....

  11. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    Forcemaster replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    not always does a come before b or c... what if i told you i knew of a time when c can come before a..? *turns into... super nerd nurse* there is a growing amount of research into the cabc method of...

  12. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    Forcemaster replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    Now when I was a student (all of a few months ago now) I was pretty obsessive about keeping a reflective journal about my time in clinical placement because my personal tutor at university, a guy who...

  13. What is "Nursing Theory/Model"?

    Forcemaster replied to jstuben's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's because when you tell a patient they have rales they have no idea what you are talking about... but when you tell them their lungs have crackles they smile thinking they have a type of...

  14. What is "Nursing Theory/Model"?

    Forcemaster replied to jstuben's topic in General Nursing

    When nursing care is broken down into its constituent elements it could be described as an art and science involving the application of knowledge and skills related to basic social sciences, physical...

  15. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    Forcemaster replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree that you shouldn't "...talk when you should be listening,".. But having said that it does depend on what the more experienced nurse has to say on whether or not you really need to be...

  16. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    Forcemaster replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    i recognise quite a few of those already mentioned, but here are a few from my workplace... although we've never go as far as writing them on the notes... yet:chuckle fns - friday night syndrome das...

  17. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    Forcemaster replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    This one sounds familliar :chuckle!!! I am a self confessed smart-guy but I would actually encourage new staff to challange the practices of more experienced staff... How else will outdated practices...

  18. artifical nails off..angry nurse

    Forcemaster replied to Lady Sapphire's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My hospital has just begun a revision of it's uniform policy to ensure it is up to date with current thinking, and as such is beginning a big crack-down on people who flout the regulations that ALL...

  19. How do you all like the pain scale???

    Forcemaster replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for clarifying the whole epidural / urinary catheter issue for me :) Im going to bow to your experience over long term cancer care. Many of the pts I have encountered were in the A&E (that...

  20. How do you all like the pain scale???

    Forcemaster replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    Im going to split a few hairs now :rotfl: First off... Isn't pain the 6th Vital Sign? I always start off with the respiratory rate (a measurement that far too many nurses leave off these days for who...

  21. How do you all like the pain scale???

    Forcemaster replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    The following is a direct extract from the British National Formulary.. "Opioid analgesics share many side-effects though qualitative and quantitative differences exist. The most common include...

  22. things I didn't learn in nursing school

    Forcemaster replied to mygirlsmom's topic in General Nursing

    Heres a few of mine... 1 - That you have to see people in A&E who broke their nail 3 weeks ago and were just passing by... 2 - That nurses can compete by seeing who had the patient they had to...

  23. Team nursing is causing many good nurses to leave any suggestions

    Forcemaster replied to fight fatigue's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a busy inner London (UK) hospital on the Orthopaedic/Trauma ward, and this is a ward that operates team nursing. Team nursing is working for us as... Even though ive only been working the...

  24. What do you HATE to do at work?

    Forcemaster replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    Uhm... been there and done that when I was a student doing an A&E placement (thats the UK version of the

  25. What do you HATE to do at work?

    Forcemaster replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    Its a funny thing... there is nothing that grosses me out... I can deal with IVDU's and ETOH's who are 'blowing up' in my face, I can deal with people that accuse me of neglecting their relative...