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  1. Using Creative Charting...

    CompleteUnknown replied to luv2rsq's topic in General Nursing

    Viva, that reminds me of a frequent faller I looked after who we had managed to keep off the floor for just over a week. The doctor's entry looked like this: 1400: Stable. No falls since last review....

  2. Using Creative Charting...

    CompleteUnknown replied to luv2rsq's topic in General Nursing

    I have been worried that with the introduction of computer charting, the medical record was becoming a bland boring document consisting entirely of objective facts and figures with no indication...

  3. The student nurse

    CompleteUnknown replied to musickx2's topic in General Nursing

    Catzilla, you sound like the kind of student nurse I'm very happy to have around and with an attitude like yours, I can keep my swatting tendencies well in check and I'll do everything I can to show...

  4. The Mockery of Nursing

    CompleteUnknown replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I SOOOO want to be a wanton hussy. Sadly I just don't have the personality for it. or......... I see all these other people being wanton hussies and I want to be one too and it's just not fair that I...

  5. The Mockery of Nursing

    CompleteUnknown replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Say what you will about fomites, but I just read a couple of posts about bed bugs in the hospital. Shudder. That's something I've never even THOUGHT about! I may never leave my house

  6. Is that really a nurse?

    CompleteUnknown replied to alpha omega's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Okay, well that's interesting. I have to admit that I've often been the nurse waiting for someone from the agency and I have indeed said 'hi, can I help you?' and they have said 'yes, I'm so-and-so...

  7. Dealing with "Web-Trained" Patient/Family Members.

    CompleteUnknown replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    The irony of all of this is that it's what we said we wanted. We said we didn't think it was right for the health care professionals to make their pronouncements and expect patients to just accept it...

  8. How To Get A Patient To Take Pain Meds When Needed...

    CompleteUnknown replied to sharpeimom's topic in Pain Management

    My mother thinks that taking anything more than ONE paracetamol (tylenol) is overdoing it a bit so yep, it can be very difficult when people have this mindset. She'd rather struggle on in pain, it's...

  9. Drug testing a RN while a patient in the er

    CompleteUnknown replied to lori4367's topic in General Nursing

    Funny how things are different everywhere, and we get used to what we know and think anything else is strange or flat out wrong and dangerous. Cocaine is a Schedule 8 drug here, the same as morphine,...

  10. Drug testing a RN while a patient in the er

    CompleteUnknown replied to lori4367's topic in General Nursing

    I remember cocaine spray being used to anaesthetise the pharynx prior to ENT examination/procedures. I think the little atomiser bottles just sat on the bench in the minor procedure

  11. What is it about turning 50 that makes you obsessed with your bowels?

    CompleteUnknown replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    I never gave my 'regularity' a second thought until a couple of years ago. But..... everything DOES slow down and where once it was a simple as 'need to go, go, done', now it's not always that easy. I...

  12. when patients go off the floor...

    CompleteUnknown replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, some of these policies seem incredibly restrictive. It's common where I am for patients to leave the floor to go for a walk or to the cafeteria or just to get some sun or fresh air. We do expect...

  13. The Mockery of Nursing

    CompleteUnknown replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Have seen this almost happen several times when staff are learning how to use a slide

  14. Dilemma in clinical?

    CompleteUnknown replied to mursetudent25's topic in General Students

    I think some posters are being a little hard on the OP. There are some patients who will do this to students - insist on being attended to by the nurse, or even refuse to tell the student what they...

  15. Socializing after work in your scrubs

    CompleteUnknown replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lol. Fomite it up all over town as much as you like. Just make sure those fomites aren't your scrubs! Am I really hopelessly old-fashioned to think it's unprofessional to be drinking and/or partying...

  16. Socializing after work in your scrubs

    CompleteUnknown replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Cool factor, what cool factor?? Naturally there are exceptions and there are days when it would be wise to change and shower straight after work, and each of us will do what we want to do, but I can't...

  17. Socializing after work in your scrubs

    CompleteUnknown replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think scrubs are necessarily dirtier than any other clothes and I don't take my shoes off at the door or decontaminate when I get home so it's not the possible germ factor, it's that I think...

  18. Infatuated with colleague - need counsel

    CompleteUnknown replied to RCBR's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hahahaha, love it and really did laugh out

  19. nursing policy on handling infant that is not bathed

    CompleteUnknown replied to kms6417's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's really interesting. Fully submerging in a tub is normal practice here. I have NEVER heard that it's inadvisable to submerge until the cord has fallen

  20. Depressed, or just "Life?"

    CompleteUnknown replied to JDougRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    This is why a holiday in a cabin or holiday apartment is such a stress reliever for me. I walk in, it's clean and spacious and immediately relaxing because there is no STUFF in there. All the flat...

  21. I'm sorry sir, I cannot call the neurosurgeon at 3AM for that...

    CompleteUnknown replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing

    As usual Wooh, I agree with what you say :) I would have thought the risk of apnoea and/or aspiration is a bit ridiculous too (and almost certainly is in the case of the OP's patient as he was walking...

  22. I'm sorry sir, I cannot call the neurosurgeon at 3AM for that...

    CompleteUnknown replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, is it any wonder patients can become furious at times? Heartburn is miserable and if it's a severe bout there is indeed a risk of aspiration. Why should it be so difficult for a patient to...

  23. Recently interviewed: I said: "No, no, no, no...."

    CompleteUnknown replied to diligent-trooper's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I see/hear this idea that if a patient arrests it's because the nurse wasn't monitoring them properly or didn't see the signs of a problem just often enough to wonder if perhaps that idea is somehow...

  24. nursing policy on handling infant that is not bathed

    CompleteUnknown replied to kms6417's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm really surprised by the number of posters who think it's somehow 'out there' not to bath a baby shortly after birth. I think it must be one of those things that are different depending on what...

  25. Dealing w/ rude RNs

    CompleteUnknown replied to PlumeriaSun's topic in LPN to RN

    You know, there can be huge misunderstandings between people when they are talking face to face and even more so when there are only written words to go on. Anyway, the fact that you aren't paid and...