Hooch

Hooch has 20+ years experience.

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1. Restraints, What's Unacceptable?

   Hooch posted a topic in General Nursing

   Thought I'd start a general discussion on the use of restraints, giving us the opportunity to discuss how common it is, the ethics, professional and legal implications, and what you may have come across in the course of your professional practice. As...

2. How to deal with the old/experienced nurses?!

   Hooch replied to Anna-s's topic in Relations

   And are you being a competent mentor if you ignore or shout at the new entrant for asking questions?

3. Triage: Documenting Ambulance Handover.

   Hooch replied to Hooch's topic in Emergency

   Sheer curiosity - I was reviewing the protocol for triage and it consists of a two pager Q&A that notes the method of arrival, time of arrival, presenting complaint, allergies, obs, GCS, investigations (ECG, urinalysis and tetanus), pain score, d...

4. Triage: Documenting Ambulance Handover.

   Hooch replied to Hooch's topic in Emergency

   So in your experience would that mean that the triage nurse would only make a mental note of the information that would be conveyed to him/her by the ambulance crew at triage? Surely, not recording anything would leaves staff wide open legally?

5. Triage: Documenting Ambulance Handover.

   Hooch posted a topic in Emergency

   Another quick question. We all know the importance of good record keeping, but would the receiving ED nurse in addition to recording the findings of their own assessment, also make a formal written record of all information that would be conveyed to...

6. Triage System in ED

   Hooch replied to Hooch's topic in Emergency

   Thank you - much appreciated.

7. Triage System in ED

   Hooch replied to Hooch's topic in Emergency

   You probably thought I was being smart - no I don't have a paper to write - it's just that I am trying to understand how triage operates in ED - and if there'd be a policy and protocol to guide practice. I no longer practice at the coldface (health ...

8. Triage System in ED

   Hooch posted a topic in Emergency

   Quick question - do most ED's have triage policies and protocols in place to guide practice - and would the policy identify the locations where triage would be sited ie, majors and minors? How many triage areas are there in the unit that you work in,...

9. What job titles do research nurses have?

   Hooch replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Research

   Try Clinical Research Coordinator.

10. The evolution of a new policy in healthcare organzations

    Hooch replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    I think this trumps it! Only three weeks ago it was a Policy with a nice shiny title which clearly delineated it as a policy, staff duly recognised and implemented it as a policy, and then suddenly within a three week time frame the "policy" magical...

11. "No Complaints Voiced"??

    Hooch replied to Hooch's topic in General Nursing

    And when you document "Nil concerns/complaints to time of report" what process of assessment do you undertake to reach that conclusion out of interest? Should there not be more detail as to what you're referring to?

12. "No Complaints Voiced"??

    Hooch posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are all familiar with the standards of proper documentation that say's that any matter that affects patient care needs to be documented, and the presumption in cases of litigation that "If it isn't documented it isn't done"! Progress notes would t...

13. Thinking about changing careers.

    Hooch replied to willowlove's topic in Career Support

    I used nursing as a stepping stone sideways into another career. While in training I always knew that I'd be heading back to uni - essentially nursing and my training was the catalyst to move in health policy analysis. What I would suggest, is that...

14. Restricted Visiting in Emergency Departments

    Hooch posted a topic in Relations

    Does the emergency department in which you work restrict the access that patients have to their significant other's and families, and if so, why? Patients who've attended a particular emergency department have reported that they were not allowed acce...