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1. Question for on-line instructors...

   ADS RN replied to nosonew's topic in Educators

   I also am a not so new .n. My supervisor has requested that I take a Nursing Skills Review on-line. A friend of hers did it when her daughter was in nursing coming home with things that had changed. She said she really enjoyed it but can't remember ...

2. Old Ladies Having Babies

   ADS RN replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

   tHAT'S JUST TOO WRONG. iT SOUNDS LIKE HE NEEDED SOME SELF ESTEEM. hOPEFULLY HE HAS LOTS OF MONEY AND A GOOD WILL AND CONTINGENCY PLAN! cAN'T IMMAGINE EVEN CONSIDERING THAT AT 75 ! tO EACH HIS OWN, HOPE THE KIDS THRIVE!

3. A reminder to ALWAYS listen to your patients.

   ADS RN replied to VizslaMom's topic in General Nursing

   I had a terminal private duty pt. He would start to go then the family would call everyone in to say goodbye and by the time the supervisor would get there he'd be "ok". One night when I worked a double he said "Come on Connie ,lets go." I asked him...

4. Does this sound funny to you?

   ADS RN replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

   Something smells fishy to me! Back in the late 60's as a Candystriper I knew what a catheter was, and later as a CNA, before the RN. Maybe some dementia has set in and she's loosing her short term memory?

5. Rude and crude RN

   ADS RN replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   I worked in a small SNF unit and unfortunately the DON, a male RN, and a CNA were all just as bad. The DON once said to me in front of a male CNA (in his 20"s) something about the topical cream my Dr. who had been on the unit ordered that he might wa...

6. Nurses leaving in droves...

   ADS RN replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

   My dtr works on a pallitive care unit and they do the bread therapy. Says it's great.

7. old skills that we do not use anymore

   ADS RN replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

   I could too but now those glass thermometers are sooooooo hard to read- could I be getting old ?

8. old skills that we do not use anymore

   ADS RN replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

   We had a lady in LTC who we caught diluting her urine in the bathroom for her clinitest, guess who got to go to BGM!

9. AJN Article Opinions.. "I'm No Angel"

   ADS RN replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with sharann and rnmi2004 that it is probably a thing with the older generation and I accept it as a compliment as it was meant. I work with the elderly so it's a good idea not to get upset because I'm going to hear it and "you're a doll". I ...

10. Medical Asst vs Nurse

    ADS RN replied to kellisdomain's topic in General Nursing

    I'm An Rn. A Coworker Recently Graduated As A Cma. Under Her Scope Of Practice She Can Pass Meds,do Assessments,give Injections, Draw Labs,is Icd-9 Certified , Can Do Accounting. She Borrowed Several Of My Books For Her Classes And Would Come To Me A...

11. Dementia Patients

    ADS RN replied to avahsmiles's topic in Geriatric

    Just go in and be yourself.You can learn so much from them if you give yourself a chance. They can be very childlike in many and endearing ways. One seminar at the Alzheimers Assoc. said to equate living with an Alz. pt. to living with an ADD child. ...

12. Help with hopeless horrible nurse's aides

    ADS RN replied to xmaxiex's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Aides can either make or break a unit. I have had some wonderful aides I would go to the wall for and then some that only felt they needed to do the minimum. It helps if youv've been there in their shoes and are willing to pitch in to make s...

13. shocked at what I saw!

    ADS RN replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric

    Holy cow! Unbelievable!! I thought back in 1985 when I did my CNA clinicals I'd seen a lot. It was bad the aides stood around talking while the residents were given breakfast in bed for some ,one was blind a tray was in front of her she didn't know w...

14. My Hands are a mess in the winter!

    ADS RN replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in General Nursing

    Walmart used to sell Udder Cream in the craft dept as well as in the lotion area. If you can't find it there try a Farm & Fleet, or any farm supply store.

15. My Hands are a mess in the winter!

    ADS RN replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the crack cream & the udder balm, I just tried using theis grape butter ( from Walmart) there's other scents too. Sofar so good but winter isn't even here yet. Good luck! The socks and gloves at night really do help too.