GingerSue

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  1. man sent home with a broken leg

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    How did this happen, and how can this be avoided - the man goes to emergency because of his leg, they bandage it and send him home?...

  2. nurse tells pregnant woman she's having phantom labour

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Canada

    "The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa, a women's rights advocacy group, is also trying to help her reunite with her baby. They have offered to house Bilotta in their women's shelter and they have...

  3. nurse tells pregnant woman she's having phantom labour

    GingerSue posted a topic in Canada

    Is this nurse competent - if she/he told this pregnant woman that she's only having phantom labour, and given an antacid? Yet the woman (who happens to be in a jail) is pregnant, and has a breech...

  4. where to get medication administration, first aid and CPR courses done in Toronto, ON

    GingerSue replied to sshafiq's topic in Canada

    In the past, I got my CPR from St. John's Ambulance two-day training sessions. Or, another time I got it through my employer - SRT Med-Staff arranged for training session for interested staff at...

  5. Applying for non-RN positions

    GingerSue replied to k1p1ssk's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Are there any nursing agencies in your area (check the yellow pages, or ask around)? Have you tried long-term

  6. nurse fired

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    This nurse had been going into files of people with whom she had personal connections, not professional reasons, so they fired her. She knows that she isn't supposed to violate patients' right to...

  7. nurse fired

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Important that this issue of privacy and confidentiality is, is it possible to consider that this nurse can learn to work according to the rules? And maybe consider that she would benefit by being...

  8. nurse fired

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds of a local situation here where a nurse got fired for similar reasons - knowing one of the patients personally, the nurse got into her file and then told her own mother (acquaintance of the...

  9. no sedation during cataract surgery?

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    Some patients were not given sedation during their eye surgery as described in this link:...

  10. for assessing a senior's competency?

    GingerSue posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When a senior client is in a senior's facility, and a family member requests that the client's competency will be assessed, who decides re: the client's level of competence to make their own...

  11. for assessing a senior's competency?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Maybe family has to speak to a lawyer, to get things moving on this? Sounds like court decides. So, there must be a formal way that this is all

  12. for assessing a senior's competency?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for the replies. So, when family has requested this kind of assessment, having spoken to the nursing staff about this request, because of concerns about the senior's ability to make decisions...

  13. why is there a false high diastolic reading if the Auscultatory Gap is undetected?

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    I can understand why there would be a falsely low systolic reading, but could someone explain why there would be a false high diastolic reading if the Auscultatory Gap is undetected?

  14. what about this doctor?

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    Doctor in Montreal taking photos of naked female patients:

  15. RhoGam question

    GingerSue posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    just correct me or enhance my understanding about when RhoGAM is given. If the mother is Rh negative and unsensitized then she receives RhoGAM if she has an Rh positive fetus, but she does not receive...

  16. clarify rubella titer please

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    here's my question my textbook says that rubella titer of 1:8 is susceptible then it says 1:10 indicates immunity then it says 1:18 is immunity so I ask at a local doctor's office and he says...

  17. the Denver II Developmental Screening Test

    GingerSue posted a topic in Pediatric

    Can anyone help me to find instructions about how to use the Denver II Developmental Screening Test? My textbook describes the test, and my manual has a chart and a sheet with a list of items, but...

  18. standard precautions

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Students

    in my manual, it explains Universal precautions "do not apply to nasal secretions, sputum, saliva, sweat, tears, urine, feces, or vomitus". In the textbook it says that BSI includes not only blood and...

  19. for the heels - isn't sheepskin used anymore?

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    how to protect a patient's heels on those feet that lie for hours on the bed and now have discoloured areas - diabetic feet, recent cellulitis what can be used to prevent heel decubitus ulcers?...

  20. what is a buffalo cap?

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am reading about postpartal management re: preeclampsia-eclampsia and there is mention of nursing care to DC buffalo cap if present what is a buffalo cap? (I checked Google and get a variety of...

  21. Help! I'm a new grad and can't find a job

    GingerSue replied to I RN A's topic in General Nursing

    are there any nursing employment agencies that you could

  22. New RN BSN over 50 and Can't Get a Job

    GingerSue replied to HoosierMale's topic in General Nursing

    Recently I've seen ads for nurses to work in Corrections - would that area be of interest to

  23. Has anyone taken a refresher course?

    GingerSue replied to cathy33333's topic in General Nursing

    If you have decided that this is what you wish to do, then I believe that you can do it. As for the clinical - make sure that your program has a definite plan in place for you to have your...

  24. Distance Learning - I'm all ears....

    GingerSue replied to raiderz1973's topic in Online Distance Learning

    This is not to refer to any specific distance learning program, but it is my present experience that the arrangements for a preceptor and clinical have become an uncertainty, while I have completed...

  25. HOME HEALTH NURSING

    GingerSue replied to gemgem12's topic in General Nursing

    Tucson, Arizona's Top 10 Home Health Care Agencies Rank Company 1 Dependable Health Services - 1120 S. Swan Rd. - Tucson - AZ - 85711 - (520) 721-3822 2 AristoCare - 698 E. Wetmore, Ste. 210 -...