Vinniesguy

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  1. CNAs and the dining room in ALF

    Vinniesguy replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Care staff shouldn't be expected to do the work of others. I used to workin a nursing home where they had so few diversional therapists due to their manager being a total monster that the care staff...

  2. Deleting nurses notes

    Vinniesguy replied to Rugford5LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Altering someone else's notes is totally against the law. If there is a coroners case and your notes don't match what you're saying you're in big trouble. However - another people have said, if...

  3. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    Vinniesguy replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Mother and grandmother were both nurses. At family gatherings I used to sit with the two of them and they used to have some hilarious stories of what had happened at work. Everyone else would be in...

  4. How do you get thicker skin?

    Vinniesguy replied to Loves2Lurk's topic in Emergency

    I sometimes don't understand why people think they can behave so badly tithe people trying to help them. I was once helping an elderly man go to the bathroom - I asked him where his walking stick had...

  5. should i be a nurse if i dont really like doing the same thing everyday?

    Vinniesguy replied to jayjay2011's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sure! If you go into general surgical, general medical, emergency or trauma there's lots of different things going on. Maybe just avoid particular specialties - I worked in elective orthopedic surgery...

  6. Gero Psych

    Vinniesguy replied to Animal3's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One technique I used to use was to put extra nurse initiated meds in with the regular meds. Usually 2 panadol and 2 coloxyl and senna. I would then go to the patient and show them the tablets and tell...