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knockandhello

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  1. continence management

    knockandhello posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What time of the day do you give suppositories at your

  2. Thinking of uni

    knockandhello posted a topic in International Nursing

    Have nursed since 16 ,started as a cadet nurse.Did my training as student nurse in the hospital system.Have been thinking for the past few years of getting my degree through uni.Feel a little, or...

  3. Thinking of uni

    knockandhello replied to knockandhello's topic in International Nursing

    Have found another RN where I work who trained under the hospital system.She also wants to do it through uni.So we are going to bite the bullet and do it together for moral support.Youre so right...

  4. How do you deal with lazy nurses??

    knockandhello replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    panadol....paracetamol mild analgesia.Take it for the

  5. Reminiscing

    knockandhello replied to knockandhello's topic in General Nursing

    I can remember having to add a clinitest tablet to so many drops of urine to a tube add so much water. hold the tube over a bunsen burner boil it and then wait so long to see the colour of the...

  6. How do you deal with lazy nurses??

    knockandhello replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It P....s me off when I have Drs berating me for Pathology that hasnt been attended to even though ordered weeks ago.Dr on holidays and locum covering.Gp just returned from holidays.Hello I dont have...

  7. Best & Worst April Fool's Pranks

    knockandhello replied to Fran_Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    On night shift we used to be supplied with meals.The student nurse on the medical floor had to ring the other floors and take meal orders and then serve them out, put them on a tray and send them up...

  8. bp130/105

    knockandhello posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Dont know if I'm in the right area but hope someone can help me.Work in ltc elderly lady with history of hypertension has cerebral peritoneal shunt in(for 26 years she says)c/o headache last night and...

  9. Domestic Violence Survivor.

    knockandhello replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    Things get better and better every day>I,m so glad you have your dad there for support.Thinking of you and sending heaps of love your

  10. bp130/105

    knockandhello replied to knockandhello's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    well I repeated her BP about 4 hours later and it was about the same.think the dyastolic had gone down to 103 with systolic about 125.Checked her previous bps on record and they had been around 120/90...

  11. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    knockandhello replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    My mum said to cut their hair before a year old would shorten their life.So even though I knew better none of mine haid their hair cut under one.This went for the boys as

  12. what do you do

    knockandhello posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What do you do when you try to educate pcws in regard to documentation and following procedures and policies and a complaint is put in as one pcw feels that she is being bullied.Still feel slighted...

  13. Share Your Saying

    knockandhello replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no

  14. what do you do

    knockandhello replied to knockandhello's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you all for your responses.It has given me some food for thought and a better perspective on things.A problem shared is a problem solved as the saying

  15. what do you do

    knockandhello replied to knockandhello's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have never encountered this before and there have been no complaints from the others on shift when I have gone over paperwork with them or talked to them about issues arriving at work.It seems that...

  16. what do you do

    knockandhello replied to knockandhello's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    there is an educator on site and available for all staff but this person does not think she requires assistance although frequently requires further direction eg uses own method instead of that in...

  17. what do you do

    knockandhello replied to knockandhello's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    personal care workers,assistant

  18. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    knockandhello replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    years ago the emergency department was staffed by only 1 RN as it was a small rural hospital.If we needed the DR we had to wake him up.Sometimes we had a student nurse on with us if there was a...

  19. Favorite, Fun, Weird, and Scandalous Symptoms and Diagnosis...

    knockandhello replied to doctordefender's topic in Nursing Humor

    This was years ago .An elderly lady was admitted with a diagnosis of S.O.B, S.O.B. S.O.B.We figured out that it was something to do with short of breath .In the end though had to ring her...

  20. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    knockandhello replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    yes it is the first.Not something you like to admit

  21. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    knockandhello replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    elderly gent,confused had stripped and was leaning facing the wall legs akimbo, standing in a pool of urine.Friend rushes up and bends down behind him mopping up the floor telling him not to move...

  22. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    knockandhello replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    This happened years ago when training at a small country hospital.Just new there and so was the other student nurse withme when we saw this old gentleman wandering, we thought aimlessly, around the...

  23. Pet Peeves in Nursing...

    knockandhello replied to White Shoes's topic in General Nursing

    people who moan and groan about everything they are asked to do and tell you that when you're not on duty they dont have to follow directions from the don.people who lie about doing duties.people who...

  24. Domestic Violence Survivor.

    knockandhello replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    :trout:

  25. Domestic Violence Survivor.

    knockandhello replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    Both of my marriages were disasters.I was brrought up believing "you made your bed lie in it".Fled both when the violence was directed at my children.Don't ever feel sorry for the b......'', or that...