3aremyjoy
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KatieMI, you just made my geeky heart squeal!
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We use hygie-bags that contain an absorbant strip of material in them to line the bed pan. The pan and bag are then taken to the dirty utility. The bag is disposed of and the pan is put in the automatic washer where when it is full you just hit a button and it is disinfected. I have to admit, I am in absolute shock that the in the USA there arent more sanitary and convenient ways for nurses to deal with a most basic body function without wasting bed pans of all things.
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Your Spidey Senses are tingling for a reason. You are correct! This is NOT safe! This is NOT normal! You DO need orientation. RUN from this company!
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Passed! And just signed papers for full time palliative care position! Life I good :)
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Not a motivational/uplifting one, but it's got me through some (ahhhem....)moments ... "I am 100% washable" :)
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Not a LOL, but my patient referred to peri-care as "washing the laundry". I can't sort my laundry now without giggling!
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Can. Not. Wait. May. Die. Waiting.....
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That was one tough test! I achieved academic honors with distinction all the way through school, did the predictor tests with 95-100% chance of passing and it didn't prepare me for that!
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Just turned 40, finished nursing school and getting ready to write board exam. Worked in swine barns. Ya, it can be done. Go for it!
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Save your back, it's your pay cheque! Raise the bed to working height EVERY time! When boosting someone in bed, raise to your working height, lay bed flat, place into trandelenberg, have pt grab side rails, bend their knees and help you boost them. Make it a routine that the last thing you always do in a room is check that the bed is low and locked and call bell is on place. Make it routine that when you enter a room after assessing your pt, check IV site, rate, solution and O2 rate. If you have a problem with always placing the brief too high, or too low at the back; line the top of the padded lining with the top of the crack, you will always have it in perfect position. At beginning of every shift, fill pocket with alcohol swabs and IV caps! Use a four color pen for your brain sheet. One color for report, one color for lab values, one color for med times another for priority items.
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So you have identified the issues of substance abuse and poverty. What can these issues CAUSE? Those will be your "risk for" statements. I'll get you started, poverty puts people at risk for malnourishment. Also, look back at Maslow's hierarchy of needs.... which of those may not be met on poverty? Great start!
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Well said TheCommuter! I think you could put together a great article with what you've written here!
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It's not the age of the car, it's the mileage!
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TheCommuter, Will you please be my mentor? I am working on this.... and its so hard!