RPN_2006

When replacing the first of two almost empty CBI bags and carrying on casual conversation with the patient, recall that simply inverting the bag before unspiking it will do nothing to stop the second bag from providing you with a cool shower unless y...

I graduated Practical Nursing in Windsor Ontario in 2006. Since that time I have worked in home health and a Med-surg unit at the local hospital. I have decided, with the support of my unit manager, to go back for my B.Sc.N in fall 2009. We DO NOT ha...

Based on my own experience as an RPN returning to school for my rn, I would advise going directly to your goal of rn. As for English not being your first language, this will be a difficulty for you in either program. RPN training is not easy, in fact...

I will continue to work part time as an rpn as my manager is willing to accomodate my schedule. The university has told me I will not be given any credit for previous nursing courses or experience. My hospital and the RPNAO both offer tuition reimbur...

Let me clarify. There is a four year Bachelor's of Nursing available here in Windsor, there is no bridge program. Therefore, no recognition for previous nursing courses or experience. I am going back to square one lol.

When I was doing home health I had a young gentleman with an abdominal wound post elective surgery. I cared for him for several weeks, nice enough guy. To my great surprise, after I discharged him, he sent a friend request on Facebook to me. Not want...

Common prns on my unit...Gravol, Dilaudid, Ativan, Haldol, Tylenol.

I can't stop crying. What a beautiful child.

:omy:

"Johnny Shirt" in Ontario, Canada.

At the hospital where I work the policy is to discard after single use. Infection control is pretty firm about this.

Looking for your opinion. Several pressure ulcers are being debrided of slough OD c sterile gauze soaked in Dakins 1:4, wet to moist. Peri-wound protected c petroleum jelly. Wounds are debriding quickly and granulating nicely. I have been careful to ...

In my last semester of nursing school and just weeks before our consolidation, a student was asked to remove an IV. This is a task we had all been checked off on many moons before and the instructor told her to go ahead and d/c it w/o her. Later that...

Don't these people have work to do? Must not be nurses.

Congratulations! Your perseverance and professionalism have paid off.

Thanks for your reply. It is presicely because we never see this tx anymore that I am unsure. "Dr. God" is a vascular surgeon and sees the cl q 4 weeks, which is another two weeks from now. Our ET may have better luck than I did (I hope).

Registered Practical Nurse = Pearl-encrusted Geriatrics!

Good gawsh! Please remove the whole thread then, the suspense is killing me and I'll never know what happened lol!

Oh well, I guess it's an improvement from the three letters I got in mail along with the four e-mails I got thanking me for my application but that they'd hired someone else for the position I applied for - THREE MONTHS AFTER I STARTED!!!! :roll

On larger legs I will sometimes use a tubular stretch net...we call it burn net..over the wrap to help all stay in place. It can be ordered in different sizes so as to avoid causing compression and generally stays in place fairly well.

Thanks Jnette and Caloitter. I did care very much for this patient. I feel a little lost each day not stopping in to see him. He is my first death, although I was not on shift thank goodness, so I did not have to pronounce. I am glad he is no longer ...

I need advice. I have a home health client who is 100+ years old, end stage renal failure, anuric, +++sediment in foley causing obstructions. This man was getting cath irrigation c NS q week for months and I increased him to q2days when obstructions ...

Thank-you all for your useful and informative advice. I have learned things with this experience to take forward. My patient passed away last night. May God rest his soul and bring peace to his family.

Although this problem is widespread, it seems clear to me that the biggest problem here is the EMS Comissioners attitude regarding the situation. Here in the socialist haven of Canada, emergency services may be "free", but if you happen to not have ...

NRSKaren thank-you so much for those useful suggestions. I had no idea about the silicone caths or the cranberry capsules with regards to blockages/crystallization. This is information I can DO something with. I have documented all events. I will fo...