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1. Do you give back-rubs and foot baths to your patients?

   silt replied to silt's topic in Relations

   On some patients, if they ask for a back scratch, what helps them is to soak a wash cloth in warm water and use some cream and wash their back and rub cream in. Then they will leave you alone for the rest of the shift. This takes away the itch.

2. Do you give back-rubs and foot baths to your patients?

   silt replied to silt's topic in Relations

   I think it would depend on who you're giving back rubs to. I don't think everyone would make accusations. I think there would be some male patients who might value therapeutic touch for reasons of health and healing. Also, I don't think all woma...

3. Do you give back-rubs and foot baths to your patients?

   silt replied to silt's topic in Relations

   It's probably better to be attuned to your own feelings than ignore them.

4. Do you give back-rubs and foot baths to your patients?

   silt posted a topic in Relations

   As a rule, if I'm not too tired, I always give backrubs and take care of my patients feet and legs. I do this on all of them. Others only wash their face and hands and that constitutes a bath. I am sometimes not done until 10:15 at night. Som...

5. Humiliated by unfamiliar computer program and rude co-worker

   silt posted a topic in General Nursing

   One night I was working alone with only one other girl. She demanded that I chart on all the patients in the entire facility on their computer even though I barely understood the program. It was my first week there so I did not know, and had ne...