terraqueous

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1. Tattoos are taboo at work. Yes? No?

   terraqueous replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

   Our facility used to insist tattoos be covered but it was not specified how. People showed up wearing the stretchy sleeves made to look like tattoos (their tattoos were covered and much smaller than...

2. what needs to be done for a new admission

   terraqueous replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I always add a neuro check to my admission assessments. You need to know what their baseline is when they arrive and lots of times with elderly folks, one pupil may be larger than the other due to...

3. GDR's, what has been your experience?

   terraqueous posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I work in LTC and am just appalled at mandated gdr's (gradual dose reductions) on psychotropic drugs for our residents. They are truly my pet peeve right now, maybe in part because the powers to be...

4. Vitals

   terraqueous replied to dallet6's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Hi, we use Point Click Care at the LTC facility I work in also. We typically do bp's two times per week. When we click on a bp med to be given and the screen comes up that wants you to type in the bp,...