nettie01

nettie01

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  1. life after death

    nettie01 replied to nettie01's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks Timothy. You obviously have more freedom working for a Catholic hospital and the patients and families would be expecting some kind of religious input, which to some extent they've agreed to I...

  2. life after death

    nettie01 replied to nettie01's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I guess I don't understand the question then. Eternity is real to me but I think many people, including nurses ofcourse, put those issues in the "too hard basket" - too hard to understand, not enough...

  3. life after death

    nettie01 replied to nettie01's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you for these two replies. However they aren't very helpful to me; as I said, I'm fully aware of the fact that patient's rights come first, patient's needs and patients own spiritual beliefs are...

  4. Type II Respiratory Failure and oxygen administration

    nettie01 replied to nettie01's topic in Pulmonary

    Hi and Thanks for your replies. Yes, they did an ABG the night before - the CO2 was 12 (but I don't know what the measurement unit is and it's probably different from the American one.) There was a...

  5. Nasty medical students

    nettie01 replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    I've just read some posts about rude doctors. I'm quite shocked by what I've read. I think the power balance is more equal here - at least where I've worked, a major New Zealand city. I find most...

  6. Mouth care for dying patient

    nettie01 replied to nettie01's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you all for your last entries and tips. And Hi there across the Tasman sea (Australia)

  7. Mouth care for dying patient

    nettie01 replied to nettie01's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hello Gompers Thank you very much. I'm unsure about one thing though: do you mean you put vaseline IN the mouth on the debris? I didn't know it was ok for inside (i.e. OK to be consumed) Thanks This...

  8. Mouth care for dying patient

    nettie01 replied to nettie01's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm thinking about getting a portfolio together of all the things that can go wrong systemically if oral hygiene isn't being attended to. This sounds good! I'll look forward to that. :) Thanks...

  9. Mouth care for dying patient

    nettie01 replied to nettie01's topic in Hospice, Palliative

  10. Mouth care for dying patient

    nettie01 replied to nettie01's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you for your