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Hello All I'm writing from New Zealand and I really appreciate the help and advice I find in this forum. We have an elderly man with dementia in our LTC unit and, besides urinating on various pieces of furniture and the floor too he has a malodourous...

Thanks a lot! not sure what Dakin's solution is but I will look up the generic name.

Hey thanks for that. I love nurses dot com. What I want to know is, is it acceptable where you work to use your bare hands to apply non-medicated moisturiser? I'm thinking, in aged care it's more "human" than using gloves. Ofcourse gloves for any br...

lucida sans unicode3sienna hello, i'm jeanette from new zealand and i've joined allnurses.com because i have some questions and also because i'm sure i'll learn some interesting things here. i work on a general medical ward and we sometimes have ...

Thanks a lot Jackson1951!!! I started this thread in 2005 so it's a surprise to see your post. It's all still up to date. thanks again Jeanette

thank you for all your comments. this site continues to be helpful and interesting. jeanette new zealand:nurse:

:yeah:wow!! i remember you guys! i participated in this thread back in 2006! i've been trying to work out where to 'break in' with my practical issue... it's all very interesting, your thoughts. thanks.... i'm writing to you from new zealand again. ...

Hi Michael Interesting to read your post. I have been very stimulated in my thinking by it. Maybe my reply is off-line as I'm not talking about death anymore. If I should go elsewhere to write these things, can someone tell me? I like your c...

Hi Michael Thanks for your post. "Crikey" is a common Australian exclamation that has recently come into focus because one of their popular and funny conservationists died dramatically and tragically when diving near stingrays - he got stabbed in t...

Thanks Michael, Your post is thought provoking. I appreciated Death Of A Salesman and relate to what you're saying. It's refreshing to be able to talk about death in this forum when we're part of a "death-denying society" (Kubler-Ross); many in my i...

Wow! This forum is so cool! You guys are really helping me; I should come here more often. I came today to write about an event that bothered me... My patient on an acute medical ward had had a stroke and then extension and treatment had been withd...

Re: Managing symptoms for a “good death” Req_nurse thanks for your strong position as it stimulates thought and discussion. I'm surprised by your categorical definition of a good death; what if people don't want to be completely conscious as they d...

hello, i'm writing from new zealand. it's really interesting reading your posts - usually i write in the hospice section but i thought i'd 'come over' to talk to you geriatric experts. last week i looked after an elderly lady who'd been admitted dur...

oh boy! thanks for your post. i'm shocked to read about this scenario. am i cynical to wonder what the family stood to gain by the man's death? to me it's quite clear - it's not a 'grey' case as so many are. he was alert and wanted to continue l...

hi thanks for your story. it sure does seem silly to have all that intervention. i think the hard thing for the decison-makers is knowing when to stop and then knowing that death will be the result. death is so alien to us - life is what we know ab...

Hello Everyone, I'm writing from New Zealand and I just thought I'd run a couple of things past you experienced respiratory nurses... I usually know what to do and what is going on with my patients but today I got a bit out of my depth with a pt in r...

oh, i thought it was quite clearly passive euthanasia - not treating something that could be treated and so allowing nature to take its course. that's not to say that all euthanasia is bad. jeanette

thank you, that's helpful. jeanette

a lot of people feel disturbed by the idea of not feeding or hydrating someone. we can treat infections but to decide not to is quite significant. i think what we were doing is passive euthanasia. she wasn't "terminal", she didn't have cancer. she...

hi and thanks for your comments. the pt was admitted with sepsis. they decided to not treat and yeah, it wouldv'e been good to send her back 'home' straight away. sigh.

Hello I'm a nurse working in a medical ward in New Zealand and I'm really interested in this site and all the things you say here. You've helped me in the past - each time I've asked. I know that many nurses working in hospice care have definite vie...

ok, thanks for your comments.

one hospice expert - ira byock - writes that there is not much suffering involved in dying while not eating or drinking.

actually, i work on a medical ward - so it's not hospice focused (i read the hospice section of allnurses.com because that's my interest.) [color=#556b2f]i've seen people decide to stop taking iv fluids when they are able to make their own decisions ...

Hi, thanks for your reply, that's really helpful. I conclude that people are less open here because I sure can't say with you: "I've never had a patient close to death who does not talk about "the hereafter" or God." That's quite amazing to hear. B...