I live in a small town with about 8 family physicians. They also see the inpatients over at the small local hospital. Since there isn't any other options for family doctors in the town, unless you drive 45 mins away, most of the nurses have a doctor ...
I always had a scrub jacket with lots of pockets. I like lots of pockets so I can hold the med room keys, the home phone, pens, alcohol swabs, other random stuff. I never found the need to have my own vital machines. Every home I've worked in had an ...
For the most part I enjoy having nursing students on my floor. We usually have first or second placement so they are doing vitals and personal care. It is helpful as long as they are willing to help out and learn. It does get frustrating when they al...
We occasionally have a doctor start an IV but we are a small hospital with no IV team and the two docs who start IVs are also anesthesiologists. Have never seen a doctor ambulate a pt, sleep in a pts room to keep.an eye on them (I wish), give medica...
Hi, I am going to be doing some volunteer nursing in Africa and they have sent me a medication calculation quiz to fill out and I am stuck on one question since I haven't had to do this type of med calculations in a long time. I was wondering if I co...
Hi I have been working in a 60 bed long term care for 3.5 years and I have applied to an associate director of care position which is a new position for the facility. I was wondering if anyone has some interview tips or sample questions for me. Thank...
Oxygen is generally used in palliative patients as comfort only. We aren't treating the numbers (O2 sat) anymore. If they appear to be short of breath and the oxygen seems to help calm them down, then it is used. Sometimes it agitates patients to hav...
flutist replied to heynow1313's topic in Geriatric
I would say chocolate pudding would best mask the taste of most medications, although you said that they are looking to avoid sugary foods. Maybe some yogurt would work.
flutist replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric
We did the sign every page for a while when we switched pharmacy. Now we have a page (usually 3 or 4 pages) at the front that we sign each count. We have an individual page for each medication.
flutist replied to Jaxxbeback's topic in Volunteer
I've been looking into mercy ships. I believe the shortest commitment is 2 months up to years. It is a faith based ship and it requires at least 2 years experience, with surgical or OR experience being an asset.
I've worked both. I didn't mind the 8 hour shifts when I was part time. Then I went full time and didn't like working the 8s. It felt like I was alway there. Then I worked a hybrid of 8s and 12s. I still only had 2 days off at a time. We now do 12s a...
