7ladies

I recently learnt about using stoma-adhesive powder mixed with Desitin to apply on the excoriated areas. We also use Cavilon spray.

How do you coax children to take medicine, especially horrible-tasting antibiotics? Do you feel it is ok to hold the child down to feed oral meds, of course, with parents' consent. I have experience a few encounters that the child would refuse to take medicines, and we need to hold the child down to feed the medicine. Some parents have even told us to pinch the child's nose as we push the medicine in. In a 32-bedded paediatric medical ward, we seek parent's cooperation to feed the medications, but when we do our rounds, we will find the medicine still sitting around, and it can cause medication errors. Can you guys given me some feedback or suggestion on how we can improve our medication adiministration. Each team (of 2~3 nurses) takes care of about 9 to 12 patients.