I used to struggle too until I realised the easiest way is make sure you have the same structure for each note. Body systems/head to toe is good to use I think. You mention all the systems but you...
Start a petition for zero tolerance, get enough signatures for the government to step in? This is pretty much what has happened in Australia. Paramedics especially were getting assaulted too often....
I guess it comes down to different practices and routines. We have only just rolled out electronic documentation but meds are still kept on shelves/or locked away (CDs). Which is why we also have CD...
But this is exactly what happens in Australia. It's not hard to find a nurse to follow you for 10 seconds. i can't fathom how you guys are allowed to pocket remainder of narcotics until whenever you...
That's odd. In Aus, you *have* to have 2 nurses present the whole way through a controlled drug administration. From the med room where you get the drug out, you dispose the remainder there and 2...
Does anyone else 'prefer' male patients to female patients? When I get assigned a room of elderly female patients, I know I'm in for a heavy shift. Compared to the males, they moan/are pedantic over...
I think it's the same in Germany. Nursing isn't regulated and you don't go to Uni to become one. My ex German bf held little respect for nurses, funny how he understands nothing about what we do as...
The Australian system is more similar to UK than America. Don't understand a lot of things people from the U.S talk about on here lol. In Australia, it is a 3 year bachelor degree to become an RN....
I personally don't see an issue with this phrase. If a doctor is doing rounds and suddenly the patient asks for a bedpan or something time consuming, no 1) the doctor is doing rounds, they're busy as...
Wow, nursing school in the US is weirdly strict. Come study in Australia, flip flops and shorts galore at uni. Don't understand why a college/uni needs to enforce a dress code. It's college at the...
Forget about learning each and every drug as an individual drug, you'll get nowhere. Instead, understand the different classes of drugs, as majority of the time, most drugs in the same class will have...
I' would have thought forging the nurse's signature would be risky. Imagine if a case went to court and they said to the nurse, "is this your signature on this document?", she can't lie, and her...