MatthewCanUK

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1. Diabetes app questions

   MatthewCanUK posted a topic in General Nursing

   This may be a duplicate post and if so I apologize. I wanted to ask a question to any diabetes nurses/educators, nurses with diabetes or anyone who sees a lot of diabetes patients in their practice. I have been a nurse for about 20 years but decided ...

2. ANTT tips

   MatthewCanUK replied to MatthewCanUK's topic in General Nursing

   So. Pick up the wet, sterile gauze in the non-dominant/clean hand then drop it into the dominant/dirty hand. That is hopefully easy enough. Are there any tricks to actually placing the dressing? Or can you just use both hands as long as you don't tou...

3. Foley Catheter insertion question

   MatthewCanUK posted a topic in UK

   I wanted to ask some UK nurses about the procedure for inserting a foley catheter in either a male or a female. I have read the Royal Marsden but I have to take an OSCE for UK licensure soon and I'm worried that there are some pit-falls hiding in the...

4. ANTT tips

   MatthewCanUK replied to MatthewCanUK's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks Shellie-anne. That does help. My one question is: what about when you have used your "dirty hand" to do something to the patient. In this case it is holding a gauze to clean a surgical wound. Can you then use the same hand to take the next gau...

5. ANTT tips

   MatthewCanUK posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I am looking for some advice on how to do "clean hand, dirty hand" when doing asceptic non-touch technique for a dressing change. When I trained we used forceps, but recently I was being tested and there were no forceps to be found so you could o...

6. OSCE Documentation

   MatthewCanUK replied to MatthewCanUK's topic in Registration

   I contacted Northampton to ask and they assured me that you do NOT need to cite current evidence. Sorry to cause concern.

7. OSCE Documentation

   MatthewCanUK replied to MatthewCanUK's topic in Registration

   I do plan on using the AL model. Mainly because this is what the NMC is asking for and I have not found them to be very forgiving when you don't follow their directions to the letter. Reading the book that the model comes from they are much more conc...

8. OSCE Documentation

   MatthewCanUK posted a topic in Registration

   I know that there is considerable secrecy about the OSCE (Test of Competence Part 2). But can anyone confirm or deny that when we are doing nursing care plans we need to have rationales and citations of current research with them? The sample document...