Tips and Tricks that work!

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I am a hospice home care aide and I love my work. I have many tips and tricks that I have picked up throughout the years. I would love to share what I can,and would love other folks to share theirs.:balloons: Many times a tumor will emit a rather nasty smell,if smells bother you put a small amount of vicks vapor rub under each nostril,viola! you smell vicks and noones the wiser.Vicks vapor rub is also great to combat nail fungus.apply to affected nail once daily. More to come....have to go to work now.....

Specializes in Peds, ER/Trauma.

To soften ear wax before ear irrigation, take a Colace capsule, and poke a hole in it with a needle. Squeeze the liquid inside into the ear canal. It will soften the cerumen so it is easier to flush out!

Specializes in Brain injury,vent,peds ,geriatrics,home.
OMG I can't imagine working without pockets. I wear my regular clothes at work and the few items I have without pockets don't get worn at work. What do you do with pens and other things you would normally have to drag around with you?

I have a fanny pack with me at all times while at work.I work on a campus of 10 acres and have found this to be indespensible.Also I dont work with a lot of infectious diseases so it does not act as a fomite.I put my keys,pens,penlights watch ect. in the fanny pack.

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