Recent Posts Tagged With 'hospital'

• Can nurses light patient’s smokes?

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 06:35 in smoking, hospital, ms, emphysema, smokes, nursing news

  An interesting situation regarding smoking and patient’s rights has developed in Tasmania this month, opening up a whole new world of questions on nurses obligations, rights and rules at work. The heart of the issue is that A wheelchair bound, ...

• Piña colada for the patient, please?

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 05:16 in patient, hospital, dying swan, general nursing stuff, lazy patient, not nurses role, perception of nurses

  credit: Kenny Hindgren People always ask me about what goes on behind closed doors in hospitals, so today I thought I’d give you a bit of an insiders view into emergency departments. Just to mix things up a bit, today’s article comes with...

• Help! I’ve been ramped!

  Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 09:57 in hospital, emergency, ambulance, ambulances, ramping, ramped, qas, emergency and triage

  credit: martinhoward I had something rather interesting happen to me this week - I was ramped! While ramping is not an uncommon process every day in Australia, it is one that usually annoys / frustrates and infuriates ambulance staff more than anyone...

• Family members pushing the boundaries

  Posted on Thursday May 28th, 2009 at 09:17 in family, fight, hospital, angry, boundaries, general nursing stuff

  credit: pallamaio Interacting with family and including family members is a fairly large part of nursing. I’ve come across some great, supportive family members who are really there to help and support the patient as much as they can. In sayi...

• Nursing student slapped in the face

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 05:39 in student, abuse, hospital, violence, slapped, nursing student, nurse abuse

  credit: Dyanna So today one of the nursing student’s was slapped in the face by a grumpy old man. Yes he was confused, angry at the world and lacking insight… and also just down and out rude. “Get out of the way or I’ll kick...

• Now that I’m here, when can I leave?

  Posted on Monday October 27th, 2008 at 09:49 in patient, wait, hospital, impatient, emergency, tests, ama, leave, irritated, general nursing stuff, against advice

  There’s a certain group of patients that come to emergency, mostly vague historians with vague complaints, who don’t want to wait around to see any kind of resolution to their presenting complaint. credit: adjustafresh Many of these peopl...

• When patients aren’t funny

  Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 08:27 in funny, humor, humour, patient, witty, hospital, patients, general nursing stuff

  credit: dotbenjamin There are always patients who try and have a funny comeback for every question that you ask them. Often after delivering the supposed ‘witty and amusing retort’, they look at you as if they were the first person ever t...

• Quick, hide the softdrink!

  Posted on Sunday October 12th, 2008 at 21:45 in health, healthy food, hospital, chips, staff, unhealthy, lollies, general nursing stuff

  Last week one of the major (nameless) health facilities in Queensland decided that it would be important to raise their standards in terms of what food and drink they provide. credit: Accidental Hedonist This healthy choice type promo is aimed at pra...