reflective practice.

comment crack 2010»

impactednurse.com is coming up for its yearly renewal again.
This site remains very much a work of love for me, that is dedicated to nurses and doctors of our health system, but in particular to the exceptional bunch of colleagues that I am chest-explodingly proud and honored to work with every day.
In the vast humungitude of [...]

clinical skills

Urinalysis for dummies.»

History:
Early in the history of medicine, urine played an important part in the physicians diagnostic and prognostic kit. At first, uroscopy or the diagnostic analysis of urine, was achieved mostly by inspection, and aromatic interpretation. Doctors would ‘prognosticate’ over their patients urine specimens which, to save time for a busy doctor, [...]

tips and tricks

quick tip: track IV fluids.»

Having problems keeping track of exactly which flask of fluids is hanging, and what time it is due?
Here is a one way of quickly displaying all that information. It only takes a moment, but more often than not, this sort of thing is not recorded on IV flasks.

Write onto a blank adhesive label and stick [...]

the funnybone.

why we have motor vehicle accidents.»

There are plenty of reasons for why people cause car accidents.
And we get to hear excuses for them all.
Most seem to begin with “I was just driving along minding my own business….”
Here is a list of some of the most common reasons why people actually do cause car accidents.
Of everything listed 1 and 2 are [...]

not just a nurse.

um….I think we just found Nemo.»

27 year old male presents with dislocated L shoulder.
Absolutely no idea that he had Nemo stuck to the underside of his R shoe. And not the faintest idea how he may have gotten there.
Patient laughed so hard he nearly dislocated his R shoulder.
Wierd.

ectopics

Survey results: drug use amongst medical staff.»

Thanks to all those who participated in the drug survey.
Here are the results:
I have received a total of 204 responses. Of those:

167 were nurses.
18 were student nurses.
9 were doctors
6 were paramedics
3 were Med students
1 was an allied health-care professional.

Overall, when at work I see myself as:

Very busy, but in control of my work: 102 (50%)
A [...]