INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY
2014 - Well that was hectic
Impressions a Staggering 1 Million
482 Tweets
82 Participants
You Dusted off your Memories
SO MUCH TO REMEMBER
PATIENTS, STAFF, RULES, UNIFORMS
THINGS WE DID, THINGS WE DIDN'T DO
TEARS, LAUGHTER, INSPIRATIONS
NURSING - DEFINES US
"You Did Remember"SEE THE CHAT TRANSCRIPT
MONDAY MAY 12TH 2014
9pm - 10pm
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TWITTER CHAT
REMEMBER #REMEMBER
A TRIP DOWN A NURSING MEMORY LANE
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DO YOU REMEMBER
Magnesium Sulphate
Kaolin poultice to draw "it" out
Egg white & Oxygen anyone?
Opium tincture.
And let's not forget EUSOL?!
Edinburgh University Solution Of Lime
MILTONs ! ... for sterilising?
Savilon
Wounds - Hydrogen peroxide!!!
Gentian stained fingers?
Salt baths pre and post Op?
And full shave - for just about anything!
Nipples to knees / ankles
Nelsons inhaler with boiling water & friars balsam
Paraffin tulle impregnated with honey?
Elastoplast & Sleek on skin
A life before gloves
Chlorhexidine in Magenta
Dressing procedures with forceps prowess
The 'Back' Trolley
Many Tailed Bandages
Many Tailed Bandages
Take the Basket to the Linen - Not the Linen to the Basket
Drapolene
The Visiting Hours BELL
Drapolene
The Visiting Hours BELL
Gets buckle out, gives it a polish
Steam sterilisers ?
Patients #OT - bandage rolling in the afternoon
Shiny bedpans
Pillow Case opening away from the Ward Entrance
Cooked Breakfasts for Patients
Folding back the top sheet = The fold back - length from elbow to finger tips
45 Degree Bed Corners
Post Op Beds
Pillow Case opening away from the Ward Entrance
Cooked Breakfasts for Patients
Folding back the top sheet = The fold back - length from elbow to finger tips
45 Degree Bed Corners
Post Op Beds
Full Canteen Service at Night for Night Staff
The Horlicks Gadget
Prescribed Sherry, Whisky and Guinness on the Drug Trolley
Old beds tall head/foot boards & rails under bed
Bed Wheels all lined up in the same direction
Beds like a huge cot!
Silastic Foam
Sleak
Test Tubes and Bunsen Burners for Urinalysis
Milking Chest Drains
Silastic Foam
Sleak
Test Tubes and Bunsen Burners for Urinalysis
Milking Chest Drains
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER
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