Care of Gastrostomy
PDF that was part of presentation by Gastrostomy nurse specialist for Wednesday teaching
Lots of great tips on managing these and sorting out problems
Excelling with the Elderly
Those who are in the autumn of their years are a large part of our patient load. Below are links to external resources that help us with this group. There are tons of great tips here - please use and promote any ideas you find that we are not using.
We can improve our recognition of cognitive decline and dementia or delirium by just looking for it. However this page has pathways and toto give more confidence that this is occurring
Excellent Nursing resources for recognizing and dealing with frailty
A bible of sorts in looking at and mitigating the risks of falls in the elderly. And free..
In essence the slower you walk is a prediction of future hospitalisation and fraility. Performed over 20m. Web page and full paper below
Do they really need a bed? If they can sit we should get them sitting. Problem for our department is there is nowhere to sit either when Obs is closed. But…