Whisper

Whisper specializes in Cardiolgy.

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1. Depressed self-referral to ED

   Whisper replied to jana82's topic in General Nursing

   The treatment seems incredulous to me. Totally over the top, but maybe thats a difference between the US and UK. We have enough trouble trying to restrain violent patients, and the rings we have to jump through to arrange that let alon a co operativ...

2. How long is your commute?

   Whisper replied to the nurse who lived's topic in General Nursing

   My commute is just under an hour each way. I meant to only do it for 6 months then move or get a job closer to home..... that was over 10 years ago. I like the break between work and home. Helps to leave work issues there

3. Hospital under fire

   Whisper replied to Smiler3's topic in International

   http://www.patientopinion.org.uk/default.aspx was the site they mentioned on the dispatches show, I found some really great comments about my Trust.... and ignored all the bad ones :)

4. Hospital under fire

   Whisper replied to Smiler3's topic in International

   I thought the dispatches programme was not as bad as it could have been... They seem to agree that if nurses had fewer patients to look after we'd be able to do a better job!! Which seems to point the fingers for poor care back at the managers. But o...

5. Are we deskilling

   Whisper replied to XB9S's topic in UK

   I've had my blood taken once or twice1 but would have to be unconscious for an IO!.... or a bed bath

6. Are we deskilling

   Whisper replied to XB9S's topic in UK

   Students taking charge of a ward?! I can't ever see that happening again. not as they are 'supernumery' whisper But an interesting aside, i've just been on youtube to look up intaosseous needle insertion, and US paramedics, and the UK army practice s...

7. help with RCN website

   Whisper replied to Whisper's topic in International

   I'd never heard of google scholar before, but its brilliant found loads of articles. Thanks

8. Are we deskilling

   Whisper replied to XB9S's topic in UK

   I work in a tertiary referal centre, a huge trust with two major hospitals, and outlying cottage hospitals. we can't catheterise men, unless we have been on a course, and to get on the course is a nightmare. Despite the hospital being built (at leas...

9. help with RCN website

   Whisper replied to Whisper's topic in International

   Thanks I tried that just now, no joy. So I've emailed the RCN its frustrating as I can get to most of the site just when I get to the FAST part ovid sp won't let me in. I guess it is a sign I should not be lazy and trawl all the databases my self!!

10. help with RCN website

    Whisper posted a topic in International

    Has anyone else had difficulties using the FAST option on the RCN website http://www.rcn.org.uk/elibrary it keeps asking for a username and password and my RCN number won't work, just wondered if it was something really blonde like needing to registe...

11. Are we deskilling

    Whisper replied to XB9S's topic in UK

    Its interesting how much regional variation has cropped up, even with in the UK, some trust seem to have a taken extending nurses roles much further than others. My last shift I was moved wards due to a bedding crisis, I ended up 'baby sitting' ( the...

12. Are we deskilling

    Whisper replied to XB9S's topic in UK

    I had a house mate when I did my training, that had very poor personal hygiene, did a double shift, came home and slept in her uniform and went back and did another double the next day in the same uniform!! When myself and other house mates raised co...

13. Are we deskilling

    Whisper replied to XB9S's topic in UK

    I 've just got back from a holiday in America, visiting a friend who I trained with. She has a much more extended practical skills list than i'll ever be able to achive, yet whilst i've stayed in the UK I've clocked up a lot of uni and in house cours...

14. Student nurse gave IV pot, patient died.

    Whisper replied to cheshirecat's topic in UK

    We still have some IVs that nurses don't give, the policy is for medical staff to administer them only... although nine times out of ten nursing staff have to prepare the drugs. Some of them seem daft, that nurses can hang nasty drugs like amiodaron...

15. Student nurse gave IV pot, patient died.

    Whisper replied to cheshirecat's topic in UK

    I can't believe that this was allowed to happen, I work with students and train new staff nurses to give IVs, third year students we'll let mix and draw up drugs under supervision, even set the IVAC, but they are not allowed to touch, a patients venf...