UKPedsRN

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1. Am I the only one who hates 12 hour shifts?

   UKPedsRN replied to jdubs99's topic in General Nursing

   I want to work my hours in the least amount of days possible. I have been a nurse for 30 years, and I do not want to be at work 5 days a week, so 10 or 12 hours are the way to go for me.

2. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

   UKPedsRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   Cutting corners is exactly why I am leaving my current position. I spoke to my manager to tell her why I was leaving. I was noticing that the culmative effect of everyone HAVING to cut corners is impacting LEVEL AND QUALITY care. She said she disagre...

3. Advice re: Psych pt

   UKPedsRN posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hi everyone, I am working at a LTC facility and have a patient who was admitted from hospital to our facility with a number of conditions, diabetes, decubitus, history of aspiration pneumonia and schizoprenia (burnt out). Anyway, it took her a couple...

4. pt pass out after IM ceftriaxone inj

   UKPedsRN replied to yat777's topic in General Nursing

   I had the same thing happen to me 25 years ago as a student nurse awaiting my finals. I gave a young guy a tetanus, and pooofff he was gone. Scared the heck out of me- thought I had killed a patient before even gaining my registration!! Luckily the s...

5. Too many know it "allnurses"

   UKPedsRN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with Tigergaile. I think there are 6-8 regulars who act as neo nazi's which led me for a time not to bother with this site. I think certain people (& some moderators) position need to take a chill pill from time to time- otherwise this si...

6. UK hospital...how is this possible?

   UKPedsRN replied to hollyhox's topic in General Nursing

   It happens because too many wards in the UK are not correctly staffed, and good nurses end up so burnt out, too the extent that they are unable to attend to the basic needs of patients such as this. It is impossible to be the only qualified nurse fo...

7. Registration with NMC

   UKPedsRN replied to ewen's topic in UK

   Took them 9 months to get my registeration to me, and that was with alot of chasing up. I trained i the UK, and was re-registering after 15 years abroad

8. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

   UKPedsRN replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

   1rrrn - what if doctors and nurses got control of the system instead of the insurance companies trying to ram people through the production line? what if drug companies had fair prices and fewer side effects? it is going to get better for patients an...

9. EWS /Systems Assessment

   UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone use the Early Warning System in the US? And how would you say it works in conjunction with System assessment, does anyone think that EWS could be used alone and the systems assessment not necessary. I argue that EWS is a great tool, but a...

10. EWS /Systems Assessment

    UKPedsRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    When I left the US to return to work in the UK, the EWS was not being utilised in the US. Not sure how to word this question. Now that I am working back in clinical in the UK, we are using the EWS and wondered what US nurses feel about the EWS and if...

11. Trensfering patients to floor

    UKPedsRN posted a topic in PACU

    Hi all, Nurse in the UK here, would like as much feedback as possible. Who transfers the patient from PACU to ward in your hospital? How long does the process take? What delays the process? Do you think there is a better way to do this? I ask after ...

12. Systems assessment

    UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Educators

    Hi Knitwhitt, Could you share the info you use on the laminated card you give your students? Also, if anyone has any links to research articles on how reporting findings to physicans when assessing patients.- I would appreciate them. Thanks

13. Systems assessment

    UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Educators

    I have just spent the last two hours here in University in Necastle, searching for articles on nursing assessment, interventions and reporting findings to Physicans - without luck. Do you have any links I could use? Thanks

14. Systems assessment

    UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Educators

    Thanks for your comments and references. I am still plugging away at this paper, hopefully I can make solid arguements and notice will be taken. Thanks

15. Systems assessment

    UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Educators

    My thoughts exactly, however I know that some of my english colleagues do not see eye to eye with my on this topic, hence my post. Although they do assess their patients, do not think that they dont, it does is not a systematic approach as is done in...