karenG

karenG specializes in midwifery, ophthalmics, general practice.

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1. What questions will I be asked to get on the ANP practitioner course?

   karenG replied to jammy11's topic in International

   hiya I guess the questions depend on what course you are doing. are you planning on doing the 3yr masters route? if so, the questions are going to be about finding out if you understand what the course entails/ how is a NP different to other role...

2. National Nurse Uniform

   karenG replied to Texas Tornado's topic in International

   when I trained (back in the dark ages) we wore a national uniform.. students wore white dresses with different coloured belts to denote the year of training, staff nurses wore pale blue and the sisters wore navy blue. and you were not allowed to...

3. Please help!!!

   karenG replied to MIDWEST US RN's topic in International

   thats interesting; I wonder if there is a regional variation then? Because in the 2 Primary Care Trusts that I have worked in, its been the case that secondary care nurses are not allowed to prescribe from the BNF and must use a hospital formular...

4. Please help!!!

   karenG replied to MIDWEST US RN's topic in International

   oh and to open a can of worms..... one of the biggest problems we have is the perception that the NHS is there to provide health care to whole world for nothing! In primary care, we see patients who are from all over- sometimes our surgery feels l...

5. Please help!!!

   karenG replied to MIDWEST US RN's topic in International

   I'm an advanced nurse practitioner working in primary care; so prescribing. I am an independant prescriber and for me, in primary care it means I prescribe within my areas of competency. so I can prescribe anything except controlled drugs such a...

6. Man Considering Career Change To Nursing - Questions

   karenG replied to MaciakRA's topic in Men

   I've been in nursing 30yrs now.. and I cant stand the sight of blood.. I'm very squeamish. most nurses have an area they prefer not to work in; for me that orthopaedics.. anything to do with bones and I'm out cold!! but having said that, I lov...

7. swine flu

   karenG posted a topic in International

   am I the only one being driven totally demented by swine flu???? I work in a busy general practice (we have 13000 patients registered) and so far this week I have taken over 100 phone calls from people who think they are going to die from swine flu, ...

8. is anyone familiar with the phrase 'Clinical Supervision'?

   karenG replied to scared'o'needles!'s topic in International

   I think clinical supervision has been around for many years; we just called it something different. As I stated earlier, I remember going to the pub after a terrible shift and having a few beers while talking about the shift and how I could have d...

9. is anyone familiar with the phrase 'Clinical Supervision'?

   karenG replied to scared'o'needles!'s topic in International

   Im a clinical supervisor and its not seen the way Herring RN describes it! well at least not where I work. basically, its a safe enviroment in which to discuss clinical issues, and look ways of solving them. back in the old days, we'd go down the pub...

10. Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

    karenG replied to Raymond CA's topic in Men

    well; I would have bought that T-shirt!! I think sometimes we need to learn to laugh at ourselves.. we can be very serious.... but then I am a fencer and have a t-shirt which says 'it takes more than 56 inches to impress me' with a picture of a fence...

11. Cataract Surgery

    karenG replied to psalm's topic in General Nursing

    dont think they do that any more.. and never saw it done myself, but then we seem to different stuff for different things!! I wear contact lens. one for distance and one for reading (because i am vain and wont wear bifocal glasses!) My eyes have...

12. Cataract Surgery

    karenG replied to psalm's topic in General Nursing

    its actually more common to have glare with cataracts- due to the opacity in the lens refracting the light. Glare is a big problem as you get older so its probably a combination of things.. ! I am very short sighted (most of us who have ever wor...

13. Cataract Surgery

    karenG replied to psalm's topic in General Nursing

    its spelt ophthalmologist! cataract surgery is bread and butter stuff; you should be able to see quite quickly, depends if they put a lens in(they normally do here). so about 6 wks normally before you get your sight back to normal.... almost! work s...

14. Cataract Surgery

    karenG replied to psalm's topic in General Nursing

    hi bit boring but will be worth it!! try listening to the radio or talking books! wont be long before you get your sight back to normal. Karen

15. whats primary care nursing?

    karenG replied to emjay86's topic in General Nursing

    thats interesting. over here, primary care refers to patients seen outside of a hospital setting. I work in primary care, we are seen as the first port of call for any patient so its primary care! patients cared for in hospitals are in secondary c...