Rozhinitsy replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor
I made a major bloop when I was in my second year of training. We had a poorly patient who needed reviewing by the doctors so my mentor told me to bleep the team who were looking after her to come and...
1) The word "breaching"!!! Patients have to stay in A + E for four hours then they get transferred to CDU, and if there are no beds available then there is a panic as the patient will "breach" the...
Rozhinitsy replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor
I can deal with almost anything but dirt and body odour. Strange I know. I remember one man who was picked up by the police and brought into the hospital. He lived on the street, and he was soooooo...
Unfortunately the female nurses are not allowed to catherise men on my ward even though it's an acute medical ward. But both sexes can catherise women, although most male nurses will ask a female...
The worst thing about nursing for me is that we have to document everything that happens, from when people have a go at us for whatever reason, if we bleep the doctors and they don't respond etc. It's...
Hi, Just wanted to say that we work 12 and a half hour shifts on my ward, plus the odd twilight(6pm to midnight), and some shorter shifts to make up the hours. You're feet will get used to it, believe...
In the UK, you don't have to practice giving yourself injections. When I was a student we had to practice on oranges as they thought that the orange peel was similar to human skin!!!! Good luck with...
Sorry!! But I would empty the rubbish bins if they were full, as health and safety comes into being here. The domestics are usually very good at doing this however at night they are not around so much...
Rozhinitsy replied to ensense's topic in Emergency
CDU isn't like a Fast Trek. We deal with all sorts of problems, such as Cardiac, Respiratory, Overdoses, Gastro problems and everything else. We assess these patients and then transfer them to the...
Thanks for notice, I had no idea that this was a legal requirement!! After my MOT last time, the mechanic gave me one of those but said it was up to me what I did with it!! So it went in the bin, as I...
A man went to his doctor complaining of a terrible pain in his elbow. After much prodding and bending the doctor said " I am unsure as to the cause of your pain, I'll have to refer you to a...
Rozhinitsy replied to ensense's topic in Emergency
You can't pleased everyone all the time, only people some of the time. I work in the assessment unit (now called CDU) and we have all those problems. It's like being between the devil and the deep...