FlowersInTheWindow

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1. Too cheerful to be a nurse?

   FlowersInTheWindow posted a topic in Relations

   I'm a final year student nurse and my mentor feels that I come across as overly cheerful, and that my patients see this as immature and unprofessional. She's raised it as a fairly serious issue, and has suggested I need to learn how to "adapt my pers...

2. Do you sometimes feel like an awful nurse?

   FlowersInTheWindow replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

   If anything, you sound like you're a genuinely caring person, and that's the kind of nurse I would want caring for my relative. We all forget things, and nobody can be perfect all the time, but we can learn from experiences too. Try not to beat yours...

3. What's the weirdest baby name?

   FlowersInTheWindow replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I once knew a Mr and Mrs Pipe who named their son Dwayne. Sound it out... :uhoh21:

4. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

   FlowersInTheWindow replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

   As a very new student nurse, I've been asked to measure vomit. I didn't mind until I poured it into the measuring jug and the smell hit me... Needless to say, my lesson for the day was that the smell and consistency of stale vomit takes on a whole ne...

5. How did *you* rock it today?

   FlowersInTheWindow replied to pockunit's topic in General Students

   A patient asked me what something meant, and I was able to explain until they understood Yay for us!

6. Calling the Code - a coping mechanism in 14 lines

   FlowersInTheWindow replied to PedsDrNurseTheo's topic in General Nursing

   That was stunning. Thank you for sharing

7. I am so happy I can fly!

   FlowersInTheWindow replied to lucylu 777's topic in General Nursing

   Congratulations!!!

8. Do you guys see a lot of people saying they are nursing students....

   FlowersInTheWindow replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

   I don't think anyone is arguing that pre-req nursing students (by whatever definition) should be able to 'lecture' more experienced nurses. Using one description over a more complicated one, for the average conversation, is a completely different mat...

9. Sharing Some Joy

   FlowersInTheWindow replied to TLH1999's topic in General Students

   That's fantastic - well done!

10. Do you guys see a lot of people saying they are nursing students....

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    I was accepted onto my nursing degree two years ago (deferred for a year, 'pre-nursing' for a year) and since then I've called myself a nursing student. Here in the UK we don't really have a pre-nursing stage, and as far as I know, mine is the only o...

11. Dyspraxia and nursing?

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to FlowersInTheWindow's topic in Disabilities

    @ Wishfulthinking - Thank you for the encouragement! @ Silverdragon - Yes, I am in the UK. I'm going to have a meeting and assessment with the nursing branch of my uni's student support, so I'll ask them about the requirements. Thanks for the suggest...

12. Dyspraxia and nursing?

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to FlowersInTheWindow's topic in Disabilities

    Thank you so much for your input, anangelsmommy! I really appreciate it :heartbeat

13. Dyspraxia and nursing?

    FlowersInTheWindow posted a topic in Disabilities

    Hi all, I'm going to start my nursing training in September and I've just been diagnosed with dyspraxia. This means I have problems with my hand-eye co-ordination, doing things quickly, spatial awareness, short-term memory and sense of direction, am...