polaris2000uk

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1. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   polaris2000uk replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   hIYA GOATS! I was in tassie for about 7 years,, now a nursing student in the uk. I was in sunny devonport, r u in hobart hospital, think my ex mother in law works there, but thats another horror story all by itself! I too am trying to work thru an as...

2. Filipino and other Asian nurses in UK

   polaris2000uk replied to angel Ann's topic in International

   Thankyou Maganda! So I've been calling my co-workers 'Liver'? Wonderful! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: How can I clarify the tense? How can I clarify 'you' and 'me' How can i clarify question or statement? Could you give me a little more language,...

3. Filipino and other Asian nurses in UK

   polaris2000uk replied to angel Ann's topic in International

   I have worked with Filipino care assistants and Nurses, and they are all very hard workers! The only problem I have encountered is in communication; differentiating between past, present, and future tenses, and speaking in first and second person, an...

4. Students being encouraged to make changes!

   polaris2000uk replied to polaris2000uk's topic in International

   Hi Karen! My first placement is in a cottage hospital with about 20 beds, a physiotherapy unit,occ health, community nurses and a minor injuries unit. Was there yesterday, and as far as bad practice goes, there was not any. They go completely by the ...

5. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   polaris2000uk replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   Just about to go out on a monday night drink, gotta love this student life! Thought I'd share some stories from my limited experiences! A morbidly obese lady was admitted for respite.....the type of morbid obesity that involves having 2 people tryin...

6. The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

   polaris2000uk replied to agent's topic in Male Students

   i wonder if it lets you say arse?

7. The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

   polaris2000uk replied to agent's topic in Male Students

   Hey Guys, Glad to see this thread here. I am a first year Nursing student, formerly an HCA, a ratio of 8 to 90 doing diploma Nursing training at uni. Do all you guys get the following situations happening. *** slapping by female Healthcare profession...

8. The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

   polaris2000uk replied to agent's topic in Male Students

   Don't be so narrow minded, they don't just talk about hair and nails, they talk about shopping too. Paul.

9. Male Nursing Students

   polaris2000uk replied to simple500's topic in Pre-Nursing

   What a ratio, alexandria! My uni Cohort stands at about 90, with only 8 of us men. The career of Nurse was never presented to me at any career day, talk or discussion, the NHS careers people, if they existed 14 years ago (showing my age) did not visi...

10. Students being encouraged to make changes!

    polaris2000uk replied to polaris2000uk's topic in International

    Thankyou for your viewpoints. Thats the way I see it too, but it seems like we are being encouraged to raise merry hell. Unfortunately I think some students (who also have the balls for it) may take the lecturer seriously. No doubt there will be some...

11. Students being encouraged to make changes!

    polaris2000uk posted a topic in International

    Hi Guys! I am a first year Nursing student, about to go out on placement. We have been told by the uni that we need to be very strrict. when we see a non legal lift, something done slightly out of practice to become very vocal about it. I guess we ar...