highland lass

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1. I would not encourage anyone to be a nurse!

   highland lass replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

   AFC benefits no-one except the NHS they spend millions to implement it telling us that we will benefit. Do they really expect us to believe it. It's only another way to save money on unsocial hours. My wages are nothing without unsocial hours beca...

2. I would not encourage anyone to be a nurse!

   highland lass replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

   I think that maybe we have got our wires crossed here. In our area theatre nurses are getting paid more because they are a speciality. We think we should get the same grade as them because we too are a speciality. As I said before, we go out the w...

3. I would not encourage anyone to be a nurse!

   highland lass replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

   GOOD LUCK WITH THE BACK SHIFT !!!!! : I don't think its normal practise everywhere to do this bank business...some other Glasgow hospitals where I have friends working don't do it. When we go out to the wards they get cross charged for having us, so...

4. Starting Salary At Christiana For New Grads

   highland lass replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Delaware

   hI, I'm interested in this one because I believe you are able to earn so much more in the States that we do over here in Scotland. My salary is £11.40 per hour, we make in an average month a take home pay of £1600. which includes unsocial hours made...

5. I would not encourage anyone to be a nurse!

   highland lass replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

   With regard to the bank staff .....we are a ten bed unit which is a combination of ITU and HDU beds depending on whats happening the ratio can change from hour to hour and we chuck out the HDU patients sometimes only extubated that day to admit anot...

6. Potassium piggybacks

   highland lass replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, Interested in all these threads about potassium infusions. I work in an ITU in Scotland and we never give potassium peripherally. We would give 40mmols in 20mls normal saline over 4 hours (total 40mls volume) and the only time it would periphera...

7. I would not encourage anyone to be a nurse!

   highland lass replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Larry I used to feel like that until I changed my direction and moved from Accident & emergency to Intensive Care. It was a culture shock at first and I had to get the books out and study hard because it was so different from what I knew (10 ...