StaffNurseMcS

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1. Charge Nurse interview help

   StaffNurseMcS replied to StaffNurseMcS's topic in Job Hunt

   It's a private Healthcare provider in the UK

2. Charge Nurse interview help

   StaffNurseMcS posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Hey Nurses, Just looking for a few tips on the sort of questions i'll be asked in a Bupa Charge Nurse interview? I'm only 23 and got a year and a half of post reg experience so a bit worried that goes against me!

3. What is the funniest or most embarrassing nursing experience you've had

   StaffNurseMcS replied to jaad's topic in General Nursing

   My past few weeks of shifts have been hell I was chased with a metal drip stand because the patient thought I was an arsonist Just a few days ago I got the very smell contents of an abdo drain all over me I had an elderly confused patient put his ha...

4. How do you feel about mandatory influenza vaccines?

   StaffNurseMcS replied to ashleybrooke1208's topic in COVID

   The people preaching that everyone should get the vaccine, have any of you ever looked into what some of these "vaccines" contain? some vaccines contain mercury. Is it any wonder people don't want something like that in their bodies? I'm 22 and I've ...

5. Fed up of Nursing and only a year in

   StaffNurseMcS posted a topic in Stress 101

   I've been an RN for a year and I'm ready to call it a day already. Does anyone else feel like this? I feel constantly overwhelmed and can never seem to wind down from work. I dread going to work. I've had a few particularly bad shifts recently includ...

6. AHPRA registration statement of service

   StaffNurseMcS posted a topic in Registration

   Hello Nurses :) Looking for a wee bit of advice on my AHPRA registration. I have everything in place apart from one troublesome statement of Service. Basically i have all of my other statements ready to go bar one from my most recent employer. The st...

7. HELP!! No charge nurse, no supervisor and OUTRAGEOUS ratios!!

   StaffNurseMcS replied to ncrn4806's topic in Safety

   I used to work in a unit where my load was 14 sometimes 28 if there was no other nurse on shift its so unsafe

8. Bullied for reporting a med error by another nurse

   StaffNurseMcS replied to StaffNurseMcS's topic in Safety

   No action was taken when it should have been one example was a patient fell in the morning shift this wasn't handed over to me in the late shift it wasn't documented the only reason I found out was when the dr told me to do neuro obs I asked why and ...

9. Bullied for reporting a med error by another nurse

   StaffNurseMcS replied to StaffNurseMcS's topic in Safety

   right I didn't realise this post had got so huge. I guess i should clarify things. Firstly thank you to all of you that said positive things :) and yes I forgot what name I was using haha To the people calling me a snitch, The drug was a controlled d...

10. Bullied for reporting a med error by another nurse

    StaffNurseMcS posted a topic in Safety

    Ive just been called a number of names and criticised for incident reporting that a colleague made a drug error despite it being clearly prescribed. This isn't her first error in fact its one of many but this one i felt needed to be reported so i sub...

11. Fed up, stressed out nurse

    StaffNurseMcS posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone. I've been qualified a year and for the past two months have been working in an elderly rehab ward. Before that i was doing agency work in hospitals and getting full time hours every week doing 12 hour shifts and i loved it but thought...