A.Robins

A.Robins has 3 years experience and specializes in Haem/Onc.

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1. How much PTO does everyone get?

   A.Robins replied to Camino77's topic in General Nursing

   Now reaching my 5 years in the NHS I get 37 days, which works out as 277.5 hours a year including bank holiday time back.

2. Do you consider it helpful or not to be given a Pt’s attitude during a report?

   A.Robins replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   I definitely like to know if the child or the parents are difficult, because as others have said it gives me a chance to go in and try to calm things or find a way that works, if possible.

3. DNR Turning Into Do Not Treat?

   A.Robins replied to EllaBella1's topic in General Nursing

   For my paeds patients we have advanced care plans that state exactly what circumstances we can and can't intervene, and what interventions we allow. A lot of them will say you can bag the child, but you can't intubate, or they want treatment if it's ...

4. Moving to the UK as a US trained NP-perhaps finding something else to do?

   A.Robins replied to danceluver's topic in UK

   In terms of the money, it is expensive to live in London and the suburbs around it, but it's not impossible. I'm a band 5 nurse, splitting rent equally with my brother, in a VERY nice complex in greater London, and it's not really a struggle at all.

5. Low census--what do you do?

   A.Robins replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

   NHS. They often cancel any bank nurses booked in if numbers are low, but the regular staff just stay, even if it means only having 1 or 2 patients each. Some charge nurses try to let someone go home early if they can, but not often the case. I do hav...

6. Implanted Ports & Heparin Flushes

   A.Robins replied to HMarie13's topic in Oncology

   We only flush our ports with heparin when deaccessing within the inpatient setting, otherwise it's just saline flushes after meds or bloods.

7. What do other hospitals do regard to scheduling staff for weekends?

   A.Robins replied to Metalchild's topic in General Nursing

   My particular unit self rosters with a very small team, so some people tend to request weekends, or we all try to keep it fair. I tend to work 1-3 weekend shifts myself, depending on when my rugby games are. The general ward are just about to self ro...

8. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

   A.Robins replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   Several of mine have been said, such as: - When certain charge nurses are taking the shift, and you know it means you will be trying to balance the drama on your own unit plus patients from general paeds no matter how good their own staffing is. - Yo...

9. Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

   A.Robins replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

   I play rugby for a local team and am looking at going back to ballet class once I can find something that fits with my erratic work schedule (was a dance student once upon a time and miss it every day). I like to travel, but am so useless with my mon...

10. Do you get paid to stay late and chart?

    A.Robins replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    I'm salaried (NHS in England) but we quite often end up staying late/missing some of or all of breaks to make sure charting/patient care/handover is achieved, and that has been on all three inpatient units I've worked on. It's something we have point...

11. Unconventional hair colors

    A.Robins replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    To be fair, my hospital does have a policy that says my hair has to be natural colours, and I still dyed mine pink. I slowly pushed the limits though, dying it a pretty bright red which is a normal colour around here, although not natural, and then c...

12. What do you think of 12 hour shifts?

    A.Robins replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

    It depends on the job. I hated my first hospital after qualifying, so I was glad to do mostly 8 hour shifts with 12 hour nights or the occasional 12 hour day surgery shift because it meant my time there was in manageable chunks. I also liked the cros...

13. What Is The Most Disrespectful Thing A Colleague Has Said To You?

    A.Robins replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Relations

    After I had to take a couple of weeks out of student placement for depression related to a history of it and the added pressures of my brother being evaluated for bipolar and only feeling able to talk to me about how he felt. "Are your parents disapp...

14. New nurse: I get no respect

    A.Robins replied to Nurse326's topic in Emergency

    First of all OP, I'm sorry you're going through that. I know being a new nurse is hard enough without people trying to undermine your confidence even more. The best advice I've read on this thread is to remain professional, despite how tempting it ma...

15. Stupid things that nurses say

    A.Robins replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Humor

    To my amputee teenaged sarcoma patient: "Let's just cover your legs again. *pause as I realise what I said* Leg." Then I shut up. Luckily she had an awesome sense of humour right to the end, but I was definitely blushing and kicking myself.