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Hi, i am a 16 yr old lad in the UK, i was thinking about being a Nurse (A+E) but i was wondering if my mild colour blindness will affect this?

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.
i dont mean to be funny but if its that important to you i would have thought a phonecall is just as easy as posting on here

:rotfl:

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
I asked them and they gave me a number to ring, i cant be bothered to ring to ask. Has anyone got any more info on it?

You have been given answers and you have to take some responsibility on looking for what to do. Unfortunately in life you have to do a lot of running around to find answers so suggest you give them a ring tomorrow.

Sorry if this sounds harsh

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I asked them and they gave me a number to ring, i cant be bothered to ring to ask. Has anyone got any more info on it?

Aah, 16 year old lads......don't ya just love 'em? :lol_hitti

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Specializes in renal,peritoneal dialysis, medicine.

not really

:zzzzz

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.

Just noticed you do CAPD I used to be the CAPD training nurse in Manchester for a hospital that had to close. I loved the job, not so fond of Haemo but did it for years too

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Specializes in renal,peritoneal dialysis, medicine.

i love my capd patients it great as you really get to know the patients and their families

i work on the ward, which is renal based, so we look after the heamo patients who are in hospital, but i dont do heamo myself, sometimes they are post op following fistula formation or just unwell and need some support, line infections tend to be the big thing or fistula blockages.

During the day there is a team which looks after the ongoing care of the capd patients, after 5.30pm we look after them all as outpatients, so if they have a problem they ring the ward, as i work nights about 11pm is the worse time for the phone to ring as when they are doing their first exchange thats when they notice their fluid is cloudy so the have to come into the ward and be given IP ABX or touch their line so i have to change it in the middle of the night.

i really enjoy the variety of my ward, sometimes i get to work in the community as we rotate onto the capd team or get to go to theatre when they insert the catheters to do a quick drain in and out to check the line is working before they stich it in.

i will miss it when i leave, i understand the autonomy isnt the same in the USA? here i give antibiotics here without them being prescribed (obviously under the guidelines of a protocol) and the amount of doctors who dont know about renal care amazes me.

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.

I loved Renal I did it for 7 years, I worked intially as a ward nurse then I worked for the Capd team where we trained the pts and looked after them post training. We worked mon-fri 7am until 9pm and on call at weekends, because we would have lots of pt problems we needed to trouble shoot. Then I moved South and I did HD. Then I became a midwife. Now I am nothing lol

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Specializes in renal,peritoneal dialysis, medicine.

you worked longer hours than our capd team, infact there is no on call system the patients ring the ward instead

im sure you will regain your old self again soon:monkeydance:

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.
you worked longer hours than our capd team, infact there is no on call system the patients ring the ward instead

im sure you will regain your old self again soon:monkeydance:

Naw that person was career orientated and worked all hours possible. I studied contiously and worked from home on days off. I think she needs to be put to bed and left there. I have enjoyed for the first time in my life time at home. Even when my precious dd was born I went back to work when she was less then 11 weeks old, and I completed my degree (dissertation and final exam) by the time she was 18 weeks old!!! Plus I breasfed all through, I must have been crazy. I was a work alcoholic

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hey , i got in touch with the RCN (royal college of nursing) and they said

'The Nursing and Midwifery Council confirms that this should not normally

exclude you from a nursing course, however the final decision would be

down to the individual institution that you apply to. You would need to

declare your colourblindness in the relevant section of the application

form and the decision would be taken by the institution.

Having said that, I would doubt very much that you would be turned down

on that basis.

Im happy :lol2: ;)

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Specializes in renal,peritoneal dialysis, medicine.

well done! good luck with what you decide to do

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Specializes in renal,peritoneal dialysis, medicine.

one of my major regrets in life was that i had to work when my kids were small, i missed so much

but we needed the money at the time so at the time it was the right thing to do

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