Great Dane

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1. Can a nurse have epilepsy??

   Great Dane replied to Great Dane's topic in Career Support

   No I am not an alcoholic if that is what you mean and I don't have a drinking problem - well it is a problem with the epilepsy *lol* I was just turned down for my 3.rd job and it was at a ward where I have 5 months of experience and the need 10 new n...

2. Can a nurse have epilepsy??

   Great Dane posted a topic in Career Support

   A survey in UK shows that 28% of the general population dont think that people with epilepsy should become nurses. I have epilepsy and there are times where I didn't get the job, because of it, even though I was the only applicant for the job. I writ...

3. The most horrible things instuctor's say...

   Great Dane replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in New Nurse

   "Why did you coose not to keep our agreement? That's just not good enough" It was on my final clinic after 3 years at the school. The agreement was that no matter what I should always consulte with my nurse-instrctor. She never asked why I didn't hol...

4. What was your favorite area?

   Great Dane replied to FNPhopeful's topic in New Nurse

   I think the danish system is different but out of 3½ years of education we shift between theory and clinical, and we have 5 months on a medical ward, 5 months surgical ward, 10 weeks psych and 10 weeks primary healthcare (old peoples home, home nursi...

5. Allmost killed a patient by medication

   Great Dane replied to Great Dane's topic in General Nursing

   I wouldn't feel comfortable if I had to give some medication, where I didn't know if it was the right pill or not. Even though mistakes do happen, I would prefer if it was me who poured up the medication. We do everything our selves, we prour up the ...

6. Allmost killed a patient by medication

   Great Dane replied to Great Dane's topic in General Nursing

   WOW - I hate americans all of a sudden, when did I say that?... Some things might have been lost in translation or it came out wrong, but I think it is a bit rediculus to suggest that I hate americans. I'm pretty shure I never said that. The "so amer...

7. Allmost killed a patient by medication

   Great Dane replied to Great Dane's topic in General Nursing

   stn2003 - you are so "american" talking about people getting sued and going to court. What you suggest, with someone breathing her down the neck is humiliating and surves no purpuse - over looking a comma doesn't call for that. It would make anyone w...

8. Allmost killed a patient by medication

   Great Dane posted a topic in General Nursing

   Here is an example - there must be LOTS of them, thinking of all the number of pills being administered, it is impressive that so few mistakes are made, acually. An older lady patient, from another country who didn't speak the local language, had a m...

9. Nursing sientists....

   Great Dane replied to Great Dane's topic in General Students

   Alakaea - thank you for that very insighftull comment ----------- I'm not saying that we dont have to know how to be critical about what we read, but that is not what nursing theory is about. It is about the way some nurse thought of the patient and...

10. Nursing sientists....

    Great Dane replied to Great Dane's topic in General Students

    A friend of mine on the nursingschool says, that nursingschool is 3½ years of brainwash (it only takes 3½ years in Denmark) and if he wants to be a mean, unempathetic racist, then it's his own business. Just as long as it doesn't affect the care you ...

11. Nursing sientists....

    Great Dane replied to Great Dane's topic in General Students

    If you imagine a nurse and look at all the stuff he/she has do be abel to do every day, both practical and theoretical. Empathy and caring is a big part of nursing, but if you look at how much time we spend on nursing theories compared to the things ...

12. May/June 06 Grads!

    Great Dane replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in General Students

    Me too I'm done this summer too, but I don't have a date on the final examen yet. )

13. Nursing sientists....

    Great Dane posted a topic in General Students

    Am I the only nursing student going nuts over all the nursing sientists, like Florence Nighitngale, Virginia Henderson, Kari Martinsen, Katie Eriksson etc etc. I once counted it, and I think we have read about 15-20 different nursing sientists, and ...

14. what shoes do you wear...

    Great Dane replied to blee1's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I wear sandals, like Teva sandals. Are there rules that you must wear shoes? - there aren't in Denmark I once tried with shoes on and it's just too hot. The ones that dont wear sandals wear, I don't know the word for it, but those type of shoes santa...