p.allen3

p.allen3 specializes in District Nursing.

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1. Male secretary considering nursing school

   p.allen3 replied to u235's topic in General Nursing

   There are some things you can learn - empathy isn't one of them. it has to be inherent in your character. Unless your feelings are genuine, no amount of calculatingly delivered soothing words will help - and believe me patients can tell the differen...

2. Give Pt's your phone number?????

   p.allen3 replied to Titiana's topic in General Nursing

   As District Nurses we have mobile phones supplied by the NHS trust we work for. Only in special circumstances will I give the number of this phone to a patient, as there are central numbers they can phone when problems arise. However, when we are de...

3. A few questions for the "older" new nurses...

   p.allen3 replied to adiliegro's topic in General Nursing

   After spending 10 years as an auxiliary nurse, I finally decided to do my training when I was 36. I loved my auxiliary job and wondered what I would be letting myself in for, but have never looked back! Whilst covering my theatre stint one of the c...

4. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

   p.allen3 replied to darla80's topic in Humor

   Hi everyone - New to the site and apparently in the minority from the UK. Being a District Nurse (not sure what you call us in the USA) I have often joked with my patients about getting them a can of WD40 for their creaking joints, not thinking for ...