unlucky-on-call

CCU/Cardiac Lab

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Question for Nurses in Scotland...

unlucky-on-call replied to mmullin1980's topic in International

Hi I work in edinburgh and have noticed the past couple of years the number of vacancies has dramatically reduced. When I qualified, 3 years ago, we basically had a pick of where you wanted to work, but now it seems student nurses are struggling to ...
the nursing diploma/interview

unlucky-on-call replied to simonesmum's topic in International

Hya Denise, During my training I was working fixed set hours in a chemist, but as the course went on I found it difficult to keep my commitment to the part time job due to placements. Most of the other students worked on the nurse bank as 'A' grades,...
Agenda for Change

unlucky-on-call replied to safewaygreenbox's topic in International

They are just beginning to roll out agenda for change in Edinburgh all D and as far as I am aware, most E grades, were banded 5. Although E's have more dicretionary points than D's. F grades were banded 6 and I am not sure where the G's ended up?
Pulling Femoral Lines

unlucky-on-call replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in CCU

First Post I was always taught to pull the arterial sheath first then venous, working in the cath lab means I only ever pull lines on patients that are not anti-coagulated, and therefore lines are generally in for only 20 mins, max 45. If we proceed...