Weenurse

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1. What are some of the most ridiculous things patients have asked of you?

   Weenurse replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Humor

   ...and the most disgusting request...a young lady in isolation with a nasty bout of TB, pressed her call bell to ask me to pick up a very snotty tissue that was on the floor! needless to say there was nothing wrong with her arms or legs and the bin w...

2. What are some of the most ridiculous things patients have asked of you?

   Weenurse replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Humor

   I recently had a very abnoxious, unco-operative patient ask me at the end of very busy, long night shift( 1 arrest, 1 active GI bleed and a very confused little old dear) " what happened to our wake up call, last time I was in hospital we all got off...

3. Idiots, Inc.

   Weenurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Humor

   I've heard alot of dumb remarks in work the most recent from a Gynae Dr. A young lady presented at our Emergency assessment unit c/o abdo pain and had been refered to Gynae. On asking the gynae SHO to review the patient he asked me what her diagnosis...

4. How do u deal with Patients who "dig their own grave"

   Weenurse replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

   There's a young lad who frequently comes to our hospital whois most definately "digging his own grave".He's a 20 yr old asthmatic, comes into A&E at least once a week, is admitted to our ward at least 2-3 times a month and has had 3 itu admissio...

5. When nurses have bad dreams

   Weenurse replied to frann's topic in Humor

   I had a bad dream only last week, (I was'nt loking forward to my shift the next day due to myself being the only permanent member of staff on duty, so probably explains the dream!) In the dream, I was comming to the end of a very busy night shift and...

6. questions about dealing with docs...

   Weenurse replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

   I suppose alot of it is to do with having confidence in your self. I felt the same way when I had just qualified, but I soon learnt that I knew just as much as some of the doctors if not more. I find that when the junior Doctors start they ask the nu...

7. Funny Names for Nurses

   Weenurse replied to randomnamees's topic in Humor

   I have worked with a Nurse Nurse, a Dr De'Ath and a Dr Blood...................great names!!:roll

8. how long till you're good?

   Weenurse replied to nurseguy74's topic in General Nursing

   I don't really think you can put a time limit on when you'll be good, it takes experience, having good mentors and roll models. confidence and good management. But I believe, if you've got it, you've got it, if you haven't then you have'nt. I qualif...

9. Is anyones facility so short staffed that they feel guilty calling in sick?

   Weenurse replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

   I feel the same, I only have time off if I really need it but one or two of those times was because too tired, I had been working 14 hour shifts and working on my days off and it all took it's toll. We are nurses not martyrs, and nursing should not b...

10. Lunch breaks

    Weenurse replied to moonshadeau's topic in Safety

    The issue here was not that the nursewanted to leave the premises during her break but that she insisted on leaving there and then. Yes we are all entitled to breaks, paid or unpaid, (whether we get them is another story! )but breaks are taken when...

11. Foreign recruitment of nurses-thoughts?

    Weenurse replied to flopmingale's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a general hospital in England and we have the same "solution " over here. I personally don't think this is the answer, there are too many overseas nurses here who have language difficulties , and I don't feel the process in this country is ...