Aidy

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1. When were 12 hour shifts introduced in the UK?

   Aidy posted a topic in International

   Hi everyone. I'm student working on a fatigue drug error dissertation. Could anyone shed any light on when 12 hour shifts were introduced in the UK? I can't find any information on it. If I get the year this would allow me to narrow this down. kind ...

2. Dissertation Time! But Which Topic?

   Aidy replied to Aidy's topic in General Students

   I'm now thinking of looking at nurse fatigue and in relation to the number of errors. Firstly allowing nurses to document their recognised errors in a confidential journal. Then hopefully analysing them in some form of graph, showing that long consec...

3. Dissertation Time! But Which Topic?

   Aidy replied to Aidy's topic in General Students

   I'm a 3rd year student nurse undertaking a BSC Hons Nursing dissertation. Yes we do have mentors to guide us but we do not meet them until the 3rd of 12 weeks in which we have to do it plus other stuff. Really just want to figure out an area of rese...

4. Dissertation Time! But Which Topic?

   Aidy posted a topic in General Students

   I have read many a journal and just can't find anything that stimulates me. One thing that has got on my nerves (and not much does) throughout placements is the way doctors do not tell patients that their cannula is really some plastic, and not a me...

5. nursing research....HELLLLLLLLLPPP

   Aidy replied to JNogueira95's topic in General Students

   Is it an essay on qualitive and quantitative research and evidenced based practice?

6. Help me I'm ILL

   Aidy posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a student nurse and I have recently been recovering from glandular fever. I have been suffering fatigue etc but recently I have started to experience pain in the moring time in both the right and left lumber region i.e. kidneys. This pursists b...

7. Nurses are overpaid!

   Aidy replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

   Maturbating is a very good way to find out functions, limitations and strengths. I wonder if in a 100 years will males look back and laugh at vibrating contraptions. And a little alkaline is bound to be good for your prostate after passing acidic ur...

8. Where have all the experienced nurses gone?

   Aidy replied to mharrah's topic in Med-Surg

   A doss means very easy. Ps you missed out poorly paid )

9. Where have all the experienced nurses gone?

   Aidy replied to mharrah's topic in Med-Surg

   God you lot have put the fear into me as I start my medical placement in a few days. I'm male, not that that should matter but I actually joined nursing as I enjoy the caring profession plus I thought it would be a doss, being womans work and all. H...

10. Assessment of a rehab patient with alzheiners

    Aidy replied to Aidy's topic in Rehabilitation

    I am actually a student at a university in Ireland (woo) and this is an assignment not a placement. I now have most of the things you have stated but everything seems intertwined and its just confusing on what to assess first. I started with the Gla...

11. Assessment of a rehab patient with alzheiners

    Aidy replied to Aidy's topic in Rehabilitation

    I can't believe that not one person has replied, or is it you all don't have a clue? Kind Regards

12. Assessment of a rehab patient with alzheiners

    Aidy posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    I need help with the order of this assessment. I have a 75 y/o male in rehab following a series of falls, loss appetite, more confused, reduced mobility, nocturia. I have to perform an assessment on him but I'm confused to what order I should priorti...