Pab89

Pab89 has 10 years experience and specializes in Healthcare Support Worker.

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1. Worried about socialising

   Pab89 posted a topic in COVID

   Does anyone else feel anxious about going out to see friends and loved ones when you're working in Covid wards or wards with Covid positive patients? I've already had Covid last year, I've had both my vaccines, and I'm always as careful as I can...

2. Crash Team call?

   Pab89 posted a topic in General Specialties

   I am a health care support worker, and tonight, a patient suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. He was found by another support worker, and was already dead when found. She pulled the emergency buzzer, and a staff nurse ran in. She began to call for...

3. Fears of spreading Covid

   Pab89 posted a topic in COVID

   I am a Bank Nurse with the NHS, so I work in a variety of wards, some of them Covid. One day, I came to work a tad lightheaded with mucus sitting in my throat. I had had trouble sleeping, and commonly overproduce mucus at this time of year, so I...

4. Mistake

   Pab89 replied to Marie63's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Marie, As a HCSW, I sadly don't have the expertise to talk about the technical aspects of what happened, but I do want to thank you (and all of the other nurses) for sharing your story. Your transparency and honesty, and the conversation...

5. Struggling to move forward

   Pab89 replied to Pab89's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, Marie ❤ I agree with you (and the podcast you shared) that a culture of openness and vulnerability where we talk about our worries and our regrets is what's needed to make us all better, more supportive caregivers. This site is a per...

6. Admitting Mistakes

   Pab89 replied to Marie63's topic in General Nursing

   Currently listening to the podcast now. Thank you for sharing and for being so open ❤

7. Struggling to move forward

   Pab89 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a Health care Support Worker for the NHS Staff Bank, and I posted in 2017 about being "Haunted by my mistake". The mistake was that a patient had reported chest pain, and I forgot to pass it on to a staff nurse (as in, the thought completel...

8. Haunted by my mistake

   Pab89 posted a topic in UK

   So, I'm not entirely sure if this is the right place to talk about this, but it keeps going over in my head, and I feel the need to talk about it. I'm an auxillary nurse (or Healthcare Support Worker) that works for the Nurse Bank. About a year ago,...