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  1. question about Agenda for Change?

    donmurray replied to lisamct's topic in International Nursing

    Most important is to get your job description updated to reflect everything you do in this post. There are 300+ JD's already written and agreed with management and most staff with "ordinary" posts...

  2. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

    donmurray replied to Whisper's topic in International Nursing

    Congratulations, Whisper! Have you noticed that where you scream alters the reaction you get? Here everyone feels good for you, in a library, everyone goes quiet and just looks, but do it in a lift,...

  3. Eden Alternative

    donmurray replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wasn't there something similar, but without the livestock, called "Planetree"? 10 years or so

  4. Bump On Penis

    donmurray replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    "Penies" or is the plural penii

  5. Bump On Penis

    donmurray replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps he took you too seriously? It's a guy

  6. how do you keep a nursing cap on?

    donmurray replied to PowerPuffGirl's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of pieces of stainless steel implanted under the scalp, and a magnetic strip glued inside the cap should

  7. 2 very important questions: salary negotiations and "offer"letter ?

    donmurray replied to scrubs12's topic in General Nursing

    "A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on." Sam

  8. Unit staff meetings...

    donmurray replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Took the

  9. Charting Bloopers

    donmurray replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    ".....Problems stemming from being an illegitimate child, due to the social MORAYS of the time..........." They really used to

  10. RNs and Pay-for-Performance: The Right Prescription?

    donmurray replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Performance related pay only works for CEO's. How do you evaluate a nurse's performance, what standards do you measure against, and how do you separate out the individual's contribution to what is...

  11. Stripes

    donmurray replied to Paprikat's topic in General Nursing

    In olden NHS days, RN's wore a wide navy stripe on their cap, whilst a student RN wore narrower, paler blue stripes denoting their years of training. Enrolled/pupil nurses (LPN'S) had a similar...

  12. Dementia/rape trauma syndrome

    donmurray replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    A (very) general guide I have found over the years, is to imagine the memory as a filing cabinet, with all the memories stored in broadly chronological order. Alzheimers removes those files in much...

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

    donmurray replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    I do not see that how you are employed changes the hazard presented to vulnerable patients by an infectious nurse coming on duty. Staffing is management's duty, not the

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

    donmurray replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    How do you stack taking a potentially deadly infection into an area where people are already sick and debilitated, against being punctual? If you are sick, you should not be there, because you could...

  15. Frequent Faller

    donmurray replied to StormyCD's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just a passing thought.......placing someone in a beanbag chair "because it is difficult to get out of" could be seen as restraint, too. Better to use one to "assist in preventive pressure area

  16. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    donmurray replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    This man was speaking against the setting up of the UK nursing register in 1904! It happened anyway. I'm a RN, I was not seeking to reopen the "are we a profession" debate, but pointed to his comment...

  17. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    donmurray replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I should first confess to never having heard of any of these theorists in 30 years of nursing, apart from Virginia Henderson, and Peplau. The debate is fascinating. I posted this in another thread,...

  18. involuntary committments by POLICE!

    donmurray replied to PGH70's topic in Psychiatric

    Similar police powers exist in England, but removing the person to "A place of safety" is the key phrase. A place of safety can be a hospital, but also a hostel, psych registered nursing home, or a...

  19. How many of you married doctors?

    donmurray replied to JHUnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I nearly married one, but she wasn't good enough for

  20. Sleep paralysis ....

    donmurray replied to Tzu's topic in General Nursing

    Only if you dreamed you did beforehand!

  21. Older than dirt quiz

    donmurray replied to KaraLea's topic in Nursing Humor

    The UK never had 1,2,7,9,10,11,13,20,23,24. and I STILL score 13! Hobbling off to bed soon, it's nearly

  22. Older than dirt quiz

    donmurray replied to KaraLea's topic in Nursing Humor

    Heather, are you sure you don't have selective amnesia?

  23. Sleep paralysis ....

    donmurray replied to Tzu's topic in General Nursing

    Many years ago, I had a similar experience while working on night duty. It was on a long-stay psychiatric ward, (those patients are all in the community nowadays) all the patients slept all night, and...

  24. Gotta good "poop" story? I do.

    donmurray replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

    I used to visit a lady with dementia who lived in an upstairs room in an old people's home. She often threw poop from her window onto the flowerbeds below. New visitors always admired the roses, and...

  25. Gotta good "poop" story? I do.

    donmurray replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

    The UK "rule of thumb" is: You get the lumps, they get the stains