ayla2004

ayla2004 ASN, RN

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  1. Failing 2nd Year

    ayla2004 replied to armagh94's topic in General Students

    armagh94 are you studying in the uk or Roi. you may get more approaches help in the UK nurses forum. what's the assignment on please speak to your tutors they will support where they can can but...

  2. Best practices: Controlled substance handling

    ayla2004 replied to c3poshideout's topic in Patient Medications

    I'M in the UK but the Australia system seems the same. We double administer most Cd meds. Nurses here on wards don't follow procedure to both to go to the bedside as they are "too busy". But...

  3. A sobering story-------

    ayla2004 replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    I feel sorry for the anguish this lady went through and for the child's parents. I recently was preparing a med and fortunately realises the dose I was preparing seemed high as on re checking I...

  4. Discharge Lounge

    ayla2004 replied to imbatz's topic in General Nursing

    my hospital has a discharge lounge. we send stable patients awaiting medication from pharmacy which the rn in discharge lounge can chase. any teaching wounds dressing are done on ward and teaching....

  5. How do you deal with being called a "snitch" by your co-workers?

    ayla2004 replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work at times as a charge it rotates pre shift I also work as staff nurse. we tend to have an only one rn and one aide on break at a time I'd one or other takes too long the next person v can't go...

  6. Interview Preparation for Qualified Nurses

    ayla2004 replied to XB9S's topic in United Kingdom

    1year later still on my ward as a band 5. Now have an interview for band 6 on short stay surgery 10 min presentation on how to support band 7 and provide assurance. I get the maintainability and...

  7. Why is is difficult to find Nurses in UK??

    ayla2004 replied to MarlenaMandat's topic in United Kingdom

    I work in a area deemed both heavy and busy and the whole directoate is having problems getting

  8. Do you count tramadol?

    ayla2004 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Patient Medications

  9. Benefits - I'm In Shock

    ayla2004 replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    7 weeks leave to begin. 28 hoildays days +7 public holidays. Pt/ft leave on a pro rata basis. No sick days but not paid for first 3 sick days off. Leave increases to 8 weks after 8

  10. Walkie Talkie

    ayla2004 replied to ArrrrEnnn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My favourite term is mobile and self caring probaly on iv abx

  11. A little ticked

    ayla2004 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    While shifts helping each other to deliver patient care is good. I find that when it becomes exppexted it is not alwYs in patient interest and yoh can be taken for granted. Keep patients safe clean...

  12. Conversing with Dementia Patients

    ayla2004 replied to GundeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey try dementia and non english speaking with a head injury not fun. Me talk about their familly if they have visted or rung. Admire any photo displayed. Explain wht im doing. Talk about the...

  13. Manager "threatening" us with primary nursing!!!

    ayla2004 replied to lelafin's topic in General Nursing

    I would love primary nursing but I would bet that if our rn increase another watd would be down an rn or 2 and would loose ghem every shift getting a tech in exc

  14. Be the Nurse You Would Want As a Patient

    ayla2004 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nurses Rock

    Ive had a few bad weeks in work and the only thing that has made me remeber that I love being a nurse is my patients. Now management and poltics I could do

  15. Working in UK

    ayla2004 replied to MaleNurseforUK's topic in International Nursing

  16. Homeless Patients: Considerations

    ayla2004 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Living in the UK our homeless face problems accessing benefit if homeless but at least health care is free at the point of use I know diabetes care is free, other medication have charges of £7.00...

  17. false raised trop_t

    ayla2004 replied to ayla2004's topic in Cardiac

    sorry i work on a neurosurgical ward, the lady had had a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from a anersyum on her posteior comunicating aretery so had a craintomy and clipping and I is was wondering if...

  18. false raised trop_t

    ayla2004 posted a topic in Cardiac

    Im not a cardiac nurse but i had a pt with a false trop-t and i curious about what was going on. i had a lady tachycardiac 132 with faint radical pulse, rr -23-27 denies any pain reviewed and in...

  19. Interview Preparation for Qualified Nurses

    ayla2004 replied to XB9S's topic in United Kingdom

    hi sharrie yet another band 5 looking at a band 6 post Ive seen a band 6 for a similar ward to my own i actually did my last student placement on it. i'm planning if possible (ward manager agreeing)...

  20. Alert but confused

    ayla2004 replied to mytoon38's topic in General Nursing

    interesting article if i was documenting i would tend to use a gcs value as we do this for every pateint with a descriptor to e/v/m and verbal would get narrative accounts. i dislike avpu as its too...

  21. Impossible standards

    ayla2004 replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    the person doing the procedure obtains the consent in the UK. only operations and sedated procedures have signed consent forms with plan and reason alongside risks of procedure. Ours are deparment...

  22. What critical vital signs would institute a rapid response

    ayla2004 replied to uniquegifts1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We dont have a RRT i would love it,we have parameters that triger an early warning score based on vital signs any more than 3 needs medical review. we call the in house medic or if concerned that a...

  23. Dimensional Analysis for Meds

    ayla2004 replied to newsingleDad's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    oh i was taught this for college chemistry and call it cross multiply . i still use it for med calculations i found the nursing formula harder to

  24. IV push

    ayla2004 replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    Evidence is king our pharmacy issued guide to injectables is a ke resource to provide safe pratice for yourself and to back this up if a colleague or

  25. Would u find this bullying

    ayla2004 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hi all Ive been a RN 5 years. Im curious about knowledge be it general in the last 10 years about nursing/science. i changed post 3 years ago onto a neurosurgical ward and i love all that i can...