ayla2004

ayla2004 ASN, RN

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  1. Dying Pts who are still full codes.

    i been witness to one Multidisciplinary team decision to start a DNAR the lady had both renal and heart failure had been seriously unwell for a week with frequent doctor input with no good effect....
  2. Wanna quit because of patients attitude?

    nurse dealing with the fallout of doctors pie in the sky promises. they whizz in and off the ward or see them briefly as out patients and then leave thing to their junior staff/nursing
  3. UK Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Curriculum

    one side effect of increased student nurse enrolement is often practice and theroy of an area of nursing are not experinced concurrently. this is because we go to work on wards 37.5/week were there is...
  4. Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Management

    side note the thames international college offers a practical nurse course leading to a LPN no wonder i say a nclex-pn in a book shop in manchester other colleges must be offerning it. am puzzled...
  5. Code of Conduct and Standardisation of Training.

    what do you think of the new code? had to make sure all essay submitted after the 1st of may were ref as
  6. which med do I give first

    wouldn't it be easy to get the codeine tyenol and then hang the
  7. Not allowed to say "I was busy w/ another pt"

    i'm currenlty a student but in 6 weeks i should qualify and have already been offered a post as a staff nurse. I have said to pt i was busy with another patients, we still nurse most patients in bays...
  8. interview

    Got offered a qualified nurse post on the ward I named will get written confirmation later off for 3 days will visit the ward on saturday(its my previous as a student) so medical endocrinology (which...
  9. Anyone else call 'em johnnies?

    in england they are called theratre gowns johnnies would mean a condom. we call chux inco pads or blue
  10. Most common non-emergency visits

    hi your also in Manchester I'm a about to qualify st/n. what hospital trust are you at did a placement in a&e. what i observed was trips and falls, pain for greatar than 2 weeks being treated by...
  11. interview

    ok 30-40 mins in interview question included how to manage a patient with chest pain coming out of it i realised i had said oxygen asprin ecg morphine etc get help sho observations but did not say ABC...
  12. interview

    spinal injuries is the heaviest nursing i have ever done but no larger eldlerly immobile
  13. interview

    seen tutor today, got told dyslexic tend to feel better with order and disorder makes them anxious, so that having no mentor is not so good. think the ward is breaking their obligations under the sha...
  14. interview

    thanks ive been told its like a chat and realise i know v little about clinical goverance what else is
  15. Spinal Cord Injury

    i'm a student nurse on a spinal ward in the uk our spinal injuries patients are nursed initaly in nicu or nhdu and then stepdown to the spinal ward ideally or neuro wards or
  16. decisons

    got a phone call from the hospital placement cordinator when i was on an early shift on firday. Hospital recuitment has sorted out application forms and planned when they are interviewing my cohort if...
  17. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    Not changing sheets is highly unusual practice in the UK, in my experience they are changes every day routinely and more frequently if soiled or for patient comfort. Dentistry is largely private and...
  18. Giving Report?

    this is an old thread but here goes in my last placement and really concentraing on doing hadover(giving report) and never knew what excalty to say with any confidence. so i went home and made up a...
  19. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

    i'm a student nurse on a spinal injuires ward what i'm finding hard is carring for a young 17 year old and 50 year old who due to spinal cord injuries have no bladder or bowel control. I've been a...
  20. Sister is the title of a female ward/unit manager or a female assistant ward /unit manager. A male ward/unit manager or assistanct manger is called a Charge Nurse this is a permant title not related...
  21. What do you wear to work?

    in my home trust the nurses but there own trosuers either primark or
  22. ad couple of weeks

    sorry this is a bit of a moan i've been on my last 14 week placement now for 6 weeks, due to loos;ley ward circumstnaces and too many students i haven't had a proper mentor that ive workd with at...
  23. ad couple of weeks

    not sure have emailed the uni tutor who is the link and has a spinal injuries background. As the yanks would say the acutity on the ward is very high at the minute of 17 beds only 2-3 are reasonably...
  24. ad couple of weeks

    thanks for your feedback went in today on a late and in a way was aprehensive never before have i broken down in placement and not been able to contain it till i was home away from staff. Going...
  25. restraints in acute care

    i have seen restraint used on a stepdown nhdu to a neurosugerical ward. however these were gloves made out of a surgical pad and a bandage she had been persitently removing the ng, venflons and tring...