Larry

After having been working as a nurse for so many years - and having gained some experience as a Unison rep, I realised that often it turns out that the Union is with the management. Loads of nurses and NHS staff within the UK are finding themselves i...

If i had a child I would not encourage him or her to take up nursing. I am a UK nurse born and bred and if I had the opportunity to get something better I would! I am for what its worth a glorious team leader, in charge of a number of nurses, and th...

I read your posts - don't you know that women in nursing are afraid of us! Some feel definately threatened by us. I am the only male nurse where I work - and on talking with my manager I said I would ask the girls (my team) what they thought - she wa...

As a male nurse you can often be seen as interfering, and misunderstood. Whereas a female nurse might have been more diplomatic. I am not familiar with your protocols in the US, but I wonder did your patient have a social worker? Could you not have c...

I work in the community. I look after people with leg ulcers, and post-op surgical wounds. We have a few diabetics, and also on my caseloads are clients for incontinence reviews. Part of my work is caring for palliative care patients, and giving emot...

I have been a nurse for over 24 years, and a man for longer! Since I moved into management I have noticed that there is a lot of genderism out there. Boy, the ladies want to keep men out of their domain. A lot of legal cases are going on against male...

Actually I am in Band 7 as a 'G' - however much they pay us if they don't do anything about 'Improving Working Lives' more nurses will leave. Improving support structures and listening to nurses. Funnily enough I was earning more money in 2002 as a "...

I have just read all the posts - we all get stressed in this job! Currently I'm burnt out, literally. I've been in nursing over 26 years, and i've worked in several countries as a nurse, being France, Palestine, Israel and now UK. The problem in the ...

I found 150 or so articles when I typed Aitken into Ovid database for full-text articles. However a lot of them concerned nurses working in the hospital - my colleagues and I in general work on our own in a small team, working within a multi-discipli...

Are nurses allowed to get stressed or fear parts of their job? There appears to be a dearth ( a lack) of research about this....... My postion has changed.......in my postion in primary care.....at a moments notice we can be told to drop everything a...

In UK nurses in the NHS National Health Service, with 10 years reckonable service get 33 days paid holiday a year plus bank holidays which makes a total of 41 days. I am a nurse practitioner and I make 55,619.11 USD I make after tax 3,584 USD a month...

I just work normal houurs 8 - 430/5pm monday to friday with one weekend a month. My friend on holiday here from Florida says its not worth older nurses working in US, because its too hard to start again. Thats the bottom line!

I have heard recent media reports that we are causing a shortage of nurses in the Philippines!!! This is poppycock! There are thousands of nurses still working in volunteer positions unpaid out there. Loads unemployed, and nurses in their 40s and 50s...

Bamji, Andrew consultant rheumatologist Hospital league tables : There are lies, damn lies, and hospital statistics. BMJ. 322(7292):992, April 21, 2001. British Medical Journal 1. Sullivan, Timothy M. MD Regarding "carotid endarterectomy in SAPPHIRE...

Cox, E (2004) Gender equality in Australian schools. Cited on internet http://www.education.tas.gov.au/equitystandards/gender/framewrk/cox.htm It is a fact in the USA that 64 million people do not have health insurance, which means there is a third...

We also have the same problems here - patients are not compliant. They need to know the reason that they are taking medication. Elderly people may need a dosset box (a 7 day box) from which to take their tablets if forgetful. They may need a care ass...

I have heard recent media reports that we are causing a shortage of nurses in the Philippines!!! This is poppycock! There are thousands of nurses still working in volunteer positions unpaid out there. Loads unemployed, and nurses in their 40s and 50s...

This news is interesting. Are you just importing Filipino nurses? Do you import from the Philippines other care workers?

Its all very well to dismiss the have nots in such a steriotyping way - but baloney....big? BIG? most of those who do not have are the little insignificant people that society runs over.......... At least in the UK our service includes everyone and i...

I have no idea about Europe - but we are now moving away from rationing of healthcare - everyone gets regardless of if they're old or not. Its not a perfect system and it has flaws - but we at least are looking at prevention.

It seems to me that you have a case against this employer on the grounds of constructive dismissal. You should not let the employer win - how long did you work there? Can your union take this matter up for you? You should get damages... Alas lots of ...

Every nurse and student nurse needs a personal accident insurance policy. When this kinda thing happens there union see it through, and the insurance policy pays up for the legal charges. I belong to the Royal College of Nursing in the UK (its a unio...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1355213,00.html This is the UK where tobacco firms don't get sued like in the USA..... Of course we wish they could......... How are nurses saved from hazards in your environment?

According to the survey 47% of the population in the USA would eat the Monster Thick Burger...... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6505575/ No wonder healthcare is private....the US government cannot be blamed! At a time when TV stations in the UK are be...

I happen to support Bush and the US democratic way of life I merely brought up obesity, because its a problem here, and the news here covered a reporter eating one of your burgers!