Thanet

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  1. Male Psychiatric Nurses

    Thanet replied to fiba's topic in Psychiatric

    Some patients relate better to males other better to females no matter what sex they are. I have seen a 5' 1" female stand in between two 6' plus male patients and tell them to stop fighting... It...

  2. Life just sucks sometimes.

    Thanet posted a topic in Psychiatric

    My Grandmother was born in 1904 and immigrated to America with her family shortly thereafter. When she turned 12, her Mother forced her to drop out of school and work twelve hours a day in a tire...

  3. Psych Pet Peeve

    Thanet replied to Mashira's topic in Psychiatric

    Not just in nursing but anywhere... People who get ETC and ECT mixed

  4. Nursing intervention for schizophrenic patient having sex?

    Thanet replied to robinslapsRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Part of a patients assessment would be whether they are capable to consent to a sexual relationship. And part of that capability would be whether they were able to have this relationship with...

  5. Forums do have some use then!

    Thanet replied to Sister Fox's topic in International Nursing

    I am very pleased that you have found a way to continue your registration. I am surprised that you felt you needed to de-register. I thought that if you did not pay your annual £75 renewal fee you...

  6. What are the pros and cons of being all male nurse

    Thanet replied to Bono Rose's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you're not

  7. What are the pros and cons of being all male nurse

    Thanet replied to Bono Rose's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I'm all male too. I wonder if we will get someone posting who is half and half, or three quarters

  8. Does allnurses.com make you a better nurse?

    Thanet replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I've said no. A bit mean I suppose. But there are many ways of being 'Better'. Allnurses is just a fraction... as someone mentioned above it is a good place to have a chat /moan or even find a link to...

  9. Ten Things A Nurse Doesn't Want to Hear

    Thanet replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    12) Them: 'I could NEVER do your job' Me : 'What do you do for a living?' Them: 'I work in an

  10. I'm 56 want to be be a nurse, anyone else out there?

    Thanet replied to Byatt's topic in International Nursing

    Have you read THIS THREAD? It might help you with your inquiry. Good

  11. Morphine gtt/Comfort Care

    Thanet replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    My wife (RIP) was on massive dosages of morphine. She needed to be on them to stop the pain, otherwise she would just lay there and scream. It is good to know that, at last, some nurses and docs are...

  12. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

    Thanet replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but...Celibacy is, in its strictest definition, the lifestyle of someone who is and is striving to remain unmarried all his/her life. However, the term is often popularly used to describe a...

  13. Can a Registered Psychiatric Nurse work as an RN?

    Thanet replied to Blondiemagick3's topic in Psychiatric

    In the UK the powers to be e 'thinking' about the use of Psychiatric nurses in such places as you discibe... as psychiatric help is the sort of stuff that the patients , and relatives would/might...

  14. Inpatient Smoke free ward - HELP!

    Thanet replied to rainbowsunsets's topic in Psychiatric

    Where did you get this little gem of propaganda? I'll carry on smoking like a chimney then, knowing I am being less dangerous to myself than " being exposed to 'second hand smoke'

  15. Renewal cost of your license ?

    Thanet replied to Rascal1's topic in General Nursing

    £73 this year...Tends to go up each year... I remember when this first came about - It was suppost to be a one off charge... then it beame a three yearly thing ... now each year... And what do we get...

  16. Most Humorous Call-In Excuses

    Thanet replied to jeffrey_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I am not too sure that it is OK to bump up an old thread but here goes... I had to call in today late for work.. Reason?.. I was looking for an UFO in my back garden... OK so as I was getting into my...

  17. What's Her Name?

    Thanet posted a topic in General Students

    During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: 'What is the first name of...

  18. A Patient Who DOES NOT Belong in Minimum Security!!

    Thanet replied to Jerry99's topic in Psychiatric

    The last time this happened on our ward the consultant ended up in A&E (ER) having stiches in his head... so did three nurses with stab and laceration wounds. The patient ended up (via the...

  19. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    Thanet replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    One of my neighbour's children is allergic to every thing from (insert the name of a major UK supermarket chain here). So I'm thinking... If I buy brand X chocolate from this supermarket he would be...

  20. A Patient Who DOES NOT Belong in Minimum Security!!

    Thanet replied to Jerry99's topic in Psychiatric

    Record, report. Record, report. Record, report. Add incident reports, injury reports, untoward incident reports, near miss reports, restraining reports, medication reports, dangerous staffing level...

  21. Another stupid question..Do you know the answer?

    Thanet replied to KarynicaRN's topic in General Nursing

    If this question is as stupid as the last one, then the answer is to pass on the information to the following

  22. Do you know the right answer?

    Thanet replied to KarynicaRN's topic in General Nursing

    if you are not going to do this thing until you are 'ready to leave'... then you have already documented, recorded, passed on information to the following shift, informed relatives, doctors, uncle...

  23. psych nursing-which one is less violent?

    Thanet replied to cutehumor's topic in Psychiatric

    The trouble about psychi nursing is the those outside the profession only get to hear about the violent patients. They don't get to hear the times that we sit and chat with the patients or play a game...

  24. Most Humorous Call-In Excuses

    Thanet replied to jeffrey_rn's topic in General Nursing

    'Hello, this is Mr X my wife can't come into work today as she is giving birth to a cow' As we all knew that Mr and Mrs X breed Rare breed cattle it was a reasonable

  25. Coroners Court

    Thanet replied to MaryAnn_RN's topic in International Nursing

    Yes , I have been to coroners court. We (there were several of us) had good support from our trust's legal team and they told us the sort of thing we could expect and what the proccedure would be. We...