cheshirecat

cheshirecat

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  1. Now night staff are getting a bashing!!

    cheshirecat replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    Lets start a new thread. What shall we call it? I know, lets call it JOURNALISTS ARE RUBBISH. Any

  2. IUD retrieval??

    cheshirecat replied to Ivanna_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ultrasound first, then removal by a IUD retriever as posted by

  3. Nurses to decide on resuscitation

    cheshirecat replied to Thanet's topic in International Nursing

    Last Christmas Eve one of my patients arrested. I witnessed it. I started CPR and we got him back with all faculties intact. He lived another month after that, his family managed to get up from the...

  4. Sunday Times view of nurses

    cheshirecat posted a topic in International Nursing

    Anybody read todays Sunday Times? Their view of nurses: 1. We are slags - yes, they actually used that word to describe how we look. 2. We all earn over £30,000 a year. 3. We don't actually do any...

  5. Sunday Times view of nurses

    cheshirecat replied to cheshirecat's topic in International Nursing

    Agree with RGN 1. We stayed in the same hospital for most of our training and by the time we had qualified, had effectively been working as staffies for the last 6 months of our training. I have...

  6. home for battered nurses!

    cheshirecat replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a great idea to me. Every country should have

  7. Cadbury pulling it's awful commercial!

    cheshirecat replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago we had an ad on Ad on TV about Mars Bars. It showed a nurse eating one and the slogon 'A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play'. Well one of our comedians pinched the idea and did a...

  8. Help: hospital wants to run a Credit Check

    cheshirecat replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    I am horrified and appalled that United States hospitals can do credit checks on prospective employees. What about human rights? What about privacy? Maybe prospective employees should do credit...

  9. bed baths in hospital??? is 5am too early???

    cheshirecat replied to english_nurse's topic in International Nursing

    To be doing 5 bed baths that early in the morning is inhumane. There is such a thing as Protective sleep. Next time the E grade shouts at you hold up your hand and say: 1. I do not like your...

  10. anxious about being the only nurse on the floor

    cheshirecat replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a professional body or union that could help? 42 patients is way too many for one registered nurse. I have been nursing for 26years and no way would I accept an assignment like that, it...

  11. Tax allowance for washing uniforms

    cheshirecat posted a topic in International Nursing

    Anyone else come across this problem? All the trained nurses at my hospital claim tax allowance for washing uniforms. We got the forms from the RCN and sent them off. One of the HCA's sent off a...

  12. RCN accepts pay deal

    cheshirecat replied to Fonenurse's topic in International Nursing

    Hey girls and boys, let down by the RCN again. Can almost see the puppet strings when I see RCN congress on the television. The sad thing is, I do not even feel surprised they accepted it. Lets hope...

  13. Nursing Times

    cheshirecat replied to Silverdragon102's topic in International Nursing

    Anyone remember the Nursing Mirror? Think Nursing Times bought it out. Have not bought NT for years. Waste of money in my

  14. UK petition for Nurses

    cheshirecat replied to Noahm's topic in International Nursing

    Only 153 signatures. Come on, sign

  15. Non smoking hospital: What is this?!!!

    cheshirecat replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work in has a complete smoking ban. People are not even allowed to smoke in their cars if they are on hospital grounds. I personally think it is a good thing. I think all NHS...

  16. Emergency care in the UK

    cheshirecat replied to JoshuaAdamsRN's topic in Emergency

    To be honest I think USA citizens are suppossed to pay for treatment they receive in the UK, but often the nurses and admin staff are reluctant to fill in forms. EU citizens, I think, would get free...

  17. Going from the USA to the UK

    cheshirecat replied to StNeotser's topic in International Nursing

    The British press has got a downer on nurses at the moment as everyone knows we: 1. Never wash our hands 2. Demand impossible demands such as having time to actually take a lunch break (we are such...

  18. Patients on Medicaid

    cheshirecat replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Reading all these posts makes me feel so sad. People should not be judged by how much they have in their pockets/wallets. Probably the rude medicaid patients would be rude if they where...

  19. Agenda for change (again)

    cheshirecat replied to NovaScotiabound's topic in International Nursing

    I agree with you, the system is inadequate for everyone working in the NHS. We should be blaming people, ie. the idiots who thought up Agenda for Change. It is an ill thought concept that was used as...

  20. Agenda for change (again)

    cheshirecat replied to NovaScotiabound's topic in International Nursing

    Pay may well be owing from November 2006, but that is not a payroll issue. How can you pay money people are owed, when their job was not even evaluated until May? Also, I was not saying you where...

  21. What would you do...

    cheshirecat replied to oliveralways's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Just ask yourself one question "Who would be working in an unsafe environment"? The answer - you. You absolutely did the right thing. I would expect the charge nurse on the previous shift is now...

  22. Agenda for change (again)

    cheshirecat replied to NovaScotiabound's topic in International Nursing

    I had to smile at the ring them up daily quote. Everytime you ring up a payroll officer, it takes time off them from doing their work. Imagine you had a patient who kept ringing the bell for, say, to...

  23. Agenda for change (again)

    cheshirecat replied to NovaScotiabound's topic in International Nursing

    Payrolls are struggling everywhere. My 2 sisters works as payroll officers in the NHS. When they go on holiday (as is very common at this time of year), no one is employed to cover for them. It...

  24. male nursing in the UK

    cheshirecat replied to bmansf1's topic in International Nursing

    Or even become Prime Minister!!! Oh no, we tried that one and see where it got

  25. Pommie qualified in Australia comes home

    cheshirecat replied to sister s's topic in International Nursing

    You do get a Health Care Assistant to help with washes etc, but it is pretty hard