cheshirecat

cheshirecat

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  1. Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

    cheshirecat replied to Heloisea3's topic in General Nursing

    One of the home birth mums I delivered wanted to keep her placenta. She buried it in her back garden. Unfortunately, her dog dug it up and had it for dinner!!!! As for breast feeding in public - why...

  2. Just starting out

    cheshirecat replied to DreamingofOz's topic in International Nursing

    Hi from sunny Nantwich, Cheshire. Worked/lived in South Australia for 2.5 years in the 1990's. Loved it. You will love Aussie and Australians. Did not want to go back to bad old blighty!!!!...

  3. differences in moving and handling

    cheshirecat replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    There was a court case a few years ago of a nurse injured by lifting patients (in the UK). The ward was chronically understaffed, and the nurse (ward sister) proved she lifted a certain weight every...

  4. differences in moving and handling

    cheshirecat replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    Reading some of these posts makes me glad I am nursing in the UK. The working conditions/terms of employment of US nurses seems to be appalling. I think I would prefer to be poorly paid but have...

  5. Flexible working hours

    cheshirecat replied to paris2's topic in International Nursing

    What about improving working lives? Can you not employ someone for the 13.5 hours she does not want to do? Plenty of nurses out there looking for work. Do you really want someone working for you who...

  6. Urine Sample from Foley

    cheshirecat replied to elysium's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ok, horror story coming up. A few years ago, I was taking a CSU from a foley via the port with a needle and syringe. It was 7am, and I was nearly finishing my night shift. Anyway, in I go,...

  7. 12 Hour Shifts ?

    cheshirecat replied to Lightning Bug RN's topic in General Nursing

    Did 7 on 7 off until about 2 years ago. On my 7 on, I had no home life, just work, eat and

  8. Days off guidelines

    cheshirecat replied to skicharles93's topic in International Nursing

    Silver draggon - I can only afford a fun size Mars

  9. Days off guidelines

    cheshirecat replied to skicharles93's topic in International Nursing

    English nurse - doesn't it make you mad when they do things like that. I would not even discuss it with her - I would just say I am on holiday that week. It is illegal for you to put me down for...

  10. Days off guidelines

    cheshirecat replied to skicharles93's topic in International Nursing

    In my last job we where rostered Sunday - Saturday. I can't count the number of times I was rostered to work a Saturday night shift followed by an Early on the Sunday!! Impossible to do as night...

  11. stillborn births

    cheshirecat replied to shearernurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do you have community midwives in USA? If mum phones to say she has decreased movements over here, a midwife would go out to her home and listen to babies heartbeat and access the situation. One of...

  12. Smelly dog

    cheshirecat posted a topic in International Nursing

    Instead of buying her usual expensive dog food, my husband in a fit of miserly saving bought a supermarket brand type (very large box). Now I have a very smelly dog. Has anyone else got a similar mean...

  13. Smelly dog

    cheshirecat replied to cheshirecat's topic in International Nursing

    I may well try and disguise the pet food as a filling for steak pie for my husbands tea. Mind you, that would make the house even

  14. Venting, frustrating.....

    cheshirecat replied to azreddun's topic in Emergency

    Do not feel guilty. Over here (UK) we have a no lifting policy. Only trouble is no one has told the patients about it. Often you get a little (or more often big) old lady who sits on the bed with...

  15. a few questions about australia

    cheshirecat replied to Claire_Fraser's topic in International Nursing

    /Worked/lived in South Australia for 2.5 years in the 90's. Loved the city (Adelaide) and the country. Loved the people. Hated having to go back home to cold Scotland. Found the cost of living very...

  16. Good judgement skills or not?

    cheshirecat replied to nevergonnagiveup's topic in General Nursing

    In my opinion, you did the right thing. I would question the Charge Nurses professional integrity for talking behind your back the way she did. The patient was admitted to ICU. He obviously needed...

  17. Arg!!

    cheshirecat replied to EmmaG's topic in General Nursing

    My mother in law will phone up and ask for advice because "you know a little about this sort of stuff". Ok, only been a qualifed nurse/midwife for 22 years. She will then phone later to say in a...

  18. I need to vent, everyone is mad at me for quitting the "superhospital"-long story

    cheshirecat replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    I ran this scenario past my husband and he said the OPs husband sounds like an A******E!!!! You are pregnant, you have a small child, you probably do most of the chores around the house. Of course...

  19. What sort of personalities make good nurses?

    cheshirecat replied to goldenscroll's topic in General Nursing

    When I asked my husband this question, he replied "Bossy

  20. Come, All You Nurse Detectives

    cheshirecat replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Pregnancy can cause a metallic

  21. Government classifies nurses as 'unskilled workers'

    cheshirecat replied to karensflowers's topic in General Nursing

    What does your professional body say about this? What does your union say about this? I am sure if this happened in the UK the Royal College of Nurses would have something to say about it. Since...

  22. Sairy Gamp slur--victimisation

    cheshirecat replied to greensister's topic in International Nursing

    Am thinking of you greensister, and hope you can work things out. Do you not think now, thanks to the present government, that patients and rels have all the rights, but no responsibilities, and we...

  23. D grade, E grade, band 5 and all that rubbish

    cheshirecat replied to english_nurse's topic in International Nursing

    Document how often you are in charge. If it is a regular occurence take it to your manager and ask why you are a band 5, even though you have dialysis training. If you get no joy from your manager,...

  24. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    cheshirecat replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have worked with midwives who where male. 99.9% of our patients loved them and had no issues. They where respected as the professionals they are. They delivered, did ante and post natal care...

  25. Lovely weather

    cheshirecat posted a topic in International Nursing

    Isn't the weather lovely today. Got 3 days off so am going do some sunbathing. Poor daughter just taking her first A level. Pity anyone working