ZippyGBR BSN, RN

Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS

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    We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    ZippyGBR replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    as they are in the Uk where even if someone delivers in a consultant led unit their primary professional caregiver will be a midwife and on discharge from hospital themidwifery service is...
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    looking up a patients arrest records?

    ZippyGBR replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    nice to see that the land of the 'free' is it's usual small minded petty self as usual, the land of the free, if you can afford it and 'fit in' with the views of the bigot in the street ? with...
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    U.k nurse employment

    ZippyGBR replied to bigboi's topic in International Nursing

    you'd need to have demonstrable current experience and quals to get in under shortage
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    Registration with NMC

    ZippyGBR replied to ewen's topic in United Kingdom

    outside the two subspecialities which remain on the Shortage occupations list you would have to be an exceptional candidate ( and better than any EU or existing work permit holder) to get tier 2...
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    U.k nurse employment

    ZippyGBR replied to bigboi's topic in International Nursing

    Qualified Perioperative Registered Nurses are still a shortage occupation
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    working on Guernsey Channel Island

    ZippyGBR replied to cymrudiamond's topic in International Nursing

    I believe it's residential permits rather than work permits per se - iirc single / unaccompanied staff aren't limited if they stay in hospital accomodation
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    Frontline staff to lose jobs

    ZippyGBR replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    there are more neurosurgery units than Spinal injuries centres and then when you add in the Orthopods who do spines we cast far and wide - who does 'necks' in your trust neurosurg or ortho
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    Frontline staff to lose jobs

    ZippyGBR replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    have they or are you forgetting that many of the patients we currently see would already have been dead in the old days ? the acutiy of the average inpatient unit today is ten or more times...
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    Frontline staff to lose jobs

    ZippyGBR replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    welcome to the house of fun ... although i don't work on a neurosurgery unit i see plenty of patients who have been through neurosurgical units please please please 1. realise that neurological...
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    Verbal orders vs Telephone orders

    ZippyGBR replied to DEB52's topic in General Nursing

    attack is the best form of defence - incident form it before the doc gets his spin on
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    Verbal orders vs Telephone orders

    ZippyGBR replied to DEB52's topic in General Nursing

    in the UK there is always a middle grade presence on site in an acute hospital ... even the smallest site in our trust which as only about 60 overnight beds has a middle grade available via it;s...
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    We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    ZippyGBR replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    put the shrouds down a moment ... If you look at the UK for a moment there has been a steady decrease in Acute hospital beds and consequently staff to staff those beds, but this is countered with...
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    Have you been ever gotten sick from working as a nurse?

    ZippyGBR replied to Aly529's topic in Health, Stress Management

    , why do you think they never swab staff? unless you are due to have an invasice procedure or are admitted I suspect a lot of people working in healthcare are colonised ... but how much MRSA is...
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    Anti-Intellectualism/Autonomy in nursing

    ZippyGBR replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

    Perioperative Nurses and Neonatal ICU are still on the Shortage occupation list for tier 2 sponsorship ......
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    Anti-Intellectualism/Autonomy in nursing

    ZippyGBR replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

    in the evil Socialist NHS, Nurses can order lab tests and we can order imaging if we are IR(ME)R trained
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    Anti-Intellectualism/Autonomy in nursing

    ZippyGBR replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

    depends on the legal basis of standing orders for medications, as in the UK if you are working to a PGD it is your accountability for making the clinical decision to initiate
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    Blood transfusion

    ZippyGBR replied to blessed02's topic in General Nursing

    30 minutes from the fridge to infusing , max of 4 hours to infuse, realistically the time from fridge to vein is less than that even if you have to go to the fridges 4 floors from the
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    Steps in bladder training of a patient on foley catheter

    ZippyGBR replied to jlsr's topic in General Nursing

    often this is going to be for people who've had a catheer for a while and/or have neurological issues step one - explain the process and gain consent ! step two - put a catheter valve on step three...
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    Accidentally gave an IM intradermally

    ZippyGBR replied to natashrn11's topic in General Nursing

    intradermally ? or sub-cut ? an unknown proportion of IM injections are given as deep SC injections in people who are not skinny ... becasue you never really know how think the SC fat is
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    UK Cost of Living and Band 5 Salary

    ZippyGBR replied to marssi's topic in International Nursing

    1. UK salaries are quoted as basic salaries i.e. excluding Unsocial hours payments. 2. if you are looking in the south east some places have London weighting or a long term recruitment and...
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    Questionable decision

    ZippyGBR replied to mysticalmoonray's topic in General Nursing

    not in the USA becasue if Doctors and adminstrators waited for simple test results they wouldn't bew able to deliver 'the standard of care' required to line their pockets from unnecessary...
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    Tips on securing a nasal ETT! and other advise :)

    ZippyGBR replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    tube tie / conforming bandage .... handle and blade choice are to some degree a provider dependent option
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    Coding visitors?

    ZippyGBR replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Try that it's BOHICAWOKY time, you have a professional responsibility to give emergency care, yes you'd call 911/999/112 or whatever the local number for accessing EMS is but meanwhile you should act...
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    Tips for a band 6 interview

    ZippyGBR replied to lal100's topic in International Nursing

    probably better posted in the UK nursing
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    Nursing Priority vs First nursing action

    ZippyGBR replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    management priorities of the unwell patient Airway- Breathing- Circulation Oxygen is a 'breathing' intervention it's also quicker than going and drawing up the furosemide and administering it...