ZippyGBR BSN, RN

Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS

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    Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    ZippyGBR replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    another issue which has been barely mentioned is the continuity that having NPs as part of the team can bring - (same as having proper NCCG docs in the UK ) that having 'fully trained'...
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    Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    ZippyGBR replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    the question is why are NP programmes taking people without the necessary consolidation of clinical practice ... yet another reason whya degree of centralised workforce planning to manage numbers and...
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    Hospital frequent flyers??? Whatever happened to it being an acute care facility!

    ZippyGBR replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    which is yet another reason why single payer systems benefit the provider unit whether government run or private - you get paid for bed days occupied ( with the exception of where there is some kind...
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    Stepping Hill Deaths: Charges against nurse dropped

    ZippyGBR replied to XB9S's topic in International Nursing

    correlation does not imply causation the case was shaky from the start IMO hence the original charges , there's no 'smoking syringe' like Allitt, Norris or
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    Any Muslim surgical technologist/scrub nurses in allnurses?

    ZippyGBR replied to Lailah000's topic in General Nursing

    as has been suggested if managers are unhappy with an externally sourced hijab you could wear an ortho hood over it or how's your green surgical towel origami
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    How many of you have to pay for parking for your work?

    ZippyGBR replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    i'm in the UK and pay just shy of 13gbp / month to park - although now the PFI FM partner has taken over parking it's not the bargain it was as it only covers one site now rather than all sites- which...
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    Nurses

    ZippyGBR replied to JosefVernon Hodgkins's topic in General Nursing

    as others have said Allnurses is a safe place to vent , it's a place where you will find sympathy, empathy and challenge in equal measure , part of what makes good Nurses good at their job is that...
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    Hospital frequent flyers??? Whatever happened to it being an acute care facility!

    ZippyGBR replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    had a bit of a battle trying to get some of my colleagues to play the game with a lad we had who was a serving soldier ( too sick for Headley Ct , but too well for Birmingham - so we got him for...
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    What are your favorite types of patients??

    ZippyGBR replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    1. motivated acute SCI patients in rehab 2. 'old ' SCI patients who know the drills and are expert patients - we can just concentrate on whatever brought them into hospital and have a good laugh 3....
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    Sympathy strike...would you do it??

    ZippyGBR replied to notachargenurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    first it depends on the legality of 'sympathy strikes' and associated activities including secondary and 'flying' pickets - some places make these illegal and secondary action leaves you wide open...
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    Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    ZippyGBR replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    it is also used as an analgesic
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    A payroll card instead of a check???

    ZippyGBR replied to fery632's topic in General Nursing

    basically it sounds like they pay you on to a 'pre paid' debit card, which you can then use , no doubt there's some kick back from the card provider in terms of the fees they are are(n't) paying...
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    Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    ZippyGBR replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ok... and how does a change in payment systems mean that management is any more or less likely to take liberties with staff ... and given that the US government is seen as one of the better...
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    different types of ICU

    ZippyGBR replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    there's 2 ways of deliniating critical care beds , the UK system which looks at dependency / number of organ systems requiring support / invasiveness of ventilation outside the 2000 bed teaching...
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    Ever had a patient or family members fire you?

    ZippyGBR replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    indeed, it is good luck to be 'fired' by a problem patient
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    Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    ZippyGBR replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    a significant proportion of the NPs i nthe Uk are in emergency /urgent / out of hours primary care and function extremely well in these roles especially if they are independent prescribers , we've...
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    Enough nurses or not?

    ZippyGBR replied to dottavi's topic in International Nursing

    a significant part of the problem is where mentors do not ensure that students actually undertake the activities they are required to do to meet their practice placement
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    license by endorsement

    ZippyGBR replied to sistasoul's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    'passport photo' is a standard size and format of image , not the back page of a passport
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    Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    ZippyGBR replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    which is a function of the fact that 'unionised workplace' in the USA basically appears to mean 'closed shop' ... rather than the situation that the people rather than the workplace are unionised...
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    Sitting down to calm an upset patient is unprofessional?

    ZippyGBR replied to kristandrews's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I suspect if you examine their noses and lips you will find deposits of faecal matter
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    Gay male nurses?

    ZippyGBR replied to mitakashi's topic in Men in Nursing

    well unless he minces around like the missing village person :dancgrp: altogether now M... R .... S ...
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    white scrub tops and males

    ZippyGBR replied to jltbone's topic in Men in Nursing

    exactly, plenty of Uniform dress codes in UK hospitals have or have had male Nursing staff in white tops - although increasingly it does seem that coloured uniform tops are more common rather than...
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    Nurse advocacy (Rant)

    ZippyGBR replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    other than the scarcely hidden jibes aobut the Uk , i'd agree the problem that Nurses i nthe US face is a lack of a clear collective voice, i don't know the figures for Nurses and HCAs as a part of...
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    Pyxis - The Ultimate Fomite

    ZippyGBR replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    if by 'de germer' you mean one of the alcohol based rubs you don't need to do both unless it's part of scrubbing up for a procedure undertaken under 'surgical conditions' I also wonder how much of...
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    Water Pitchers

    ZippyGBR replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    ice and infection control : it's because you can't adequately sterilise the entire liquid tract of an ice machine even if you empty and clean the hopper several times a day ... has anyone worked...