ZippyGBR BSN, RN

Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS

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    what to know @ scene of accident

    ZippyGBR replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    multiple casualties - do the least for the most to prevent deterioration traumatic arrest ABC = amen, bag'em, call the florist... , seriously, traumtic arrests have a really dismal prognosis even if...
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    what to know @ scene of accident

    ZippyGBR replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    whole variety of options present here.... if you just want to be confident in your first aid management go and do a first aid course ... if you aren't working in emergency care and don't have...
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    Witnessed a terrible death last night--pls help me...

    ZippyGBR replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

    hyoscine hydrobromide is the Uk approved name, it;s probably very similar if not the same as hyoscyamine hydrobromide and it;s the different generic nameing conventions striking again it's going...
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    Witnessed a terrible death last night--pls help me...

    ZippyGBR replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

    some hyoscine hydrobromide may have helped to dry up some of the secretions and reduce 'death rattle' as well as providing some sedation. Uk practice sees various concoctions given by syringe driver...
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    The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

    ZippyGBR replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    if you are going to do significant diuresis it could be a valid consideration ... certainly i'd rather catheterise someone that needs significiant diuresis than some of the pointless...
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    IS it ok to wear scrubs to an interview?

    ZippyGBR replied to WinksRN's topic in General Nursing

    yes onthe provisoes 1. it's in the facilty you currently work in 2. it's during or immediately before / after the completion of a
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    LPN or MN? Thoughts please......

    ZippyGBR replied to runningredsfan's topic in General Nursing

    thecommuter having re read the posting by the OP the options considered are pre-reg MN vs LPN and then LPN -RN while earning as an LPN i will restate my main point again - will a pre-reg MN...
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    The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

    ZippyGBR replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    given recent discussion about how "nurses can't do anything without a valid medical order (for billing purposes) " does this perhaps not indiciate the level of bureaucratic idiocy that has been...
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    Could I be in trouble? (New nurse)

    ZippyGBR replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    depending on the clinical assessment of the professionals between scene and the ED doc... Skull X rays are only rarely indicated in this day and age the otions generally being watch and CT if the...
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    LPN or MN? Thoughts please......

    ZippyGBR replied to runningredsfan's topic in General Nursing

    what specifically would a pre-registration MN graduate RN offer over and above any other new graduate RN? manager will look at the resume note the MN but note it was a pre-reg one and the next...
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    is this legal?

    ZippyGBR replied to dcnballmom's topic in General Nursing

    i see you nicely avoided the issue i raised there traumasRus ... i really do wonder why there is such an acceptance from those practising in the US of the need to get a Physician's permission to...
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    is this legal?

    ZippyGBR replied to dcnballmom's topic in General Nursing

    to be honest this whole thread sounds like a crock ... i still find it amazing that theUSA sees it as perfectly normal to have to get permission from physicians to do Nursing care for patients or to...
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    LPN or MN? Thoughts please......

    ZippyGBR replied to runningredsfan's topic in General Nursing

    a post-grad pre-reg route will NOT pay off any more in the long run ... becasue you won't have the additional skills knowledge and experience of someone who has doen a psot graduate degree as a...
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    Degree Vs Diploma!

    ZippyGBR replied to PixieThunder's topic in International Nursing

    ah the finest claire rayner rhetoric, hmm, luvvie, ... placing nursing firmly back into the past whenre kissing orifices and mopping doctor's brow were the order of the day... define truely stupid...
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    Degree Vs Diploma!

    ZippyGBR replied to PixieThunder's topic in International Nursing

    given the number of personalised attacks made against people becasue they don't fit the percieved correct mould for being a nurse , which sadly in the UK is a white, female traditionally trained...
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    Working with interns...can you help?

    ZippyGBR replied to maddiecat's topic in General Nursing

    it's probablysomething to ask us brits aobut as unless we work in private areas only a lot of our time is pent interacting with juniors, epsecially given that the shortest speciality training i nthe...
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    CNA's calling in/writing prescriptions

    ZippyGBR replied to phelan26's topic in General Nursing

    i really dont see what the issue is the prescription was checked andsigned by someone who is a prescriber ... do you have to be an RN to send a script to pharmacy? i think not given the script is...
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    Days off guidelines

    ZippyGBR replied to skicharles93's topic in International Nursing

    depends what the next shift is i would suggest that you need at least the 'night off' following the shift (as you've worked somewhere between 6 and 9 hours that day depending on how your shifts are...
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    Degree Vs Diploma!

    ZippyGBR replied to PixieThunder's topic in International Nursing

    so someone who isn't capable of gaining an NQF level 3 qualification is suitable to train/ educate as a health Professional? sorry this is utter rubbish ... most of the people ihave met in Nursing who...
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    Degree Vs Diploma!

    ZippyGBR replied to PixieThunder's topic in International Nursing

    I doubt it - it will mainly be changing marking criteria for academic work - a far smaller jump than from traditional training to current education and preparation for practice I don't see many...
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    Any French, English, or Canadian Nurses Here?

    ZippyGBR replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    the standard working week in the UK is 37.5 / week the standard working woeek i nthe NHS for everyone except doctors, dentists and directors is now 37.5 or will be by next year (the working week...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    ZippyGBR replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    how long ago ? we've had IV paracetamol for a couple of years now and there were some mega -expensive pro drug injectable paracetamol preparations available about 5 years
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    Change in IV Phenergan Policy

    ZippyGBR replied to RNKPCE's topic in Patient Medications

    zofran = Ondansetron ? if so it's off patent i nthe Uk now and suddenly a lot cheaper as the generic makers bring their product to
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    The price of healthcare

    ZippyGBR replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    the simple answer is a hybrid system tax funded emergency care - so emergency admissions, cancer invesigations ( current NHS standard = 2 week target to be seen often much quicker, 4 week target for...
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    Do you know guys, we ARE an action figure!

    ZippyGBR replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    trauma shears WOOt! essential badge of office for ED ( and displaced ED)