ZippyGBR BSN, RN

Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS

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    I'm a nurse not a "Male Nurse"

    ZippyGBR replied to suanna's topic in Men in Nursing

    one of the historical quirks is that some places ( including the UK ) did have seperate registers for Male and Female RNs a one
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    Discrimination Against Men in Nursing

    ZippyGBR replied to Demonsthenes's topic in Men in Nursing

    once again the cultural imperialsts strike again. Let's make this very clear. I moved as part of a financially driven restructure, not helped by the fact the Nurse Manager on the unit (ED) i worked...
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    Nursing Shoes For Men, do they exist?

    ZippyGBR replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Men in Nursing

    magnum is now a brand it seems with everything from shoes through you lace up to the knee 'professional bovver boots' for SWAT types CBHs are the 'standard British army boot what you have to...
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    Liability of threatened AB on M/S unit?

    ZippyGBR replied to new_nurse_2006's topic in General Nursing

    it happens routinely in the UK a 16 week gestation patient whould be placed within the general bed base - generally on a gynae ward - however the impression i get is that due to the way hospitals...
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    Discrimination Against Men in Nursing

    ZippyGBR replied to Demonsthenes's topic in Men in Nursing

    at the minute i have a quandary aobut the whole men in nursing thing as a male RN who has been redeployed from the emergency dept to an Acute Assessment Unit - takes the majority of unplanned...
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    do any of you like codes??

    ZippyGBR replied to ryanfocker's topic in Men in Nursing

    resuscitation (whether trauma or medical , whether or not it gets to pounding on chests ) is a buzz , yes it is odd knowing that someone has to have had have a major boo-boo to be in that state but...
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    Nursing Shoes For Men, do they exist?

    ZippyGBR replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Men in Nursing

    i'm suprised that no one has mentioned magnums - i generally alternated between magnums and British Army CBHs while a student and generally wore magnums in my first and second A+E jobs , third job...
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    "male" scrub top patterns

    ZippyGBR replied to jb2u's topic in Men in Nursing

    the question is would the OP say it to mr Chapman 's
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    Nursing 10 years ago

    ZippyGBR replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

    air bolus does not prove the tube is i nthe stomach there are 2 fool proof ways 1. aspirate gastirc content and check the strongly acidic pH 2. use radio opaque tubes and X ray everyone after tube...
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    Nurses not doing assessments

    ZippyGBR replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    from my point of view as a nurse working on an assessment unit - looking after patients who really need RN input ( given that Uk critical care areas only take patients who are really sick - and...
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    big bad nursing myths busted

    ZippyGBR replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    aid of course by those places i nthe world where the only entry point for people trained i that country to the register is at RN
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    Nurses not doing assessments

    ZippyGBR replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    becasue historically UK hospitals have had access to on tap in house medical cover 24/7/365 ... the biggest problem is the perception by some that it's a 'doctor's job' therefore it's getting ideas...
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    Why are emergency nurses not considered critical care nurses?

    ZippyGBR replied to JessicRN's topic in Emergency

    only until you get a legislative / financial climate that favours throughput ... for all the 'evisl' of socialised medicine getting people into a suitable bed in an approrpaite timeframe is...
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    Why do doctors get to play by different rules?

    ZippyGBR replied to asilmk's topic in General Nursing

    depends on the scenario if the consultant / attending turns up to do a planned activity in inapprorpaite attire that's not really on ... hell go and grab a set of theatre scrubs - so you at least...
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    Complete and total disregard for Visiting Hours! (vent)

    ZippyGBR replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    there are and should be different rules for different clinical areas e.g. in the UK -adult, general areas - set visiting times , generally enforced up to a point unless there's a good reason not to...
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    Is there a Doctor in the house? Working a code without one in an LTAC

    ZippyGBR replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    standing orders? Patient group directive? exemption from medicines legislation for adminstration in life threatening situations (still has to be obtaiend thorugh the proper chain of ordering and...
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    Is there a Doctor in the house? Working a code without one in an LTAC

    ZippyGBR replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    ...defibrillator skills are including in the vastest majority if not all emergency ambulance crew training standards across the developed world as well as many 'advanced first aid' or 'first...
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    Taking orders from a medical student

    ZippyGBR replied to platon20's topic in General Nursing

    always a good idea to have 2 pairs of hands when doing postural
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    Medical charts- do hospitals keep them?

    ZippyGBR replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    there are two financial reasons for going over the digital radiography 1. reduced spend on film and chemicals 2. reduced spend on storage - several large store rooms are replaced by a broom closet...
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    Taking orders from a medical student

    ZippyGBR replied to platon20's topic in General Nursing

    it's pretty much a moot point over the orthostatic BP - unless there is a good reason why not - however a good reason why not would stand whether it was a student, foundation doc, middle grade or...
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    Do hospitals normally give annual raises?

    ZippyGBR replied to qt314nf's topic in General Nursing

    from the right -pondian viewpoint there's two parts to pay rises - the cost of living aspect and a 'progression/ experience/ seniority' aspect the two should be decoupled - i.e. the cost of living...
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    Addressing physicians

    ZippyGBR replied to NeuroNP's topic in International Nursing

    and then some of them become 'doctor' again by getting a (commonwealth post basic) MD or a
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    Resignation Letter-Help is Needed

    ZippyGBR replied to loricatus's topic in General Nursing

    simple answer keep the resignation letter simple and brief " dear toxic manager As per our discussions i am writing to confirm my resignation from the post of as of therefore my notice period...
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    Pet Nurse??

    ZippyGBR replied to Fuzzy's topic in General Nursing

    the question really is does the veterinary Nurse do 'nursing' - i'd suggest they do which is also the viewpoint in the UK - i see no problem until the VN tries to fool people s/he is a people...
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    Addressing physicians

    ZippyGBR replied to NeuroNP's topic in International Nursing

    away from patients by their first names usually! formally - any junior and any grade of higher specialst trainee or fully trained physician are known as 'Doctor' -any Consultant or fully trained...