ZippyGBR BSN, RN

Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS

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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    ZippyGBR replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    the punching the clock phenomena appears to be a peculiarly USAn one - i can't speak for everyone , but those of us in the UK don't have such systems - even if other groups of staff in the hospital...
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    Does your hospital have a prayer or some other inspirational message overhead?

    ZippyGBR replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    given the USA is meant to be the land of the free and a land of tolerance and respect for the diversity of the the populace ... if you can't answer that question
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    difference in nurse ed

    ZippyGBR replied to okchug's topic in General Nursing

    and in the absence of even stricter requirements than the EU directive and consequent National Law that underpins pre-reg courses in EU nations it's unlikely to improve ... Even the 4600 hours 50...
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    London 2012 Gamesmaker Nursing Interview

    ZippyGBR replied to angistraff's topic in International Nursing

    and when it all goes wrong perhaps LOCOG will come begging to the 'too expensive' , 'not relevant' , 'not effnic enuff' organisations who were eliminated in favour of the in-house bid rather than...
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    is uk nursing qualifications the same as the us qualifications?

    ZippyGBR replied to sissabell's topic in Immigration Advice

    i'd be interested to hear the rationale for that statement
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    Proposition for a Nursing Revolt

    ZippyGBR replied to PintheD's topic in General Nursing

    the irony of course is that many of you complaining about this issue would fight tooth nand nails against , national registration, single payer systems and active, strong unions / professional...
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    What is the better shift? Would you rather work night shift or day shift? Curious :)

    ZippyGBR replied to tikilpn2's topic in General Nursing

    Nights 1. better team work 2. lack of suits and clipboard wielding clippy-cloppy shoes wearing 'nurse damagers' 3. better team work 4. unsocial hours
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    WOW! The public really doesn't like us, huh?

    ZippyGBR replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    there is an assumption by some CNAs/HCAs that the RNs should do an 'equal' share of the 'any person' person work rather than their fair share .... and doing assessments and documenting them , doing...
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    WOW! The public really doesn't like us, huh?

    ZippyGBR replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    The assumption is that degree education has made Nurses 'too posh to wash' and that Student Nurses spend all their time in Universtiy rather than on the wards ... There are also myths put around...
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    WOW! The public really doesn't like us, huh?

    ZippyGBR replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    and blaming 'modern' degree educated Nurses for all the ills of the NHS .... oddly enough i don't see (m)any Matrons or Directors of Nursing who are P2k or post P2k RNs ... no nursing management is...
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    Hospital Innovations

    ZippyGBR replied to carl5480's topic in General Nursing

    i've worked in a number of hospitals with tube systems and the amount of samples / drug charts / medication that goes missing makes it not worthwhile, then of course there's the restrictions on...
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    does anyone out there copy charts to save time?

    ZippyGBR replied to lordgregoryrn's topic in General Nursing

    well you are in a small minority there i
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    Hospital Innovations

    ZippyGBR replied to carl5480's topic in General Nursing

    tube systems - cause more problems than they solve - even in a new build discharge lounge = old
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    Question about flushing lines

    ZippyGBR replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

    i'd love to know how a clot in a vien got into coronary vessel unless there's a structural abnormality in the heart ... what's actually going to happen if there is a clot is potentially a micro or...
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    Morphine dose in vial?

    ZippyGBR replied to Chaya's topic in General Nursing

    are leftpondians drastically more sensitive to Morphine or something ... 2 mg even IV may as well be homeopathic ... most places i've worked the standard regime is 10mg im/sc or 10 mg oramorph or...
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    Previous felony convictions, 1400 percent increase!

    ZippyGBR replied to ITSSOSIMPLE's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    onece again the institutionalised bigotry and Narcotic Panic of the 'Land of the Free' strikes ... risk assessment ladies and gents risk assessments
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    asystole then DC

    ZippyGBR replied to nurse2033's topic in Emergency

    i'm really suprised this patient wasn't admitted to a monitored bed at the very least ... a 13 second pause is big news what is her QT and QTc intervals - i would suspect that she is at risk from...
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    Is there a nurse on the plane?

    ZippyGBR replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    In the case of UK law some of the meds are covered by exemptions , as others have said others are established parts of the standards of care established by ILCOR and the national resuscitation...
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    What do you consider to be nursing's biggest setback?

    ZippyGBR replied to almost30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ah the transatlantic sarchasm strikes again
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    What do you consider to be nursing's biggest setback?

    ZippyGBR replied to almost30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    if bill-ability is solely the issue why are these skills not still physician only in settings where there isnot the obsession with billing e.g. the evil socialist single payer systems
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    How do you incorporate faith into your daily nursing tasks?

    ZippyGBR replied to orangepink's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    post 81 was mine , yes we (as Nurses) do ask about religion and enter it on the Nursing Notes and into the Admission message on PAS , we also ask patients if we can contact the relevant member of the...
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    Urine drug test too dilute??!!

    ZippyGBR replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    you do realise there is a difference between dilute and diluted ? or is this a case once against of 'narcotic
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    Fecal Disimpaction

    ZippyGBR replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    In someone with a 'normal' bowel reaching the point of requiring a manual evacuation indicates a failure somewhere along the line, it doesn't necessarily mean it's the'fault' of Nurses or Doctors -...
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    What do you consider to be nursing's biggest setback?

    ZippyGBR replied to almost30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    the Lateral violence thing seems to be common across the world, possibly due to the gender balance - one ofthe heads of year at my secondary school said that he 'preferred' to deal with Boys who...
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    What do you consider to be nursing's biggest setback?

    ZippyGBR replied to almost30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    waits for the conspiraloons to descend ... unfortunately it's the kind of thing that gets the conspiraloons and militia types all vocal and therefore the politicians will be forced to abandon it