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  1. Am I the only one who hates 12 hour shifts?

    UKPedsRN replied to jdubs99's topic in General Nursing

    I want to work my hours in the least amount of days possible. I have been a nurse for 30 years, and I do not want to be at work 5 days a week, so 10 or 12 hours are the way to go for

  2. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    UKPedsRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Cutting corners is exactly why I am leaving my current position. I spoke to my manager to tell her why I was leaving. I was noticing that the culmative effect of everyone HAVING to cut corners is...

  3. Advice re: Psych pt

    UKPedsRN posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi everyone, I am working at a LTC facility and have a patient who was admitted from hospital to our facility with a number of conditions, diabetes, decubitus, history of aspiration pneumonia and...

  4. pt pass out after IM ceftriaxone inj

    UKPedsRN replied to yat777's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same thing happen to me 25 years ago as a student nurse awaiting my finals. I gave a young guy a tetorifice, and pooofff he was gone. Scared the heck out of me- thought I had killed a...

  5. UK hospital...how is this possible?

    UKPedsRN replied to hollyhox's topic in General Nursing

    It happens because too many wards in the UK are not correctly staffed, and good nurses end up so burnt out, too the extent that they are unable to attend to the basic needs of patients such as this....

  6. Registration with NMC

    UKPedsRN replied to ewen's topic in United Kingdom

    Took them 9 months to get my registeration to me, and that was with alot of chasing up. I trained i the UK, and was re-registering after 15 years

  7. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    UKPedsRN replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    1rrrn - what if doctors and nurses got control of the system instead of the insurance companies trying to ram people through the production line? what if drug companies had fair prices and fewer side...

  8. Trensfering patients to floor

    UKPedsRN posted a topic in PACU

    Hi all, Nurse in the UK here, would like as much feedback as possible. Who transfers the patient from PACU to ward in your hospital? How long does the process take? What delays the process? Do you...

  9. EWS /Systems Assessment

    UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone use the Early Warning System in the US? And how would you say it works in conjunction with System assessment, does anyone think that EWS could be used alone and the systems assessment not...

  10. EWS /Systems Assessment

    UKPedsRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    When I left the US to return to work in the UK, the EWS was not being utilised in the US. Not sure how to word this question. Now that I am working back in clinical in the UK, we are using the EWS and...

  11. Systems assessment

    UKPedsRN posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hello all, I am a UK trained nurse who worked in the US for 13 + years, I am now back in the UK and am writing a refelctive essay on the differences in practise in the two countries. One of the issues...

  12. Systems assessment

    UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hi Knitwhitt, Could you share the info you use on the laminated card you give your students? Also, if anyone has any links to research articles on how reporting findings to physicans when assessing...

  13. Systems assessment

    UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have just spent the last two hours here in University in Necastle, searching for articles on nursing assessment, interventions and reporting findings to Physicans - without luck. Do you have any...

  14. Systems assessment

    UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Thanks for your comments and references. I am still plugging away at this paper, hopefully I can make solid arguements and notice will be taken.

  15. Systems assessment

    UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    My thoughts exactly, however I know that some of my english colleagues do not see eye to eye with my on this topic, hence my post. Although they do assess their patients, do not think that they dont,...

  16. Physical assssments

    UKPedsRN posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi, I am a UK trained nurse who worked for years in the US, now I am back here in the UK, and have always been struck by the fact that floor nurses here do not complete an assessment of their...

  17. Physical assssments

    UKPedsRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am giving a presentation this week and would love to add some comments from US nurses and nurses from overseas who are now working in the US. How important is it to complete a head to toe...

  18. Physical assssments

    UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in International Nursing

    The comments I hear from patients generally indicate that they do not interact much with their nurses. I appreciate that it is difficult to complete an assessment with only 2 RN's to 30 patients, but...

  19. Here we go again!

    UKPedsRN replied to letina's topic in International Nursing

    Being at Uni at the prsent, I am alwas surprised at lecturers tellin our class that we have lots to teach pre reg students, and that they are saddened by the level of nurses they are producing. Each...

  20. update on UK TO USA

    UKPedsRN replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    In order to meet the requirements for US registeration you must have covered Medical, Surgical, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Psych during your training, both Theorectical and Practical placements in...

  21. Type II Diabetes - now on insulin

    UKPedsRN posted a topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Hi all, I have not been in clinical nursing for a while and would love to know what diet advice is now given to type II diabetics who have to be switched onto Insulin. How long would you say you...

  22. Medical trips to other countries?

    UKPedsRN replied to Whiddy's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with Food For the Hungry based in AZ. They need nurses to do trips to all of the countries they work in. They are a Christian organisation and are always in need of doctors and nurses to...

  23. how to wash your hands

    UKPedsRN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I have been amazed at the money poured into leaflets, posters an campaigns run here in the UK educating nurses to wash their hands. The reason I am sooo amazed by this, is the fact that when I trained...

  24. Own business/work from home - ideas please

    UKPedsRN posted a topic in International Nursing

    My full time job has just been made into a one day a week job - I won't go into details, but I taught another employee all she now needs to do my job. I have many many years experience in all types...

  25. Own business/work from home - ideas please

    UKPedsRN replied to UKPedsRN's topic in International Nursing

    what are you