karenG

karenG

midwifery, ophthalmics, general practice

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  1. nurses will not be employed by PCT's after 2008!

    karenG replied to karenG's topic in International Nursing

    Anna.......this is me............dont do things like that!!! if you pm with your address, I'll send you a photocopy of the article!

  2. nurses will not be employed by PCT's after 2008!

    karenG replied to karenG's topic in International Nursing

    well... its not going to happen until 2008 but its looking very much as though you would be in the same postion as me... ie working for a gp. unless groups of nurses band together and offer their...

  3. nurses will not be employed by PCT's after 2008!

    karenG replied to karenG's topic in International Nursing

    Anna there is an article about it in this weeks Independant Nurse. I'm lead practice nurse for the pct......and its causing headaches!! wonder how it will impact on the community matron stuff?? DN's...

  4. Do you ever get called, 'Doctor'?

    karenG replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm a nurse practitioner and dont wear a uniform..... I get called Dr quite a lot......... I'll have to remember Timothy's reply!! I usually laugh and say nope.. that would be a demotion for me!!...

  5. Percent of men in class?

    karenG replied to RN8Wannabe's topic in Men in Nursing

    3 men out of my class of 30. all 3 qualified and made fabulous nurses...... we all lived in the same nursing home........and its amazing how many times one of them managed to 'persuade' someone to...

  6. Looking like a Nurse

    karenG replied to loserboy's topic in Men in Nursing

    Interesting posts. over here, we had the infamous 'carry on' films and lots of people think of the images portrayed in those films as being realistic! if you havent seen them.......no loss but...

  7. Anyone going for there masters

    karenG replied to readytobeRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm a nurse practitioner in London........its very different here but I've just started a masters in respiratory care.............gulp!

  8. Mammography in UK

    karenG replied to suzy253's topic in International Nursing

    I've learnt on this site that we here tend to use completely different guidelines to you in the states. we interpert evidence differently. I guess its the differences that make it interesting!!...

  9. Mammography in UK

    karenG replied to suzy253's topic in International Nursing

    we start mammograms at 50- its not thought to be a useful test to do in breasts that are 'active' thats to say, in a woman with hormones flying round!! the mammogram just comes out looking like a...

  10. Did they catch the perpetrators of yesterday's bombing?

    karenG replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    ok... 4 attempts yesterday all failed. it seems the detonators went off but nothing happened. one bomber may have fled the scene injured. there seems to be lots of CCTV footage and pictures have...

  11. Roll Call

    karenG replied to Tweety's topic in Men in Nursing

    hiya I'm still here............sitting in the corner nursing a real ale ( red cuillin by skye brewery I think tonight!) listening to the craic! :)

  12. UK TV - Panorama, The Nurse's Story

    karenG replied to letina's topic in International Nursing

    I saw it and it made me ashamed to be a nurse. I wanted to go onto that ward and sort it out. dont winge about lack of nurses.........ok thats a problem but that is just total lack of care, that...

  13. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    karenG replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am a nurse.........never been called a female nurse though I have patients tell me I am 'no good.. you just woman!' here nurse is title.. and you can only use it if you are a nurse... thats to say...

  14. Guys and St. Thomas Hospital

    karenG replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in International Nursing

    I'd suggest a visit to the Florence Nightingale museum at St Thomas'...........its well worth a vist. also if you are interested, The wellcome museum of medicine which is part of the science...

  15. Guys and St. Thomas Hospital

    karenG replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in International Nursing

    still 2 seperate hospitals....... both on the south bank of the Thames. about a mile apart! havent ever worked in either. they share training etc but they are seperate hospitals.

  16. Do nurses need malpractice insurance?

    karenG replied to lsunurse's topic in International Nursing

    anna........you have malpractice cover by virtue of being a member of the RCN!! your GP may have vicarious liability but you can still get sued. I have RCN cover and Medical defense cover. nurses...

  17. Racial relations in the UK

    karenG replied to mojopsych's topic in International Nursing

    :chuckle And are you too failing to educate these daft southerners?????

  18. Racial relations in the UK

    karenG replied to mojopsych's topic in International Nursing

    this is a very emotive subject...........and has been comented... we are trying very hard here to be 'non racist'. we are trying to give equal oppurtunities to all and there will be a back lashe...

  19. Racial relations in the UK

    karenG replied to mojopsych's topic in International Nursing

    how do Black people get treated?? like people! I work in the outskirts of London.. with 3 white docs, two asian, and 2 black. the racial tension is between the asian docs........... who send...

  20. Racial relations in the UK

    karenG replied to mojopsych's topic in International Nursing

    LOL........... I'm scottish...........was sent south to educate the English! as you can see, I am failing badly...... and I will cheer for anybody playing England.. its not a race thing... more...

  21. mea culpa

    karenG replied to Whisper's topic in International Nursing

    deep breath.......have some chocolate and dont panic!!! different grades of nurses can do different things in different trusts according to competency. In my PCT, health care assistants regularly...

  22. mea culpa

    karenG replied to Whisper's topic in International Nursing

    what AfC pay rise............... never happened out here in general practice!!! alcohol used to be our coping mechanism.......... not chocolate!! our version of clinical support/supervision was...

  23. mea culpa

    karenG replied to Whisper's topic in International Nursing

    you did not make a mistake... you are an excellent nurse. the problem lies in the way the training is run. when I trained- back in the dark ages- we were left in charge of wards from the second...

  24. mea culpa

    karenG replied to Whisper's topic in International Nursing

    I agree with fergus...... you are not the first and you wont be the last to do this. The patient is fine, nothing awful happened. You will never make another drug error. (((((((whisper))))))

  25. do smokers need healthcare service.

    karenG replied to pretty25's topic in International Nursing

    i started by saying that everyone is entitled to free health care at the point of delivery. but. copd alone kills 32,000 people each year in the uk and that figure is rising fast. it will soon be the...