NurseRachy

Every shift i doubt my choice of profession! Sad but true.

Carebear06 - Firstly - good luck in your new job. You'll never know unless you try it. I have a couple of friends that work in prisons and they LOVE it. They always have officers around them and are NEVER alone with the inmates. They would never c...

I'm sorry to read that you have had a bad time in nursing. These issues are identical in nursing world-wide! I can fully identify with your issues expressed and they are very similar to reasons why i have decided to leave the profession at only the ...

Hmmmmm... let me think...... Absolutely NOTHING!!!!

Unfortunately not in Australia either.... I'm in the same boat. I have qualifications in Public Health and Health Promotion...... The powers that be are struggling to see the connection to nursing practice and how my knowledge is of assistance to o...

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, I would LOVE to be a teacher. Mother was a teacher - really don't know how i ended up nursing..... can we please swap qualifications? Rachel

Hi - This is a Turkish name spelt Farty but pronounced "Far-too" Unfortunate spelling in English... Rachel

How about medihoney? It's real honey from bees but a certain type with better healing properties. I have also used normal honey on myself, but that was just for a graze when i tripped. Worth a try..

Sorry Marla I've never heard of it either but I hope that everything ends up ok!! Sending good wishes.. Rachel

Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl Charlotte. Thank you for coming back and updating us. I'm glad everything worked out well. Ohh i don't blame you for feeling un-motivated with the study, but you are sooooo close and before you can click ...

Hello jetta1, Yeah a good friend of mine was written up by a Dr because she paged the Dr to query a dose (INR 3.3 and 3mg of warfarin written up to give) and when the Dr called back she was really nasty, yelling and carrying on down the phone that sh...

OHHHHHH YEAH - My PET hate!!!!!!!! It never gets any better either. What also irks me is when the medical team do their rounds and I'm busy with my other 3 pts with chest pain and they write orders in their progress notes (like bloods) BUT DON'T TELL...

Wow - I've never been asked if I've been saved. I'm sure i would blurt out "from what, what do you mean?" Other than that I think I would just answer "yes thanks" and quickly busy myself with another task. When people (usually 2 young men) knock on ...

ALL THE BEST!!! I fondly (haha) remember my 4 impacted wisdom teeth being removed. I had to go to a hospital's day surgery and had a general anesthetic. Well, I too had the bruising, SWELLING, pain, SWELLING, numbness, oh, did i mention SWELLING re...

oh my gosh - that is terrible news! I'm so sorry to hear about that Julie. I'm keeping you both in my best wishes. Positive thinking ((((((((((Julielpn))))))))))) Rachel

Sorry to hear that you are soo sad. i too would strongly recommend a drug rep job, or maybe work as a homeless outreach nurse- that way you might feel less like a bird in a cage. How about being a case manager for chronic illnesses like COPD or som...

Ok, so you NEARLY put on a nicotine patch before your nurse could check it themselves, but you said you checked it against many other things (wristband, chart, etc ) so it's not like you were being dangerous! AND if you were checking it against all t...

I love nursing but I'm too busy to run around and find the patients friend a different flavour of jam for the patients toast! (but i do it anyway cause I'm a softy)

Sorry to hear this markjrn, sorry no advice just best wishes! Rachel

That's lovely to hear you enjoyed it! Good luck for the future Rachel

Oh, that's soooo unfair Marla!! I'm sorry to hear you are suffering through this *again* and I wish you speed in your treatment and recovery! Rachel x

Hi Harry Potter, Yes i have had this before when i was a student at uni during exam time. I really do believe it is stress related because as soon as my stressor went way I was better. I too had no headache or earache and was generally in good healt...

Hello, Many GNP's offer an OR rotation, and depending on whether you like it sometimes it can even be extended too. I have a friend that was simply not happy on her ward and loved the OR so they put her back in and she's thriving now. Do whatever m...

WELCOME BACK TOOKIE!!!!!!! Lovely to see you again :) Rachel :)

you are a very experience fainter!! I've never fainted, been grossed out, but never even thought about fainting. Have you had a medical exam to find out why you faint so much. And are you a nurse? how do you do procedures ? Hello medsurgnurse, yes i ...