LiverpoolJane

I'm sure you have plenty of clinical hours in Med/Surg. I have attached (I hope) of the transcript I had to send to my old school of nursing for them to complete, I think this form may have changed since though so this is just an example. I did wh...

Not as many as there was several years ago due to retrogression. The situation is that most UK nurses come under the EB3 visa catagory and this is backlogged, they are only processing applications approved up to Dec 2002. To work as a nurse in the U...

When I started my RN training in 1989 the last of the Pupil Nures (ENs) where just completing their training. There are still ENs employed - in very small numbers as the majority of them completed the conversion courses during the 1980s & 1990s. ...

Your right there wouldn't have been a problem, but as there was a potential problem the LPN only served to compound it. From my understanding the AM insulin had been missed by the night nurse but was promptly picked up by the day staff and so should ...

I hope things work out ok for you Sue. I'm out of management now and I don't think people realise how difficult it is, I never realised adults could be so childish until I was a ward manager.

When I qualified I was lucky to find a job as there was a jobs freeze at that time. It was in a hospital I had never set foot in and was a bag of nerves as I was terrified I would be in charge on my first day as this was the norm where I trained. T...

I'm not sure I would have done the same, but now you've done it you'll have to ride it out. If you feel you can I would go to the manager and say that you realise his / her job is stressful (believe me it really is) and ask if there is anything you ...

I often disagree with the Drs decisions, but then Drs frequently disagree with other Drs decisions. I hate when I can't allow people to die with dignity because some Drs think just because we can intervene we should. I work in renal and have had to...

Ok I'm with you now, I thought this was related to your placement, in that case I would go for the make sure his urine output is at least 40mls/hr, in a non burns patient and I would think it would be the same for a burns patient. If the pt is passi...

I'm not a burns nurse but to try and answer your question, I would not be looking at any of those answers as being correct in this case. The nearest I can relate to your patient is one man I helped look after who had acute kidney injury with rhabdomy...

At the risk of sounding like the Angel of Doom there seems little in Mr Obamas speech last Wednesday to offer much optomism for the reform many have been anxiously waiting for. I don't think he will tackle the Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) ...

I was a ward manager for nearly five years and was convinced the title was a fictional one as they couldn't fit "person to blame when things go wrong" on a name badge. I used to get phone calls at night from the ward staff telling me the bank nurs...

The OP doesn't actually say what the family are doing though. There is nothing to suggest this man has been lied to, he may well be the type of person that would rather not know. I have asked the question of the OP, it the man had asked and not bee...

I don't know much about your area of work and obviously have no idea what Trust you work for, but I would look at the corporate objectives and try and link these in the presentation too. Read up on whatever the hot topics are for your Trust - probabl...

Could you tell us if the patient had given any indication that he didn't want to know or if the patient had asked questions of the medical staff and been lied to? I have not experienced anyone being told lies to direct questions, I have experienced p...

I assume this is a ward manager role? I would start with saying you would audit the current quality of documentation, feedback to the team, ask for their thoughts on how it can be improved etc. Then I would explain how to coach, support, educate, l...

You'd be hard pushed to find a hospital willing to sponsor at the moment as many are laying off staff and some have closed. There is nothing stopping you applying for a license and there is plenty written about how to do this on Allnurses. Things m...

No, I'm afraid not. There seems to be a Nurse Reform Bill introduced every year that gets nowhere. Most nurses are in the EB3 category and they are only processing approved applications up to Sept 2002 at the moment.

I have read that even though Sen Brown has been elected - possibly a protest vote - that the Reps will not want to be upsetting the Irish and Latino voters? If the Reps block the CIR bill they may well alienate themselves and risk losing their seats ...

I don't know if it is different in the US than the UK but generally the Dr would not tell the family anything the patient didn't know unless the situation was that the patient doesn't want to know but the Dr feels that the family should be aware of t...

I'm sorry your parents are not being supportive of you, you are not stupid but for parents to suggest you are is pretty crushing. My advice is to proove them wrong and don't let their comments overwhelm you, the fact that you got a degree in somethin...

You don't say if the patient has asked for this info and it has been with held. Some patients do not ask as they really don't want to know. My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer about 6 years ago. He didn't ask any questions about prognosis bu...

Sue, you might want to make a start with getting your nurse training transcripts as that can be a big problem. It took me a year to get ATT (Approval To Test) as the old school of nursing is now a university and had a bit of difficulty with all the ...

The only other faint glimmer that many are looking at is the CIR (comprehensive immigration reform). It is intended to address the illegal immigration, but has another points one of which is hoped will include recapture of unused visas going back se...

Kay, the only real success I have had doing heparin free HD was by using the AN69 dialyser but they are more expensive. In my last place I was able to get "approval" to use them, the doctors (as you say) will just come along and state they want the ...