LiverpoolJane

I'm ignorant to what exactly a cardio-renal nurse is as I have never heard of this before, so could you give me a bit more info on this please? I am an all round renal nurse and am responsible for AKI & CKD patients, including RRT (HD, HF, HDF, P...

I had this problem about 6 years ago when moving back to the NHS from the private sector and agenda for change was new. I was going to a band 7 and bottom would be conciderably less than my current wage at that time, I was told at interview that they...

First of all I would re-check that BP with a manual sphyg as I personally have never seen a BP like that. If the dyastolic was indeed that high I would be getting him urgent medical attention, I have had pts whos' BP increases during HD and they hav...

I've never done it personally but did work with someone who did for many years. From what she told me you had to do your own X-rays and bloods etc and you need to have you ALS too. I'm not sure how much it pays but I'm sure it's one of those jobs t...

As a child and young adult I didn't have a burning desire to be a nurse in fact I wanted to do something in the beauty industry. Anyhow I won't bore you with the long version but did do nurse training and looking back after 21 years since I started ...

I was in work Mon - Wed this week and on Tuesday it took me 3.5 hours to get there, but did something really stupid when I stopped at the services for petrol, in buying a coffee. Of course after a while I was looking at the now empty coffee cup wonde...

I'm a UK nurse so I'm more familiar with Hb as opposed to HCT, so please bear with me. I work in renal and our CKD patients tend to function well on a lower Hb than you or I. The fact that her HCT has dropped can be due to a number of factors, you ...

Agree with FLMom3, you need to tell your line manager as I would assume he/she needs to carry out a risk assessment, at least that is what we are obliged do in the UK.

I'm delighted to see that the last baby was delivered sefely by a skilled Midwife. My mums second was a breech delivery - at home as my mum didn't want to another hospital birth and only the midwife there to deliver my brother into the world. I am ...

Well you've just made me "pull a face" reading such a inane statement. Yes nursing can be stressful and I don't think £21,000 is a bad starting salary for a newly qualified preceptorship nurse. As a band 5 nurse in time you have the opportunity to ...

Look up the NKF K/DOQI guidelines for more info as I am not an expert in the ins & outs of why. As a Renal nurse I see it used routinely as it will help regulate not only fluid loss but will help with the excretion of sodium, therefore helping r...

This may be a little off topic but I was remembering something I was told many years ago about the title Doctor. In the UK if you have a PhD you have a doctorate and therefore have earned the title Dr. As a Physician unless you have a PhD the term ...

I would be grateful of anyone who knows about the CIR bill could answer a question for me. Someone told me today that of the bill is enforced all Doctors, Nurses and Physiotherapists would be lifted from EB3 and their PD whatever it is would become ...

Thanks for replying. I've been mooching around a few immigration sites tonight and nobody else seems optomistic of the Immigration reform getting through congress anytime soon so I think this person is just wishful thinking. It threw me into a bit ...

Without looking at my transcripts I can give you an idea of the hours I did in practice, hours of theory would take me a little longer to work out but for each speciality it would be at least 37.5 hours - I think. Clinical practice hours Acute med &g...

I feel like i'm living in a different country (well I suppose I am to you Sharrie!) as it has been ok here in Liverpool. Yesterday I had all the windows and my french doors open, washing out on the line, no coat when I went out as it was a beautiful...

Hi, I am a UK nurse, I am cuurently an Advanced Practitioner in training and all being well will have an MSc in Advanced Practice as well as being a non medical prescriber. I am aware that in the US NPs have a separate registration with the BON unli...

Thank you for your response and the link, this clears up a lot of my questions. Being an NP in the UK is quite new compared to the US but it is gaining in momentum and the funding is coming from the local health authorities and hospitals are reimbur...

It seems that in some cases the H1N1 resistant to Tamiflu, the news items below are from the US and UK http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/1584195.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8370859.stm

Very interesting that it mentions people taking some responsibility to protect themselves and in particular not refusing the vaccine if they have been offerred it. If they have refused to be vaccinated when offerred the chance to do so, they may ...

I'm a renal nurse training as an Advanced Practitioner, I do have contact with pts who are CKD 3 - 5 so may be of some help?

Others, including those with a proven 20 year track record of dedication to nursing, such as myself, are affected by retrogression too, I find your comments really distasteful.

There was an artical in the telegraph with the following title (link below) Sentenced to death on the NHSPatients with terminal illnesses are being made to die prematurely under an NHS scheme, the Liverpool Care Pathway, to help end their lives, l...

From what I viewed on TV it seems some Docs were suggesting it was being used as a way to almost euthanize patients. From my personal experience the Docs I come into contact with, in my opinion under use it, often delay putting pts on the pathway an...

At my last Trust (I was a ward manager) according to the policy, carers leave is leave at very short notice when it isn't possible for you to make alternative arrangements. Technically your manager may be correct as far as your Trusts policy goes, as...