Good_Queen_Bess

I hate it when a nurse call goes off and you are busy and nurses are sat at the nursing station doing nothing and ignore it! "It's not my patient": So? Or they are lazy people who always avoid buzzers, or pretend to be busy. Or in "in charge" so "c...

I have no children, so in reality I cannot understand how it feels to have a troublesome toddler. It sounds like you are bringing up a lovely boy though FutureNrse! I agree entirley with you on this. I often see parents loosing it with their childr...

I've only been working in NICU for about 3 months or so, but have a neuro background. I love it! It's so interesting! I like only having one patient as you can dedicate all your care and skills to that one person. I like the technical side of it,...

One of my concerns is that your patient hasn´t got an arterial line. Surely it is of importance that her BP is monitored constantly as she is obviously unstable. (Sorry can´t go on for too long as I´m on holiday in Algarve in Portugal and have onl...

I am due to rotate to NICU at the end of November. I have worked in neurosciences for 4 1/2 years since qualifying, I had 18 months NHDU experience approx 2 1/2 years ago until I went to work on neurology for a while. I have now been back on NHDU f...

Well at the time of this posting, I've been on the unit now for nearly 6 weeks. I have been supernumery all this time and go into the numbers next week. So far, I have really loved working there. Yes, there have been times when I have been a littl...

I think there is a world of difference. Health care should be free on the basis of need. Not on the ability to pay. It's a person's life. What if you simply can't afford a "good" package. Just out of curiosity, how much is an "average" health ins...

Cheers chuck!

I agree. IMO, whoever thinks that nurses who speak to brain dead patients means that we misunderstand brain death, are patronising and insulting.

Interesting topic. I think the subject has wandered off-track a little. People seem to be misunderstanding one another about whether other people mean by coma/pvs/brain dead/brain-stem dead/dead. I think the question really boils down to, "do you t...

I think the GCS is a good basic tool, but I acknowledge that it does have limitations. How we document these "problems" is to put a "D" for dysphasic or "T" for trache in the verbal response box where no. 1 or nil is. As a side note, do other people...

I was going to defend my 'basic' skills as a nurse, but I couldn't have said better myself. Thank you.

That is such a sad story, and I suspect an all too common one. People are saying that "people should take responsibility for themselves", well I have no idea how much healthcare insurance costs, but what if you can only afford a $40 a month premium?...

Reminds me of something Will. E Coyote would do. :chuckle

I actually did something very similar to my husband re the remote control thing. I went to the shop with it in my pocket! It was only the corner shop 5 minutes away but I didn't stop laughing for a week.

OMG, these just get better and better.

Ohhh! That's so gross! It's one of the funniest things I have heard in ages!

Yes, that positively proves that cats are cleverer than men.

Ok, it's 1.30am. I'm in the middle of a night shift. It's v quiet tonight (don't speak too soon). OK, I should be looking through patients notes, but I've already done that. Can't be bothered to read. So, as luck would have it, I have access to ...

I've heard of some of the changes, but not all. Incidentally, disappointed in the poll results. Why haven't more people voted for "Whisper stop babbling"? Eckey thump!

Just read your post. I think the nurse was wrong to ask you. You are not paid to work there, you are there to learn. Call me a cynic, but in my opinion, she wasn't just asking you because the agency nurses wouldn't know the ward, I suspect it's t...

The worst part for me is trying to adjust back to day shifts again. I am on my 4th night tonight (sun) and am back on days wednesday, which is the start of a 10 DAY STRETCH! I then am off two days and back on 4 nights again. OMG! No Sister, I don'...

I had no choice to be "down here" alone this afternoon, due to short staffing, but I think there has been some discussion amongst senior nurses as the nurse in charge is carrying the radio around with her and has assured me that help is available. I...

You'll have to bare with me as this make take some time, but I feel I have to get it off my chest as I am so angry. This morning I went to work. We have a staff shortage, but this morning, we were fully staffed plus 2 students (I know they don't rea...

Do you consider this work overload to be due to National Health? Is the government trying to do things on the cheap, making nurses and patients suffer? Is the situation the same at all hospitals, or are there variations within the system? What do pat...