Rozhinitsy

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  1. Nursing School Bloopers

    Rozhinitsy replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    I made a major bloop when I was in my second year of training. We had a poorly patient who needed reviewing by the doctors so my mentor told me to bleep the team who were looking after her to come and...

  2. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Rozhinitsy replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    1) The word "breaching"!!! Patients have to stay in A + E for four hours then they get transferred to CDU, and if there are no beds available then there is a panic as the patient will "breach" the...

  3. Joke.

    Rozhinitsy posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    A man went to his doctor complaining of a terrible pain in his elbow. After much prodding and bending the doctor said " I am unsure as to the cause of your pain, I'll have to refer you to a...

  4. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Rozhinitsy replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I can deal with almost anything but dirt and body odour. Strange I know. I remember one man who was picked up by the police and brought into the hospital. He lived on the street, and he was soooooo...

  5. Male vs. Female

    Rozhinitsy replied to CarllS's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately the female nurses are not allowed to catherise men on my ward even though it's an acute medical ward. But both sexes can catherise women, although most male nurses will ask a female...

  6. Dangers of nursing

    Rozhinitsy replied to koan's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The worst thing about nursing for me is that we have to document everything that happens, from when people have a go at us for whatever reason, if we bleep the doctors and they don't respond etc. It's...

  7. customer satisfaction in the er

    Rozhinitsy replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    Yes, I suppose you are right. We do work in close proximity with A + E, but they deal with the patient first hand, then they transfer to

  8. UK Nursing and European Resources

    Rozhinitsy replied to gwenith's topic in United Kingdom

    Hi, I'm interested in woundcare and find that this site is good for finding the different dressings available.

  9. The Reason I Share My Messages With You

    Rozhinitsy replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Fran, How wonderful was that! That's made my day. It goes with the old adage, the beauty is in the eye of the

  10. my feet are killing me!

    Rozhinitsy replied to wintergreen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hi, Just wanted to say that we work 12 and a half hour shifts on my ward, plus the odd twilight(6pm to midnight), and some shorter shifts to make up the hours. You're feet will get used to it, believe...

  11. Is this correct?

    Rozhinitsy replied to Future_RN's topic in General Nursing

    In the UK, you don't have to practice giving yourself injections. When I was a student we had to practice on oranges as they thought that the orange peel was similar to human skin!!!! Good luck with...

  12. Taking out the trash

    Rozhinitsy replied to VAC's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry!! But I would empty the rubbish bins if they were full, as health and safety comes into being here. The domestics are usually very good at doing this however at night they are not around so much...

  13. customer satisfaction in the er

    Rozhinitsy replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    CDU isn't like a Fast Trek. We deal with all sorts of problems, such as Cardiac, Respiratory, Overdoses, Gastro problems and everything else. We assess these patients and then transfer them to the...

  14. MOT sticker (important for car owners)

    Rozhinitsy replied to Whisper's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks for notice, I had no idea that this was a legal requirement!! After my MOT last time, the mechanic gave me one of those but said it was up to me what I did with it!! So it went in the bin, as I...

  15. customer satisfaction in the er

    Rozhinitsy replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    You can't pleased everyone all the time, only people some of the time. I work in the assessment unit (now called CDU) and we have all those problems. It's like being between the devil and the deep...

  16. Nurses Don't Accept Gifts

    Rozhinitsy replied to roxannekkb's topic in General Nursing

    It was always drummed in to me not to accept personal gifts from whoever you were looking after. When I was about 20 I worked in a residential home for the elderly. I decided to leave and one of the...