mree

mree has 3 years experience and specializes in Emergency Care.

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1. Customer Service at any cost and its effect on burn out and safety??

   mree replied to PACURN1818's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Dear lord, HOW do you guys in the US not go stir crazy and kill everyone? I'm in the UK, we have (at least on paper) a ZERO TOLERANCE approach to staff abuse. We just won't have it! My most recent...

2. Band 7 interview pending

   mree replied to Bailey1979's topic in International Nursing

   Band 7 = Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in the UK, A&E = ER! It's called Accident and Emergency

3. Clogged feeding tubes

   mree replied to Phillygryl's topic in General Nursing

   Pineapple juice!!! Works like a charm

4. Home birth in NY?

   mree replied to mree's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks to all for your views, some interesting

5. Home birth in NY?

   mree posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi, I recently read about the closure of St Vincents hospital in NY, and it started a debate on another forum I'm a member of about the different attitudes to home birth between the UK and the US....

6. VENT - Caring for patients in 3 bed rooms

   mree replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   I guess it all depends what you're used to! I'm in the UK, and although I'm now an ED staff nurse, I did a lot of Auxilliary and Student Nurse shifts on wards during my training. Standard wards in the...

7. Hi - UK Student Nurse :)

   mree replied to mree's topic in General Students

   Wow, that sounds complicated! Thanks for your replies guys, by the sound of it we don't have it too bad over here after all! What's the job situation like over there? I know it's a huge country, but...

8. Humorus List of Hospital Job Roles

   mree replied to NOTEWORTHY's topic in Nursing Humor

   Is this it? Surgeon: Leaps tall buildings in a single bound Is more productive than a train Is faster than a speeding bullet Walks on water Talks with God Internist: Leaps short buildings in a single...

9. How to tell you've worked too many shifts in a row

   mree replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Nursing Humor

   When you go to get changed into uniform and wonder what shirt (if any) you're going to find under your jacket as you were still asleep when you got dressed. I've done an entire ED nightshift in my...

10. Hi - UK Student Nurse :)

    mree posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone, I'm a 3rd year student nurse from the North-East of England. We've recently had a lot of fuss made about our education, in particular bursaries and level of qualification, and as I've...