snoopy29

snoopy29

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  1. When a child dies - what makes nurses incredible.

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Thankyou Sharrie for your post - I thought I had finished being emotional and then you set me off again!!! but I don't think they are deserved. I am just an average nurse working with an incredible...

  2. When a child dies - what makes nurses incredible.

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Midwest4me and gentlywind, I am so so sorry for your loss and truly hope that this post has not opened any old wounds but THANKYOU for your words, I cannot tell you how much they mean. Can I add that...

  3. A really good student nurse

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I let her know - but don't let on as I have worked hard to earn the reputation of a battle-axe :) I also emailed a quick reflective account to her mentor saying pretty much what I have said above...

  4. Nursing Management Getting Down & Dirty On The Floors

    snoopy29 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like we are still quite lucky here in the UK - but to be fair a lot of the push is motivated by the fact we are measured so carefully on government set targets, and financially penalised if we...

  5. You know you're Old School when...

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Oh dear the teeth cleaning that brings back memories of my first ever nursing student placement........ It was the end of the night shift and Sister She Who Must Not Be Questioned said "Nurse please...

  6. Nurses Super Hero Powers

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just getting ready for another set of weekend nights and have come to the conclusion that the only way I can get through them is to develop some super-hero powers so I have ordered the following:- :)...

  7. Getting upset at work

    snoopy29 replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Oh bless you, I don't think a single nurse reading this will not recognise how you felt, and feel for you. I work with some nurses that I know at some point during a series of shifts will have a big...

  8. You know you're Old School when...

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Thankyou I am so grateful to every single nurse that has shared their memories, I have enjoyed every moment of my walk down memory lane. There is so much nursing history in these posts that I intend...

  9. Stuck-up, know it all students?

    snoopy29 replied to student_nurse24's topic in General Students

    Think you are skating on very thin ice here. "what you want to say to your fellow nursing students" is a thread that student nurses go to to let off steam about the other student's that seem to make...

  10. Cardboard Wash Basins- Need help for evidence based practice!

    snoopy29 replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    We use them - it's the same supplier that we use for bed pans, urinals etc. I'm in tomorrow so will get you supplier details. And yes although they are meant to reduce infection our patients get a...

  11. TV shows and movies that are ruined, because you know better

    snoopy29 replied to HollyHobby's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm afraid I am one of the banned - used to drive my husband crazy as he could never follow the plot as I would spend the whole show going "gloves, put some gloves on" - "why is that non-rebreath mask...

  12. Telling relatives the patient has died

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    "I think it is very disrespectful to say the word DIED..." I am sorry you find using the word died disrespectful but over many years I have learnt that when relatives are distressed and frightened...

  13. UK hospital...how is this possible?

    snoopy29 replied to hollyhox's topic in General Nursing

    Please do not think I am condoning poor practice and if there is any truth in the article then nurses at the very least need to lose their registration but can I give a small amount of balance. The UK...

  14. Telling relatives the patient has died

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    if i am asked i will always say unless it is a blatant lie that i believe that their relative did not suffer and their death was peaceful. even if it is a blatant lie, why not tell them they didn't...

  15. Why do I get yelled at for doing the correct thing??

    snoopy29 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like your doing just fine to me. Don't be pushed, it's far better to be too thorough than not thorough enough. Pop your drugs book right back in your pocket. I still csrry mine and until I know...

  16. Student Nurses opinion in online chat VS. being reported to Board of Re

    snoopy29 replied to buddha619's topic in General Nursing

    Hold on a second here have I missed the point completely????? whilst partially under the influence of alcohol the op commented ........ " stick em all on an island and liight in on fire." in respect...

  17. On Compassion.

    snoopy29 replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    What a truly outstanding post. I concur with every word and believe you effectively managed to summarise the impossible and often unrealitistic expectations whilst also highlighting the importance of...

  18. Dear Paramedics - Thankyou

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just got up after the night shift from hell and it's made me think about our friends and colleagues in green and what a difference they make, so........ Dear Paramedics thankyou, Thankyou for making...

  19. What is the most common chief complaint or diagnosis in your ED?

    snoopy29 replied to QueensNurseNY's topic in Emergency

    First and most importantly congratulations and welcome to the crazy fantastic world of Emergency Nursing. Conditions we see, well in the UK we call the ED Accident and Emergency ( A and E) which the...

  20. Charge Nurse Fiascos -- Share Yours

    snoopy29 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Ruby that's one bad day at the office :) Have racked my memory and many a tale to tell but nothing even close to this. Big respect

  21. Nurses that you remember

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Over my years in nursing there have been some patients and some nurses that I will always remember. Please join me in a little trip down memory lane. Sister C - my first ever ward sister. She was a...

  22. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

    snoopy29 replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This post interests me. As a vegan I knew that when I took my ATNC I would be expected to put a chest drain in a cow (dead of course!!!) and a trach in a sheeps throat. I got myself all stewed up...

  23. Sepsis

    snoopy29 replied to ayodhya's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Go on then i'll give you a leg up....... Any form of sepsis you need to find and treat the source and correct shock. So ABC approach, Airway establish, breathing expect pt to have elevated resps,...

  24. The National Health Service - how do other countries provide care???

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I went to visit my 93year old grandmother today. One of her carers told her the doctor would be visiting later. She gets confused and immediately started worrying that she didn't have enough money to...

  25. You know you're Old School when...

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Thankyou for the wonderful posts so much I had forgotten.... The smokey day room a real den of eniquity full of cigarette smoke and coughing COPD patients. Standing uniform inspections when our nails...