snoopy29

snoopy29

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  1. I'm trying nursing, but I'm hardheaded..will I last?

    snoopy29 replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    No you won't last, not so much because you are hardheaded but more so because you will clash with experienced nurses when they express an opinion that differs to yours - just look at the posts -...

  2. I'm trying nursing, but I'm hardheaded..will I last?

    snoopy29 replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    No you won't last, not so much because you are hardheaded but more so because you will clash with experienced nurses when they express an opinion that differs to yours - just look at the posts -...

  3. Hospital Security

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious about what security other hospitals provide. In my department fixed on to the wall we have a large red button the size of a saucepan lid with PANIC in red letters on it. Now I think that...

  4. Possible ethical question about Clinical experience...

    snoopy29 replied to Studying24.7's topic in General Students

    Ruby I love your forthrightness and that you just tell it how it is you have my complete respect. I also agree with you 100% that what the OP needs to do is talk to the RN - simple, enough said. But I...

  5. Recent Nursing Test Question

    snoopy29 replied to Murgy's topic in General Nursing

    This is why I always failed tests because I would have to put none of the above!!! 0 marks for me but if they were really my patient my answers would be.... a) check BP and pulse and correct any shock...

  6. Recent Nursing Test Question

    snoopy29 replied to Murgy's topic in General Nursing

    First thing I would do is check patients blood sugar - if they are septic then it is likely to be climbing and DKA trumps an infection

  7. Intimidating? ME?

    snoopy29 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    If he were a young child we would suggest a little visit from Mr Manners might be needed here!!!!! Sounds like you are doing a first rate job and the issues sit firmly in his lap not yours. Don't...

  8. Nurses Who Can't Add Cost Lives.

    snoopy29 replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    Don't agree - nurses who can't add use calculators ...... now nurses who can't remember or use drug calculation formula's now that's a different matter

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

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I understand. But you will have to figure who will pay for what. What I see that will ensue is how horrible OUR system is compared to everyone who has NHS, but yet can only compare the LEVEL of...

  10. need tips for easier NG placement

    snoopy29 replied to kadell's topic in Emergency

    For me the key has always been patience. Lots of people don't like passing NG's and try to get them in as quick as possible which results in a patient gagging and with eyes streaming. I get everything...

  11. I don't think I like anything about nursing!

    snoopy29 replied to guineachick's topic in General Nursing

    OK seems to me that you do like lots of bits of nursing as you enjoyed your placements and previous role in psych but you are really not enjoying all the petty politics and irritations that come with...

  12. Getting really concerned about going into nursing...

    snoopy29 replied to mfrancisco's topic in General Nursing

    The thing about a website like allnurses is people are far more likely to post a thread that says "I've had an awful day" or my " co-worker's are making my life a misery" rather than "Ive had a really...

  13. Is this OK, or is it too much?

    snoopy29 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a really special post one because you are finding your wings and it sounds like you are going to fly really high and two because you recognise other people have played a part in that....

  14. Dear Patient - thankyou for reminding me why I nurse

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dear Patient The shift started out like many before. I knew it was going to be a good night because I was working the floor. I was in the trauma room and a pre-alert call came in. The paramedics said...

  15. Dear New Doctor

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Twice a year there is a date that fills every UK nurse with dread..... it's the day that the new doctors rotate or begin their first placement! Some fit in like they have always worked here others...

  16. Dear New Doctor

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    with respect we will beg to

  17. Dear New Doctor

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Dear GilaRN thankyou for your comments. Over the years the one thing above everything else that has made me a good nurse is the ability to laugh and above all else the ability to laugh at myself. If...

  18. When it's one of your own

    snoopy29 replied to Jahna's topic in Emergency

    Bless you I so know how that one feels. My heart goes out to you - nothing brings our own mortality closer to home than caring for one of our own. Think hanging up the supernurse cape is a little...

  19. Is it ok for your work to call you after you called in sick?

    snoopy29 replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    I had my fingers burnt many years ago, a newly qualified nurse i worked with called in sick with stomach ache. She lived in the nurses home and nobody checked on her. By the time her family became...

  20. Is it ok for your work to call you after you called in sick?

    snoopy29 replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    Just a different view - if one of my nurses calls in sick and I don't personally take the call I always call them back to: 1) make sure they are ok and have everything they need. 2) to check they are...

  21. Spine board policy

    snoopy29 replied to ermurse's topic in Emergency

    Can I add that there is a fundamental difference between removing a patient from a spinal board and clearing a spine. Spinal boards are well known for being uncomfortable and compromise tissue...

  22. Band 6 Interview Preparation

    snoopy29 replied to uniquenurse's topic in United Kingdom

    Have just prepared some questions for band 6 interview in A and E and they include: Saving lives and a request for information on a recent infection control issue that you have been involved in - H1N1...

  23. Crabbit Old Woman

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    on my very first day in nursing school back in the dark ages my nurse tutor gave each of us a copy of the poem below. it had a profound effect on me - at 18 i thought anyone over 25 was past it and...

  24. Assisted Suicide

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    The BBC ran a thought provoking programme on assisted suicide last night. It centred on the mother of a 31year old daughter who was chronically sick with ME. The mother helped her daughter take an...

  25. Am I too old to go back to school?

    snoopy29 replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Of course you can do it - anyone that can juggle family, home and work can fit in the studytime. Instead of looking at the vastness of 4years break it down in manageable pieces - set acheivable goals...