snoopy29

snoopy29

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  1. A really good student nurse

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    To be fair student nurses, we are quick enough to tell you when you get it wrong so I thought it would be nice to tell you when you get it right. On my last shift I worked with a 3rd year student...

  2. So who do nurses marry or have as civil partners???

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This post is meant as a bit of light relief and certainly not meant to be taken too seriouly. Last night one of the nurses in my department said they had read an article saying that despite the growth...

  3. Well I think that the problem lies with "the other nurse"

    snoopy29 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    dear other nurse it has come to my attention that all is not well in the world of nursing. alkthough many of us enjoy the actual hands on care we provide we are beset with frustrations and things that...

  4. Your ER policy on giving rides home

    snoopy29 replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    It can be a tricky one because I usually find that the patients most vocal about "our duty" to get them home safely and their "right" to have an ambulance back are often those that clinically have the...

  5. Enough nurses or not?

    snoopy29 replied to dottavi's topic in International Nursing

    "rechecks the temp with a second thermometer and documents findings. Obtains blood cultures while at the same time siting an IV access device, in anticipation of receiving orders for IV fluids and...

  6. London nurses--are you okay?

    snoopy29 replied to babyNP.'s topic in International Nursing

    Wow - I have just come across this post and read a number of the comments with disbelief and a fair degree of outrage. If there was not so much tragedy and loss surrounding these events I would find...

  7. Concern: Age Discrimination for a New 58 RN

    snoopy29 replied to Cyns's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I will be completely honest with you ..... I am in my 40's, very fit and healthy and yet I know there is no way I can continue to work in an acute area for much longer. The work is physically...

  8. Nurse Harassment!!!

    snoopy29 replied to supra-cna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In your opinion this nurse is both negligent in her care and directly abusive to patients. You have documented your concerns and reported them. The truth is that that should now be the end of your...

  9. Physically abused by resident

    snoopy29 replied to Poi Dog's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I believe that mental capacity is all important here. If a patient that lashes out is assessed as lacking mental capacity through for example alzheimers or head injury then the care facility has a...

  10. Almost Fired !

    snoopy29 replied to AlmostBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I read your post and think there are a lot of positives..... I always say to newly qualified nurses to expect to feel as though you know absolutely nothing for the first year - the second year post...

  11. The job advert I would love to see

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    well i have waited many years to see my ideal job advertised and as it has yet to happen though i would write my own advert........ wanted: a keen committed nurse to join our supportive team in a well...

  12. Do you ever people feel are trying to "pick at" things when you're in a new workplace

    snoopy29 replied to NurseSuzann's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just a different perspective...... If I have a newly qualified nurse and an experienced one making the same minor mistake I will tend to (gently!) correct the new nurse. My reason is that the habits,...

  13. How do you "bond" with your patients?

    snoopy29 replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I see and triage on average about 100 patients per shift and have probably five minutes to take an initial history and do enough to ensure that all immediate clinical needs are met - analgesia, xray,...

  14. Dear New Nurse - what makes an average nurse great.

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dear New Nurse Well you and I have just had a very difficult meeting haven't we? Over the years I have seen so many newly qualified nurses join our ranks - the shy, the quiet, the studious and ones...

  15. Is nursing "care" a thing of the past?

    snoopy29 replied to AnneBlunnRN's topic in General Nursing

    The post is entitled "is nursing care a thing of the past?" and quite simply my answer would have to be no. I have been nursing for over 25 years and although much has changed, generally nurses do...

  16. Do you bag your bodies naked?

    snoopy29 replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting thread and very thought provoking. My intellect tells me it makes not a bit of difference to my patient what they are wearing but my emotion wants this last opportunity to make them...

  17. Telling relatives the patient has died

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Most shifts I have to tell unexpecting relatives that their loved ones have died. I believe that what we say and how we say it will potentially stay with those family members long after we have...

  18. I don't like dead people

    snoopy29 replied to dawn.b-RN's topic in General Nursing

    In answer to the original question many years ago when I started nursing I was so terrified of caring for the dying and dead that I almost gave up nursing. My terror stemmed from a friends...

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

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Oh dear I really have set myself off on a trip down memory lane!! Recently a doctor called me "very old school" I think it was meant as a complement but unsurprisingly I was horrified but to be fair...

  20. What is the longest long day anyone works???

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just out of curiosity I wonder who across the world officially works the longest long day. Rules are travelling time plus working hours...... My regular hours are 07.00 till 19.30 which is a...

  21. What is the longest long day anyone works???

    snoopy29 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    WOW I don't know whether to shake my head in absolute awe or be terrified for the patient last to be seen at the end of one of those mammoth shifts! I love the international perspective on nursing -...

  22. Love being a nurse - Hate being a nurse.

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    When I add up all the pro's and cons of the nursing world the pro's always outstrip the cons for me but I thought I would share some of my loves and hates of the jobs in the hope that people will add...

  23. Nursing - no other job is quite like it.....

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Don't get me wrong I have my fair share of days when I am thoroughly disillusioned and fed up with being a nurse but I do think what we do as nurses, wherever in the world we are doing it, is both...

  24. You put what??!!!! were???!!

    snoopy29 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    :) What is it with children and things being put were they shouldn't go????. In triage recently I had a steady stream of children all cute as cupcakes and all guilty of the above. My haul included: 1...

  25. Oh the difference a unifrom can make

    snoopy29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    A few months ago I decided that in order to pay my son's way through university I would need to do some extra hours. I thought through the options and decided that it would be good for me to do the...