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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
:) 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...
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...