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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 nurse. It was one 12 hour shift and yet I knew by the ...

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 of the internet the most likely place that people...

Just off to do a night shift so thought I would get this of my chest first. Can I add that collectively I have so much admiration for Student Nurses, I cannot believe how many work fulltime to fund nursing school and I generally find them hardworking...

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 make our role so much harder. it is increasingly ...

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 least need. We have a small budget for hospital f...

"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 anti-pyretics. Explains to the patients the need to a...

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 the image of the machine gun toting British bobby r...

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 incrediblydemanding - at the end of a long day my back ach...

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 involvement. Your focus needs to return to your role ...

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 duty of care to the patient, other patients and staff...

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 qualifying is even more scarey because you fully und...

Good thread - its amazing how much wisdom and knowledge can be found on this site and also how giving people are of that wisdom. I love.. XB9S - a UK nurse that has endless knowledge and time particularly for other UK nurses Leslie D - for compassion...

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 run, well equipped and adequately funded unit. th...

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, good, bad or indifferent that we form in those ear...

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, bloods etc. I believe that I need to make my patie...

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 like you - the confident. With care, teaching and nu...

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 what they do because they care and want to make a dif...

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 comfortable. In particular, and admittedly I am sure it ...

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 forgotten the patient so I would be really interested to...

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 "well-meaning!" mother who was also a nurse sharing all sorts...

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 when I look back so many things have changed so.......

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 reasonable 12.5 hours plus an hours travelling so 13.5. My ...

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 - apart from the humanitatian side I would never ha...

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 theirs. I love just being a nurse and after 25 ye...

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 incredible and unique and sometimes it is easy to los...