iNurseUK

iNurseUK RN

Plastics. General Surgery. ITU. Oncology

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  1. Nursing Home will not accept deaf students into their CNA course

    iNurseUK replied to Silent Prayer's topic in General Nursing

    It is not about being "mean" to persons with disability. It comes down to patient safety and whether or not a hearing-impaired nurse can give safe patient care. My own opinion (for what it is worth)...

  2. Nursing Home will not accept deaf students into their CNA course

    iNurseUK replied to Silent Prayer's topic in General Nursing

    Yes so do ours. But you have to be in the room to see them. And sight can't tell you if a patient has wheezy or rattly breathing or an abnormal breath sound. I do not wish to be contentious but sound...

  3. Share your "problem patient" stories!

    iNurseUK replied to nitenite's topic in Nursing Humor

    I nursed a patient who had Munchausen's. She had at least 16 abdominal ops from 9 different hospitals that we knew about. Her consultant at the hospital I worked at at the time had clearly stated "NO...

  4. Nursing Home will not accept deaf students into their CNA course

    iNurseUK replied to Silent Prayer's topic in General Nursing

    I concede your better knowledge but you would have grave difficulty with our antiquated systems here in the UK:) Our IV pumps are one make, our feed pumps another. Our call system is so old I think...

  5. Nursing Home will not accept deaf students into their CNA course

    iNurseUK replied to Silent Prayer's topic in General Nursing

    I can see both sides of the debate and agree that some clinical areas may be suited to hearing-impaired nurses. But how about hearing call bells, IV pump alarms, telemetry alarms? Or indeed patients...

  6. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    iNurseUK replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    We once had a lovely old lady in her 90's who had come in as a daycase for excision of a BCC on her forearm. Back in the day she had been a showgirl. As her slot was coming up I drew the curtains...

  7. Was I completely in the wrong?

    iNurseUK replied to nursesaurus's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That seems very harsh indeed. Asking for help on the excellent grounds that you were concerned about your patient's safety is hardly a crime. It is in the UK Code of Conduct that a nurse is OBLIGED to...

  8. Please help!!!

    iNurseUK replied to MIDWEST US RN's topic in International Nursing

    Oooh. Where to start? That's quite a list:) I'll have a crack at some of these. I consider the advantages of a National Health Service to consist mainly of free-at-the-point-of-use healthcare which is...

  9. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    iNurseUK replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I once nursed an elderly lady who had come in for a skin graft following a fall and a nasty pre-tibial laceration. This lady had a very refined accent, was well-groomed and was capable of fooling...

  10. insomnia question re: night shifts

    iNurseUK replied to alias's topic in General Nursing

    OK let me get this right. Are US nurses hired to cover just ONE shift? You do not do Earlies (typically 07.30-15.30, Lates (13.00-21.30) or Nights (20.30-08.00) in a mixed on-duty schedule?. This is...

  11. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    iNurseUK replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    'Twas a dark and stormy night on the Plastics ward I worked on many moons ago. A patient had turned up on the ward with a post-op problem, hadn't phoned us or anything but just pitched up at the...

  12. Nursing Superstitions?

    iNurseUK replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have a very long-serving colleague who always opens the window nearest to a patient who is expected to pass away "To let the soul fly free" This seems to be an old tradition of my particular ward...

  13. ADHD, crippling anxiety attacks, and horrible self-esteem

    iNurseUK replied to McGwillis's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I know where you are coming from. After many years in a specialist surgical area (plastics) I was shoved by the unit's closure to another hospital and of all things ITU. ITU was something I never...

  14. I am soooo Stressed at my Job I want to quit!!!!!

    iNurseUK replied to platanos1's topic in General Nursing

    I have been qualified for 20 years. When the ward that I had worked on for most of that time got shut down and I had to move to another hospital with just the awful conditions you are experiencing I...

  15. Should a pregnant patient be in same room with patient getting chemo?

    iNurseUK replied to dani9206's topic in Oncology

    A bit off-topic but I was amazed to see that the notorious drug Thalidomide is in use in oncology in cases of myeloma. Understandably our pregnant nurses won't go near the

  16. PLEASE give me a Radiation Oncology Nursing overview!

    iNurseUK replied to shortsuzy87's topic in Oncology

    Is this nursing inpatients? or an outpatients position? If inpatients radiotherapy can be quite busy and challenging. I work on a ward that does both chemotherapy and radiotherapy and the RT patients...

  17. what do ward clerks do?

    iNurseUK replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Really? My ward would fall apart without our brilliant ward clerk. She answers the phone, enters admissions and discharges into the computer, files the medical notes, liases with the bed manager,...

  18. Chemotherapy administration

    iNurseUK replied to pcarmichael's topic in Oncology

    Two nurses checking is actually a requirement. All chemo has to be signed for by two nurses and two nurses have to go to the bedside to check patient identity etc before hanging it. Still scares the...

  19. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    iNurseUK replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    We had a Dr De Ath once. Disappointingly just a general

  20. Will this get any easier?

    iNurseUK replied to MLMRN1120's topic in Oncology

    Hi there. Although I've been qualified many years I am new to Oncology and this aspect of the work can be distressing. I came from a very good surgical ward originally (plastics) where the work was...

  21. Chemotherapy administration

    iNurseUK replied to pcarmichael's topic in Oncology

    I've been nursing for many years but am relatively new to Oncology. Much as I am enjoying my new job giving Chemo is a scary thought (I'm not allowed to touch it until I have done the Chemo course) My...