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  1. Bullied by the Young

    iNurseUK replied to sorry's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Very unlikely. Most experienced nurses quickly grow a hard shell to that sort of thing and just get on with the job in

  2. Midwifery. How does it work in the US?

    iNurseUK posted a topic in General Nursing

    My daughter is in her second (of three) years of Midwife training. When qualified she will be able to deliver babies as an independent practitioner, including home births, and will also undertake...

  3. Midwifery. How does it work in the US?

    iNurseUK replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    That would be the US equivalent although as I said the training is seperate in the UK and the registered midwife isn't a registered general nurse. Must be from the differences in nurse training over...

  4. Midwifery. How does it work in the US?

    iNurseUK replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    Ah OK. Midwives were registered (licensed) BEFORE nurses in the UK and still have their own

  5. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    iNurseUK replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    That tying a knot thing is a VERY old superstition. When I trained back in the Dark Ages I remember a Sister telling me that there could be no knots in the room where a patient was dying as this would...

  6. What is your de-stress?

    iNurseUK replied to AngelicDarkness's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Sims 3 is my 'puter poison of choice. I get so worked up about the ****-poor programming and stupid glitches that I forget all about

  7. Who wears a nursing cap?

    iNurseUK replied to raincitynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was heartily glad to see the back of caps. Stupid useless things forever coming askew and as noted above tangling with everything. Not allowed to wear one in the UK even if we wanted to nowadays....

  8. Need your thoughts, experienced nurses....

    iNurseUK replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    You can only do what you can do. You ain't SuperNurse. That's why there are nurses there 24/7. Don't beat yourself up about it. We all get these disaster days. Shame on your colleagues for being...

  9. is uk nursing qualifications the same as the us qualifications?

    iNurseUK replied to sissabell's topic in Immigration Advice

    If qualified in the UK you will still need to pass the US NCLEX exam and reach the standards required for a US nurse. Although I am English I think nurse training is better in the US so train there if...

  10. Non-verbal signs of pain

    iNurseUK replied to ShayRN's topic in Pain Management

    By the time analgesia gets to hospice level all you are aiming for is patient comfort. Who cares if a DYING person is opiate-dependent. Not me. They can have as much morphine or its variants as they...

  11. I feel so bad

    iNurseUK replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    As the Sister of my ward I take no nonsense. EVERYONE answers the bells. We have a very primitive system of ancient call lights. The bloody things sometimes malfunction too. I don't care if you are an...

  12. What happened to me?

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

    It"s a great shame really because caring, conscientious people like the OP make the best nurses possible. I've been a ward Sister many years and have seen this many times in both student nurses and...

  13. WOW! The public really doesn't like us, huh?

    iNurseUK replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's not so much the public that don't like us but the ever-lovin' scandal-hungry media. Course the trolls are gonna come lumbering out with the guaranteed anonymity of the comment sections in much of...

  14. when you miss an order

    iNurseUK replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in General Nursing

    When I hear my day shift whining about the lazy night shift or vice versa I always say the same thing "That is why we have nurses on 24/7. One shift can only do so much in a day or night" Usually...

  15. WOW! The public really doesn't like us, huh?

    iNurseUK replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1391379/Why-Britain-producing-nurses-scintilla-compassion.html...

  16. WOW! The public really doesn't like us, huh?

    iNurseUK replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Pfft, nothing new there then. Think yourself lucky you don't have the shrill, nurse-hating Daily Mail (a UK national newspaper) to contend with. Hardly a day goes by but we are not treated to...

  17. Spouses/Visitors In Patient's Beds

    iNurseUK replied to jpmrt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Dosen't bother me at all but then I have the Infection Control Gestapo to deal with (these idiots blow a fuse if a relative so much as SITS on the patient's bed) plus the fact that my ward is an...

  18. Interpreter Telling You How To Do Your Job

    iNurseUK replied to TacoBelle's topic in General Nursing

    My pet peeve is other branches of healthcare workers ordering the nursing staff around. The physiotherapist who walks the entire length of the ward just to inform a nurse in superior tones that "Mr...

  19. Anyone else feel like they don't know anything?

    iNurseUK replied to ornurse25's topic in General Nursing

    No-one is ever going to know everything. Even the Consultants (Attendings in the US?) don't know it all and don't pretend to. One consultant specialises in one thing say breast cancer, another in...

  20. does anyone out there copy charts to save time?

    iNurseUK replied to lordgregoryrn's topic in General Nursing

    Totally disagree. If there is nothing to be charted then there is nothing to be charted. Dosen't mean the nurse is lazy or irresponsible at all. Ans surely the whole POINT is that the patients were...

  21. does anyone out there copy charts to save time?

    iNurseUK replied to lordgregoryrn's topic in General Nursing

    What a lot of nonsense. No fortunately I'm English and this rubbish is not yet a nursing requirement. We are still more interested in the patient than in the paperwork. BIG DEAL if nothing at all is...

  22. does anyone out there copy charts to save time?

    iNurseUK replied to lordgregoryrn's topic in General Nursing

    My goodness! What a lot of self-rightoeous hypocrites you all are. Copying some notes? Big deal. Who cares as long as the patients were OK. As the nurse in charge of my ward (which I am) I'd have...

  23. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    iNurseUK replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just yesterday the ward next to mine had a phone call from the pub that is right opposite the hospital's entrance. A lady fond of her tipple had escaped her ward and gone to the pub complete with a...

  24. So do you really...

    iNurseUK replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Depends upon what ails the patient and what complications are likely to arise from the admission

  25. Nurses Rock!

    iNurseUK replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    A few of us even shake ,rattle and roll