iNurseUK

iNurseUK RN

Plastics. General Surgery. ITU. Oncology

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  1. Are you a sensitive person too?

    iNurseUK replied to glutton4punishment's topic in General Nursing

    Well I just skip through the pretty flowers smiling and being nicey-nicey to all and sundry. Oddly smiley happy-clappy dosen't do the job for some of my dying oncology patients or their relatives....

  2. Hats, err, caps off to those of you...

    iNurseUK replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    LOL reminds me of the days my training school still wore aprons and horrible starched caps (which were no manner of use in keeping your hair tidy) but the caps had the stripes to denote which year of...

  3. Are you a sensitive person too?

    iNurseUK replied to glutton4punishment's topic in General Nursing

    What meds are you on and can I please have some?

  4. Time to call a duck a duck, part II

    iNurseUK replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    No sorry that argument does not wash with me. You are NOT a nurse if you no longer carry out bedside care. My unit is plagued with so-called "nurse specialists" who do nothing more than bark orders at...

  5. What is the one piece of advice you wish you could tell yourself as a nursing student

    iNurseUK replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    Take your time. Get used to wherever you are placed. Older nurses are your lifeline. Above all go in eyes open and willing to pitch in and

  6. My first med error... Yikes!

    iNurseUK replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    We ain't human if we don't make the odd error. God knows I have but never anything that caused harm. My unit is currently struggling with these new infusion pumps wished on us by the powers that be....

  7. The history of your hospital

    iNurseUK posted a topic in General Nursing

    Where I work is a fascinating old place. Started as a hospital in 1900 and was a TB sanatorium . Gradually evolved into a specialist cancer hospital over the years after TB became curable. Was one of...

  8. Does anyone really like their job?

    iNurseUK replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I do. I love my Oncology ward in a very well-respected hospital which has very high standards of nursing care a tradition which is still

  9. HATE my job!!!

    iNurseUK replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing pulls us all in a thousand directions. Part technician and part carer. Our role has expanded over the years. We are now plebotomists, junior doctors, dietitians and physios. God forbid that...

  10. remember when...

    iNurseUK replied to kjpstmb's topic in Nursing Humor

    We used to give enemas with soapy water. We used Eusol and liquid paraffin as dressings on infected wounds Egg white and oxygen was used on pressure sores. We wore starched white aprons over our...

  11. What would the Easter bunny put in a nurses basket?

    iNurseUK replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    A cure for aching feet. A magical solution to those call bells you just know are horsefeathers. The ability to stop stupid bleeping volumetric pumps from alarming for NO reason you can see. No more...

  12. OB Nurses that are insensitive?

    iNurseUK replied to cieloarge's topic in Ob/Gyn

    General nursing training and Midwifery training is different in the UK. Midwifery is considered a speciality in its own right and RN's cannot work in L&D without the Midwifery qualification. I"ve...

  13. OB Nurses that are insensitive?

    iNurseUK replied to cieloarge's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's not very professional to say the least. I never, ever comment on a patient's physical appearance. I came originally from Plastics where we saw lots of nasty disfigurement and deformity. Sister...

  14. A Matter of Respect and Dignity: Bullying in the Nursing Profession

    iNurseUK replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hate to add my opinion to the "Years ago this didn't happen" lobby but I am sorry to say it is true. Twenty years ago healthcare looked different, there were adequate staffing levels with student...

  15. Whose fault is it?

    iNurseUK replied to perfectpractice's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like six of one and half a dozen of the other to

  16. Things you've learned about patient's religions and care?

    iNurseUK replied to Aly529's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Not strictly religious but years ago we had a child with 60% burns on the Unit. Some of the burns were inhalation injuries from smoke and so on. The child could not eat in the normal manner. Parents...

  17. Is there a slower paced floor to work at in the hospital?

    iNurseUK replied to *Butterfly8*'s topic in Medical-Surgical

    Specialist always beats out general. Try for Oncology, Renal, Cardiac, Plastics....whatever floats your boat. These specialities are busy but in a different way. They have a specialised skill base...

  18. What's the nicest thing a patient has done for you?

    iNurseUK replied to Cyndi13's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago when I worked on the Plastics ward a patient with old burns who needed lots of z-plasties and who was in and out for skin grafts had a family who owned an Indian takeaway. Every night the...

  19. attending root cause analysis

    iNurseUK replied to nite-owl's topic in General Nursing

    It is very scary. I had to attend one of these about a patient who developed aphasia after bowel surgery and no-one noticed until I picked it up on nights (he had a CVA). Basically you will be asked...

  20. Peeves at work

    iNurseUK replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in Oncology. Night shifters who expect ALL the chemos to be up and running despite the fact that only 2 chemo givers may have been on the Late shift and there may have been 19 regimes to

  21. Band 7 interview pending

    iNurseUK replied to Bailey1979's topic in International Nursing

    For my Band 7 post I was asked to prepare a presentation on a topic relevant to my area of practice (oncology). For A&E perhaps you could discuss how you might handle a major emergency or event...

  22. Fever and dying

    iNurseUK replied to honeybee888's topic in General Nursing

    Hyperthermia is relatively unusual in dying patients. It can occur and is usually treated by IV infusion of paracetamol on my ward. Hypothermia is much more common in the dying. The patient rarely...

  23. Night shift and Sleeping

    iNurseUK replied to jaznia15's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses sleeping on nights is wholly accepted in the UK as long as they are covered by colleagues. A one or two hour break is condoned by management and sleeping on the break is not frowned upon. Why...

  24. How Do I Calculate Intake and Output?

    iNurseUK replied to onlyj's topic in General Nursing

    You record input. This may be IV, NGT or oral and usually refers to fluids. Normally you chart this hourly so say an IV infusion is set at 125 (1000 ml over 8 hours) so for each hour you record 125....

  25. Is a baby nurse..

    iNurseUK replied to JM RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm English so the qualifications for children's nursing, adult nursing, mental health nursing and learning disabilities nursing are all