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iNurseUK RN

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  1. Is a baby nurse..

    iNurseUK replied to JM RN's topic in General Nursing

    Is that a nurse who is a baby or a nurse who nurses babies?

  2. Calling residents affectionate names?

    iNurseUK replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    Well I'm English and I always ask by what name patients would prefer. Usually it is by their Christian name but if I am unsure or meeting a patient for the first time I always use "Sir" or "Madam" in...

  3. Question for experienced nurses about dealing with problem co-workers.

    iNurseUK replied to aee1977's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm English so procedures are different here. But OF COURSE you should report a skin tear and maybe go to the head of nursing? Face to face and not by letter. I really feel for you. You are an...

  4. Should Nurse Managers...

    iNurseUK replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I think the main issue is that nurse managers are often not clinicians or, in the increasingly rare instances that they are actually nurses, are so out of touch with present-day nursing and all it's...

  5. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

    iNurseUK replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    No I like nursing. What I don't like so much is the superior attitude of just about every other healthcare discipline. Physios, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Radiographers and ESPECIALLY...

  6. Penicillin IM to thigh in adult

    iNurseUK replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Nursing

    It's years since I gave an IM injection. Why not use the IV

  7. Which specialties have 3 pts/nurse or less?

    iNurseUK replied to RPN_2012's topic in General Nursing

    ITU or HDU and any variations thereof is all I can think

  8. Nurse bullying

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

    If someone came out with the "possessed by the Devil" line in THIS thankfully totally secular country HR would send 'em for a psychiatric

  9. Nurse bullying

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

    I'm a Sister and if I get any slight intimation bullying is going on on my ward I come down on the perps hard. The fact is some folks will always get along better with some than others, nothing to be...

  10. So angry and annoyed!

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

    Leave the lass be! I'm lucky enough to be English where all healthcare is free. I can only imagine how bloody awful it must be to be sick and having to pay to be

  11. Do Nurses Still Make *Real* Beds?

    iNurseUK replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the Dark Ages when I trained bedmaking was a nursing art. Tight bottom sheet with no creases because creases cause pressure sores. Top sheet exactly equal and NEVER tucked in (surgical ward)...

  12. So angry and annoyed!

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

    We need not be so unkind to this distressed daughter who is watching her Dad suffer. OK we might not agree with her but no need for such comments. Would we speak to a relative of our patient so? I...

  13. So angry and annoyed!

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

    And that same nurse is on 24/7? I don't think you can judge all care by the performance of just

  14. So angry and annoyed!

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

    As to the diuresis SOMEONE must have been in there to give the Lasix or equivalent and have recorded the input/output so he must have had some

  15. So angry and annoyed!

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

    How do you know the nurse was on smoke breaks? Are you jumping to conclusions or do you have solid evidence? I do not mean to minimise your distress over your father's illness but as others have said...

  16. Are YOU terrified to be a patient (and your loved ones, too!)

    iNurseUK replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh for HEAVENS sake what is with the MELODRAMATIC capitalisations? :) I'd trust my own hospital with my nearest and dearest but some of the others I've worked

  17. Question for those who work with a majority of Filipino nurses

    iNurseUK replied to samirish's topic in General Nursing

    I had a very bad experience with a clique of same-ethnicity nurses on one ward. They spoke in their own language, excluding me from interaction and helped each other out but left me to cope on my own...

  18. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    iNurseUK replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Aperitant, Ondansetron, Domperidone, Prednisolone and Oramorph. Guess what sort of ward I work

  19. What info should be "tattooed" on a nurse's brain?

    iNurseUK replied to rloh961's topic in General Nursing

    Depends upon which speciality you choose. I used to be in Plastics where Hb was all we were interested in. Now I'm in Oncology where U&E's, white count and FFP are

  20. I don't like dead people

    iNurseUK replied to dawn.b-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Think of it as your last nursing duty to the deceased patient, the last act of care carried out with respect and dignity. I always speak to the patient, explaining what we are doing, and handle the...

  21. Makes you sick?

    iNurseUK posted a topic in General Nursing

    We recently had a patient admitted for his first chemo for colorectal cancer. On admission he told us an anti-emetic he had had from a previous (unrelated) surgery years ago and not at our hospital...

  22. Makes you sick?

    iNurseUK replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    I was just joking! I know the anti-emetics were not the cause. Don't take your meds after Cisplatin? Expect Barf

  23. Losing patients you are close to...vent

    iNurseUK replied to highlandlass1592's topic in General Nursing

    Same in Oncology. Patients come in for cycle after cycle of chemo and we get to know them and their families really well. When the chemo is working we all rejoice but when it isn't and a patient goes...

  24. heartless DON or reality check?

    iNurseUK replied to sarafina's topic in General Nursing

    Good Lord. Is there no concept of compassionate leave in the US?. God knows the NHS has its faults and they are legion but every NHS Trust in the country allows you to leave the shift immediately if a...

  25. Oh no they didn't...uniform changes in florida

    iNurseUK replied to pearljammer's topic in General Nursing

    In the UK the NHS Trust employing you provides the uniform free. As standard five tunics and five pairs of trousers (or five dresses if you prefer) are supplied in the Trust's particular choice of...