iNurseUK

iNurseUK RN

Plastics. General Surgery. ITU. Oncology

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  1. worst death you've seen

    iNurseUK replied to Darkfield's topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday.23 year old with a catastrophic reaction to Bleomycin. Got there as fast as possible, gave all the right drugs. Dead in 10 minutes. Nothing we could do. An hour or more trying to

  2. Excuse my ignorance, but what is the difference between LPN and RN?

    iNurseUK posted a topic in General Nursing

    For example are there tasks RN's can do but not LPN's? Years ago the UK had a similar system with Enrolled Nurses and State Registered Nurses. It's a stretch but as I recall EN's could not do IV's, be...

  3. What is the silliest thing you've heard a nurse say?

    iNurseUK replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    We all work as a team. With less experienced colleagues we cut some slack. Everyone makes mistakes. We are human. Don't be so quick to

  4. HELP a nursing student out!

    iNurseUK replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    Well this goes back to the Dark Ages but I can remember using Eusol and liquid paraffin on infected wounds until research proved that this actually slowed down the wound healing process. What else?...

  5. Thoughts on patients and pain?

    iNurseUK replied to TheOracle's topic in General Nursing

    Any patient with a history of drug abuse, especially of the opiates, is going to have a higher tolerance for these analgesics when they are actually in pain and really do need pain relief. I'd much...

  6. Call for the Priest!

    iNurseUK posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just recently we had a devout Roman Catholic patient who was asking us to get a priest to administer the Last Rites. No problem, we bent over backwards to meet the patients wishes. Total nightmare...

  7. Call for the Priest!

    iNurseUK replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    All the priests did visit. The first gave the Last rites but the others gave special blessings. We felt better for it having buggered up with the phones. The pateint said he was honoured by having...

  8. Call for the Priest!

    iNurseUK replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    Matron is the highest level of nursing officer. She is responsible for the overall nursing care of the hospital. Fortunately our Matron has a sense of humour! and just laughed at the

  9. Excuse my ignorance, but what is the difference between LPN and RN?

    iNurseUK replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for that.Some of the EN's I used to know were just the most excellent bedside nurses but did not have the academic qualifications to train as SRN's. Most EN's converted to RGN's in the mid...

  10. Do you actually like your unit?

    iNurseUK replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    Love my unit; Type: Oncology, does both chemotherapy and radiotherapy and occasional palliative care. Ratio: 1 RN to 4 patients Why I like it: The hospital is a known centre of excellence with high...

  11. Personality test determines my employment

    iNurseUK replied to noyesno's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just don't tick "Yes" to the inevitable "Have you ever had any urges to eat kittens alive and turn into a psychopathic Ninja killing machine?" and you should do

  12. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    iNurseUK replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely I ought to speak Punjabi, Urdu, Polish, Ukranian, Greek, Turkish, Mandarin Chinese, Afghan, Hindi, Iralian, Spanish, French AND Lithuanian to meet the needs of all the patients I ever...

  13. What does your username mean?

    iNurseUK replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Nothing much really iNurse is a play on the iEverything of the Apple Evil Empire It amused me as a fundamentalist mac-user to use the i prefix. The "UK" bit is just where I am from. It ain't too hard...

  14. Let's keep grandma/grandpa alive until after the holidays

    iNurseUK replied to dzadzey's topic in General Nursing

    Are US doctors not allowed to issue a DNR order on grounds of futility? UK doctors do this all the time. A consultant can issue one regardless of family wishes and it cannot be challenged in law. If a...

  15. Is it true that male new grads are not struggling

    iNurseUK replied to gtshin30303's topic in General Nursing

    Top hospitals show bias for male nurse directors | News | Nursing Times Men although a minority in nursing do tend to get to the top. I often have wondered why this might be. Perhaps they spend less...

  16. Plz read!!! Nurse using drugs what should i do???

    iNurseUK replied to J-Star's topic in General Nursing

    And so you should mind your own business. Nowhere is there a mandate for nurses to act as the "Health Police" and if you do so on your own imagined authority you will come across as no more than a...

  17. How many patients is/are too many?

    iNurseUK replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the Dark Ages my Plastics ward had a ratio of 1 nurse to 10 patients. I know that sounds a lot but most of our patients were young and self-caring with the exception of the big flap...

  18. Patient gender preference

    iNurseUK replied to Cul2's topic in General Nursing

    I know that observant Muslim women will not accept personal care from a male nurse and will not undergo some examinations performed by a male doctor without a female chaperone present. The reverse...

  19. Do nurses really "eat their young?"

    iNurseUK replied to Keko89's topic in General Nursing

    We particularly enjoy a young and tender nurse with BBQ sauce and a nice side of cheese fries.

  20. rotating shifts

    iNurseUK replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    Rotating shifts are normal for a UK nurse. It is usual practice all over the UK. Yes mixing lates, earlies and nights is a pain in the posterior but no fatalities

  21. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    iNurseUK replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Take my advice Marie0304 and go to your BON. Do NOT accept the position before you get details about orientation, mentoring and so on. I WAS mentored but it was still a huge culture shock moving from...

  22. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    iNurseUK replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    I am appalled. It's not safe for the patients and not fair for you to dump you in a specialised area like ITU. Ventilated patients need constant monitoring and you need to know what the numbers on the...

  23. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    iNurseUK replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you are joking! ITU takes some very specialised skills. It is a very steep learning curve as I found out when my Plastics unit was shut down and I was transferred to ITU. I had a preceptor that...

  24. Just get out of nursing already

    iNurseUK replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Delicious with BBQ

  25. High divorce rate among nurses? Why?

    iNurseUK replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in General Nursing

    Sung to the tune of D-i-V-O-R-C-E My marriage is 20 years old As healthy as can be But when I see my nursing friends I make sure I don't talk S-H-O-P 'Cause talk of blood and guts and gore Turns my...