iNurseUK

iNurseUK RN

Plastics. General Surgery. ITU. Oncology

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  1. How in the world did you decide?

    iNurseUK replied to none the wiser's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I went for my final clinical placement. I loved the variety and specialism of my first love burns and plastics. I stayed there maybe too long but later circumstances moved me on. I still like my first...

  2. Total procrastination mode

    iNurseUK replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    We are the procrastinators We'd rather be peeling our 'taters When it comes to the crunch I have a hunch We'd rather be doing it

  3. Advice for new nurses

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

    Happened to each and every one of us. Different hospitals always have different protocols. You will be fine. Go get 'em

  4. Total procrastination mode

    iNurseUK replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    Ah sunnycalifRN you are a person after my own heart. Strange how attractive cleaning the bathroom becomes when you have to write an

  5. Total procrastination mode

    iNurseUK replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    You got a deal there girl! Let's call it £50. GAHHHH see how you are all helping me to procrastinate? Confusticate and bebother the instrument of Satan the Interwebz

  6. Help finding examples of soap notes

    iNurseUK replied to NURSESrMEAN's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse me? Is this post written in a future language that has not yet achieved existence?. Soap? well it's liquid stuff that comes out of the

  7. Eating our young...and our colleagues

    iNurseUK replied to fezzin's topic in General Nursing

    The internet has much worse. Try 4Chan or the like. We are

  8. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    iNurseUK replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is an old one. Opened in 1902 as a TB hospital and still has its original buildings. This is a tale told by a young doctor and I cannot vouch for the veracity. As I said the building is...

  9. Uninsured patients

    iNurseUK replied to 15isto2's topic in General Nursing

    Well thank God I'm from the UK where healthcare bankrupts no one individual but costs us all a small tax levy. It is worth every penny and I will defend it to the death. A CIVILISED society has this...

  10. New grad...Where to start??

    iNurseUK replied to kassidy's topic in General Nursing

    Just as a matter of interest does US nurse training not have a seperate Midwifery training? In the UK you can't work as a midwife even if you are an RN. It is two years specialist

  11. cruelest thing I heard a nurse say

    iNurseUK replied to work67's topic in General Nursing

    It is these judgemental and self-satisfied people that the nursing profession should fear. If they are so quick to condemn a colleague then I dread to think how they are with

  12. I am victim of speaking for myself

    iNurseUK replied to PRETTYODD's topic in General Nursing

    True but being in a position of power gives your average ****** more opportunity to behave like the total ****** they are. Power corrupts and all that

  13. Interesting obstructions!

    iNurseUK replied to EatLoveNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I worked in general surgery we had a young man sent up from A&E with a cell phone stuck where the sun don't shine. The phone was set to "vibrate" Turns out he'd spent hours calling his cell...

  14. Health paper advice. Help please

    iNurseUK replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

    My unit (oncology) always calls these therapies "Complementary" rather than "Alternative" I think to avoid suggesting that these are curative rather than adjuncts to conventional treatments. They...

  15. cruelest thing I heard a nurse say

    iNurseUK replied to work67's topic in General Nursing

    Good Lord Vikingkitten what an OTT reaction that was from your wife! How did she know that this patient hadn't been swearing and cussing at the nurses non-stop? Maybe the patient had been using racist...

  16. Some Nurses too Almighty?

    iNurseUK replied to EbonyBorn2Succeed's topic in General Nursing

    But you ARE teaching clinical skills and important communication skills too. How do you know what a developing pressure sore looks like if you have never seen one? How can you assess the patient's...

  17. Accidental Diversion - Need help!

    iNurseUK replied to malenurse122879's topic in General Nursing

    You have my sympathy OP. This sort of thing is just awful. A colleague of mine once put a pack of 5 10ml ampoules of morphine into her pocket after pharmacy delivered them. She then got distracted and...

  18. Some Nurses too Almighty?

    iNurseUK replied to EbonyBorn2Succeed's topic in General Nursing

    Good article there. I trained back in the Dark Ages when basic nursing care was important. I realise nursing has changed and it is all much more technical now but I retain the old-fashioned belief...

  19. Some Nurses too Almighty?

    iNurseUK replied to EbonyBorn2Succeed's topic in General Nursing

    It begs the question why do you want to be a nurse if you don't want to do basic care? There's more to giving a wash than just hygeine. You get private time to chat with your patient, discuss...

  20. Some Nurses too Almighty?

    iNurseUK replied to EbonyBorn2Succeed's topic in General Nursing

    True. No-one should be too posh to

  21. Things that should be banned in acute care.

    iNurseUK replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Oh boy Americans would HATE UK hospitals then Same here. You get two food choices. We don't serve sodas. We mostly still have wards not private rooms (siderooms are reserved for either infectious...

  22. Documentating too much??? My agency doesnt like that

    iNurseUK replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Can never document too much. Yo' butt on the line. I learned that lesson early when a patient asked me for an extra blanket then the crash alarm went off. Took a while to sort the crash and I forgot...

  23. Things that should be banned in acute care.

    iNurseUK replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Things to be banned in acute care? Pooping, peeing, lying around in beds (wrinkles the linen) coughing. Requiring any sort of IV. Breathing if it is noisy. Eating or drinking

  24. best advice for a nervous new grad

    iNurseUK replied to Lauren83338's topic in General Nursing

    Never be afraid to ask if you are unsure about anything at all. The only stupid questions are the ones folk DON'T ask Make sure you are familiar with your employer's policies. These vary so if unsure...

  25. I HATE My Job - Why did I ever go into Nursing?

    iNurseUK replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm sorry you are going through this bad patch. I've been qualified many years and I have had jobs that made me want to quit with issues just such as the ones you are experiencing. I loved my original...