iNurseUK

iNurseUK RN

Plastics. General Surgery. ITU. Oncology

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  1. Wedding in a Hospital Room

    iNurseUK replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    That's a sweet story. We have had a few weddings on our Oncology ward and it is always

  2. A Lesson in Family, Ethics and End of Life

    iNurseUK replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    For the love of God...with that extent of disease and co-morbidities treatment is futile. Not only futile but expensive. Any UK hospital would have issued a DNR by now. A "Care and comfort" order is...

  3. Absence of Teamwork

    iNurseUK replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It isn't like that everywhere Ruby Vee. My current ward does have three official teams but we all offer help if we are in a quieter team as opposed to the busiest one. It's an old hospital with what...

  4. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    iNurseUK replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Now I cannot verify the truth of this story but a very senior staff nurse told me recently. Our Oncology ward had students on as we almost always do. This was the Early shift and a patient had died in...

  5. I'm allergic to.....(laundry list)!

    iNurseUK replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    And she SURVIVED? " Yowza.

  6. Day 2 anxiety attack, is it the end of the job?

    iNurseUK replied to mamaames's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Same thing happened to a new nurse on my Plastics ward once. We were so unfamiliar, so new that she went into meltdown and was found crying by Sister in the bathroom. Sometimes it is all overwhelming....

  7. Could employers judge people by their names?

    iNurseUK replied to MsbossyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Y' know rn/writer you are making folk mighty curious about what your original name was I had a colleague named Galadriel Starshine Elfkind if that's any help. Parents read a bit too much Tolkien

  8. I'm allergic to.....(laundry list)!

    iNurseUK replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    You do get some odd real allergies though. I used to have a patient who was a regular on my old Plastics ward (with recurrent foot ulcers) who was an insulin-dependent diabetic. She was allergic to...

  9. Could employers judge people by their names?

    iNurseUK replied to MsbossyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Could be worse! Moon Unit Zappa takes some beating. As for Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches and Pixie I wanna know what the parents were smoking when they decided on those

  10. Could employers judge people by their names?

    iNurseUK replied to MsbossyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    One thing that strikes me is how many names give you an idea of a person's age. I was hugely surprised last week when a chap with a very modern-sounding name, who I blithely assumed would be one of...

  11. Would you work a shift as an aide?

    iNurseUK replied to AF_BOUND's topic in General Nursing

    Now he's quoting the quote of the quoter quoth

  12. Open mouth ... Insert foot

    iNurseUK replied to Meg88's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was admitting a very nice old chap in his late seventies. With him was a glamourous young woman who looked to be in her early thirties and was obviously pregnant. All went swimmingly, I finished the...

  13. Why did you get into nursing?

    iNurseUK replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    It was in the family. My mother was a nurse, an old-fashioned battleaxe of a Matron in fact and her mother had been a nurse too in World War 1 imagine that! Grandma had some great tales to tell. I was...

  14. I'm allergic to.....(laundry list)!

    iNurseUK replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't it just? The Registrar ( senior junior doctor if you get my drift) happened to be by the next bed. He turned around and said "Madam, if you were allergic to salt I could certify you as...

  15. Could employers judge people by their names?

    iNurseUK replied to MsbossyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    LOL that is very funny, However I have worked with a "Blessing" a "Chastity" and a "Gift of God" amongst my African colleagues. Those names are common in African countries. No big

  16. I'm allergic to.....(laundry list)!

    iNurseUK replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a patient refuse a normal saline infusion "because it has salt in it and I'm allergic to

  17. Could employers judge people by their names?

    iNurseUK replied to MsbossyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Well I didn't say they could read it all at once. In chapters maybe

  18. Could employers judge people by their names?

    iNurseUK replied to MsbossyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    The NHS have a bad habit of putting your full name on your ID badge. So if you were named Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel hard luck. The whole world...

  19. Would you work a shift as an aide?

    iNurseUK replied to AF_BOUND's topic in General Nursing

    That is from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" Clip

  20. Could employers judge people by their names?

    iNurseUK replied to MsbossyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    :) SO interesting are the definitions of "chav" that I thought better of posting a link. Never mind. English sense of humour. I apologise for it if anyone took

  21. Would you work a shift as an aide?

    iNurseUK replied to AF_BOUND's topic in General Nursing

    Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries. Whoops, just proved April RN's

  22. Hi, just want to introduce myself!!!

    iNurseUK replied to JacknSweetpea's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to the forums. Mat you live long and prosper on them

  23. Could employers judge people by their names?

    iNurseUK replied to MsbossyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Probably not. It was just a daft joke

  24. Could employers judge people by their names?

    iNurseUK replied to MsbossyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Well if you WILL call your kid Chardonnay Chavtastic don't expect the HR departments to be fighting over her

  25. I'm allergic to.....(laundry list)!

    iNurseUK replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    Know where you are coming from there. This one really grinds my gears: "Are you allergic to anything" "Yes. Hospitals" Loses will to