Chunter

Haven't been on web site for ages, came on tonight to discover that some of my thread/subject has been moved to another thread and that at the end of the thread the person 'controling' the thread has decided to close it due to the discussion carrying on into other threads. The threads on the allnurses site are all very pleasant, not much 'nitty-gritty'. Are nurses not allowed to speak 'out of term' on this site, surely it would make a better forum if some real problems were addressed.

hey stuart, small world, even smaller people!!!

when i took my entrance exam in 1982 most the group got offered enrolled nurse training, it turns out that most of us scored high in the exam but there was a shortage of enrolled nurses at the hospital so we were given the chance to train as EN not RGN, anyway having worked as EN for years! we suddenly became RN level 2, now i am at the end of my conversion course, have been a Egrade for over a year. I think the care assistance have a hard time, they are asked to do more roles, venepuncture, ecg's, plastering etc, but are offered no higher grading. It seems to me that the Care assistance will be given higher grades eventually, including grade C, which is the grade that most EN's got when the grading came out! Are we going round in circles? ohh yeah, and we now have matrons back in hospitals.

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The facts are, that the courts found her guilty on the evidence that was presented to them. NO speculation, NO rumours, but facts.

The Barbara Salisbury case seems like a chain of errors to me, things were going wrong for a while but nobody did anything about, don't get me wrong, no proportion of blame should be put on anyone other than Barbara Salisbury, but if the chain of errors can be stopped early things don't have to go so far. Yet again, the profession of nursing is in the spotlight because of this awful situation. What a shame that the papers can't find a story everyday about how wonderful the hugh majority of nurses are!!!!

although, mike, the rest of the hospital do wear the blue, green and yellow, as you well know, time for a change i think.

There are no enrolled nurses anymore, there is level one and level two registred nurses, in our department everyone is a staff nurse, no distinction, other than the sisters wear navy, although we are looking into scrubs for the whole department, much cooler and easier to wear. sorry to 'nit-pick'

When i qualified i had a lovely silver belt with cherubs bought by my parents. i had to have a green belt as i was an Enrolled nurse, now we all wear tops and trousers which is much better, in our department we are all staff nurses, level one or level two. There is one colour unform for all staff nurses (white with blue stripes) which makes us all much more equal, i wouldn't want to go back to coloured belts and buckles and dresses. My antique buckle is safely packed in a box in the loft (forever).

Usually on a Monday but other days can be as bad, our department has 1 or 2 nurses allocated as corridor nurse. The corridor gets full as the shift wears on. I found myself responsible for 10 patients last week, all of them lucky enough to have a trolley( we ran out) the problem is, lack of privacy for the patient and lack of privacy for the nurse to get on with her/ his jobs! Relatives of patients just seem to have the urge to interfere with other patients and their care!! Even to the point of telling the nurse what they think is wrong with the patient!!! Anyone else find corridor nursing frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!

Usually on a Monday but other days can be as bad, our department has 1 or 2 nurses allocated as corridor nurse. The corridor gets full as the shift wears on. I found myself responsible for 10 patients last week, all of them lucky enough to have a trolley( we ran out) the problem is, lack of privacy for the patient and lack of privacy for the nurse to get on with her/ his jobs! Relatives of patients just seem to have the urge to interfere with other patients and their care!! Even to the point of telling the nurse what they think is wrong with the patient!!! Anyone else find corridor nursing frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!

Will try chat room next time on nights. It may help to keep me awake during the long hours between 3 & 5!!

'empty beds', not a phrase i am used to.

I think you are right Mike, see you at the AMI course where i will not be racing against the time.

Yes Mike, we have all those things, it all comes down to the fact that the hospital just isn't big enough for the area anymore, although the transfer team do a brilliant job.