Commander Vimes

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1. Help with "Bait & Switch" tactics at new job

   Commander Vimes replied to TennNurse's topic in General Nursing

   As a nurse manager, i would say, JUMP, get out then sue the buggers for lying, take them to industrial disute, bring in the unions. OOOOhhh i hate clique environments and thats what this is an old...

2. Restraint policy & risk assessment tools

   Commander Vimes replied to anniebee's topic in International Nursing

   Not a risk assessment tool but a national policy guidance. very good though. give my love to the roos, and sorry about the thrashing at the weekend. Rugby was never your strong point LOL...

3. Could some guys help me out? Am I making the right choice? :D

   Commander Vimes replied to StarOcean318's topic in Nursing Career

   Just come on in the waters fine. # Depends on what nursing you want to do though. Psychiatry is excellent, really makes a difference to peoples lives. General is good but by god you dont seem to take...

4. UK nurse trying to get to NZ - help !

   Commander Vimes replied to traceyharrison's topic in International Nursing

   Cheers for the info Keetahe, i attended expo and found it very useful. It pretty much answered all my questions bar a couple. How much do you kiwis clear after taxes. I know the cost of living is...

5. New Nurse manager and view from both sides

   Commander Vimes replied to AMV's topic in Nurse Management

   It aint easy, sounds like your doing it right though, but maybe need to back off the shop floor a tab. By being seen to always help out etc it becomes seen as the norm, in reality it can disempower...

6. Report Side Effects to Psychologist?

   Commander Vimes replied to erroridiot's topic in Psychiatric

   As a registered nurse your licence is your passport. you have a duty to the team and your patient and your professional standards to report side effects, but i am sure you already know this. its...

7. What happens to your integrity when you go into management?

   Commander Vimes replied to olympiad27's topic in Nurse Management

   Sounds like you got a clear case of bullying and harrassment. see the

8. How to do mental health nursing?

   Commander Vimes replied to a-rose's topic in Psychiatric

   The holistic framework is supposed to encompass the bio-psycho-social-cultural aspects of the individuals current situation. in a nutshell if we are to treat a patient with for example depression,...

9. New to Nursing and Psych

   Commander Vimes replied to chr!ssyrn's topic in Psychiatric

   There appears to be a wide chasm between practice in the UK and our friends on the other side of the pond. We are recently in the aftremath of a public inquiry into the death of a young man named...

10. What happens to your integrity when you go into management?

    Commander Vimes replied to olympiad27's topic in Nurse Management

    Very broad statements from a lot of people. the reality tends to be that when we go into management, and there are many different levels, you tend to become involved in a wider context within the...

11. what about this for an idea

    Commander Vimes replied to chrisrob's topic in United Kingdom

    i take it, it didnt happen

12. New to Nursing and Psych

    Commander Vimes replied to chr!ssyrn's topic in Psychiatric

    :angryfire I should hope that isnt the norm, if you have to perform Control and Restraint it should be documented fully, events leading upto, during and post event. An incident form also needs...

13. schitzophrenia?

    Commander Vimes replied to stephera's topic in Psychiatric

    Soory to say it but Schizophrenia is un curable, theres more to it than medication. Some of the anti-psychotics alleviate symptoms for some of the people but the evidence suggests that only 40% of...

14. How to do mental health nursing?

    Commander Vimes replied to a-rose's topic in Psychiatric

    Why not prey tell, we do in UK if we have done the nurse prescribing module! we have found that we are in the best position to know the Patient and to prescribe accordingly, we have been advising the...

15. How to do mental health nursing?

    Commander Vimes replied to a-rose's topic in Psychiatric

    i hate social worker do goody types, get a proper job become a