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  1. Dyspraxia and nursing?

    FlowersInTheWindow posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi all, I'm going to start my nursing training in September and I've just been diagnosed with dyspraxia. This means I have problems with my hand-eye co-ordination, doing things quickly, spatial...

  2. Too cheerful to be a nurse?

    FlowersInTheWindow posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a final year student nurse and my mentor feels that I come across as overly cheerful, and that my patients see this as immature and unprofessional. She's raised it as a fairly serious issue, and...

  3. Do you sometimes feel like an awful nurse?

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    If anything, you sound like you're a genuinely caring person, and that's the kind of nurse I would want caring for my relative. We all forget things, and nobody can be perfect all the time, but we can...

  4. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    As a very new student nurse, I've been asked to measure vomit. I didn't mind until I poured it into the measuring jug and the smell hit me... Needless to say, my lesson for the day was that the smell...

  5. How did *you* rock it today?

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to pockunit's topic in General Students

    A patient asked me what something meant, and I was able to explain until they understood Yay for

  6. I am so happy I can fly!

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to lucylu 777's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!!!

  7. Do you guys see a lot of people saying they are nursing students....

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    I don't think anyone is arguing that pre-req nursing students (by whatever definition) should be able to 'lecture' more experienced nurses. Using one description over a more complicated one, for the...

  8. Sharing Some Joy

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to TLH1999's topic in General Students

    That's fantastic - well

  9. Do you guys see a lot of people saying they are nursing students....

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    I was accepted onto my nursing degree two years ago (deferred for a year, 'pre-nursing' for a year) and since then I've called myself a nursing student. Here in the UK we don't really have a...

  10. Dyspraxia and nursing?

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to FlowersInTheWindow's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    @ Wishfulthinking - Thank you for the encouragement! @ Silverdragon - Yes, I am in the UK. I'm going to have a meeting and assessment with the nursing branch of my uni's student support, so I'll ask...

  11. Dyspraxia and nursing?

    FlowersInTheWindow replied to FlowersInTheWindow's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thank you so much for your input, anangelsmommy! I really appreciate it