GrumpyRN NP

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Retired ENP, 35+ years of experience. From Scotland.

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    American Nurses in U.K

    GrumpyRN replied to LotusFlower777's topic in United Kingdom

    I agree, this seems to be area dependent. In my unit the nurses never did IV cannulation or took bloods as there were enough doctors to this. Catheters were definitely a nursing job. But again this...
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    American Nurses in U.K

    GrumpyRN replied to LotusFlower777's topic in United Kingdom

    This is similar to what we did in my ED. There is a triage but it is a quick one followed by streaming the patient into "minors," "majors," or "resus." There is no point at all in doing vitals in...
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    Baby saved from drowning in hotel pool by 2 nurses

    GrumpyRN replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    Why thank you for noticing.
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    GrumpyRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    No, that is communism not socialism. Karl Marx 1875 Well why not go the whole way? We could use the "tired, the poor, the huddled masses" to feed the rest of us. Think of the film Soylent...
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    Baby saved from drowning in hotel pool by 2 nurses

    GrumpyRN replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    Seriously if you are going to say god did it then this should be in the Spirituality section. Toddler has near drowning experience and 2 nurses do what nurses do - and good on them - but god had...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    GrumpyRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    That is simplistic, nasty and childish. I am tempted to invoke Godwin's law it so
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    Unpaid breaks comparison

    GrumpyRN replied to Chrissie Chapman's topic in United Kingdom

    Where I worked we did 12 hour shifts, 12.5 hours but were paid for 11.5 hours. The missing hour was 2 x 30 minute meal breaks which were unpaid. We did 3 weeks of 3 and 1 week of 4 in a 4 week period....
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    The Stigma of Men in Nursing

    GrumpyRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I have catheterised plenty of males, when a male needed a catheter in the ED the girls came to me. When a female needed catheterised the girls did it. To give it a recent idiom, "the quid pro qo." I...
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    The Stigma of Men in Nursing

    GrumpyRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

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    Timetravel

    GrumpyRN replied to RN_OneDay's topic in General Nursing

    Or Apple and Microsoft.
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    GrumpyRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Then he did not do a very good job did he? Yes you appear to know things but you have little understanding of the world and people around you. You think 34 is old, you have never heard of things like...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    GrumpyRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Do not understand why you call this man "daddy?" That is usually a term of affection. This 'person' has, according to you, made you live independently (albeit under his roof) since you were 17. He...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    GrumpyRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    I get the stress thing although there is enough stress in health care to give everybody ulcers. Financial... I don't remember seeing nurses salaries (even NP's) higher than medical staff. Or perhaps...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    GrumpyRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you WhaleTails, you said exactly what I was going to write. Will also add that other people do a lot of schooling and training for their professions, not just doctors. To HelpfulNatureHopeful,...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    GrumpyRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Poor daddy, modern life has caught up him and he doesn't like having to listen to other people and consider them. It must be horrible for him to be just a "member of the team." I know you are young...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    GrumpyRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry should be you're
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    GrumpyRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... Still sounds to me that he doesn't think you can be a doctor and he is trying to let you down easy by getting you to do something HE thinks is easier and will also cost him less money...
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    The Stigma of Men in Nursing

    GrumpyRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    When I trained (early 80's, you're right, time does fly) the film for training for urinary catheterisation was a female having the procedure done. In the UK males did not do anything remotely intimate...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    GrumpyRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    OK, let's take that one at a time; "Surgeons have not earned their titles?" - What titles? In US they are called doctor, in UK they are called Mr/Miss/Mrs. "They are probably the most difficult...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    GrumpyRN replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like your "daddy" has a plan for you and not what YOU want to do. You are 23, act like it and do what YOU want. a) Your "daddy" sounds like a real A... b) The surgeons are not rockstars, they...
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    Hospital Shifts - Days, Nights, or Both?

    GrumpyRN replied to kaitfinder's topic in United Kingdom

    When I worked in the ED we did 12 hour shifts. 3 weeks of 3 shifts and 1 week of 4 shifts. You could request certain days off or certain shifts ie no nights on a particular weekend. we could even...
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    RUN!!!

    GrumpyRN replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Sorry Davey, I could not
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    RUN!!!

    GrumpyRN replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Dachs-a-cyclin" - now that is baaaad, but very punny.
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    CPR Mouse

    GrumpyRN replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Neurotics build castles and psychotics live in them, and psychiatrists charge them rent.
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    Anti-Vaxxers Shut Down Immunization Events

    GrumpyRN replied to J.Adderton's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    DR Congo measles: More than 6,000 dead in world's worst outbreak.