GrumpyRN NP

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

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    Looking for a pediatric preceptor in London

    GrumpyRN replied to Channy200404's topic in United Kingdom

    Seriously?????? What posts (plural) have I harassed? You have only posted twice (and both are exactly the same) and I only commented on this one. As a Nurse Practitioner (who worked with children as...
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    Looking for a pediatric preceptor in London

    GrumpyRN replied to Channy200404's topic in United Kingdom

    Don't you think this is a bit rude? You joined on 16th February and on the same day you post the above. No hello, no introduction, no information on why. Also you are looking for an MD - wrong forum....
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    Men not helpful

    GrumpyRN replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have seen complaints from women that men only notice the really "obvious" girls. But it is true because we don't do "subtle." I was recently at a wedding and at the end of the night a girl came up...
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    Men not helpful

    GrumpyRN replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is this attitude which was so prevalent when I first started nursing that means I now have back and neck pain, which has required surgery, and have to take pain killers every day. I agree with...
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    Men not helpful

    GrumpyRN replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Superb Davey, love
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    What should a Filipino nurse bring to the UK?

    GrumpyRN replied to rnleee's topic in United Kingdom

    Not sure what you are looking for here. Clothing; it's cold here at present, in April it can still be cold but it is also spring (In Scotland we can get snow in April). Your winters are roughly the...
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    US RN looking to work in UK -- ER

    GrumpyRN replied to kaitfinder's topic in United Kingdom

    What you have done there is list the nursing tasks/duties that we do in ED. We do not have respiratory therapists so ED nurses set up BiPAP/CPAP/Ventilators. ABG's is unit dependent, some nurses will,...
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    US NP Seeking Licensure in UK

    GrumpyRN replied to jglase570's topic in United Kingdom

    What you earn in USA is totally irrelevant to what is earned in UK. I earned much more than a nurse from, say Japan, but it is all relative to that country. It doesn't matter if you earned $1M per...
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    US NP Seeking Licensure in UK

    GrumpyRN replied to jglase570's topic in United Kingdom

    We also have ENP's. I was one. Lot's of nurse practitioners in the NHS, we even have Advanced Nurse Practitioners who are on the medical rota as opposed to the nursing rota. Please do not make direct...
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    Avoid the UK

    GrumpyRN replied to Jhurlow's topic in United Kingdom

    NMC are awful :- Can't comment as I have had nothing to do with them other than give money every year. I understand that if you are foreign trained then you can have problems. Nurses underpaid :-...
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    What is the afterlife like?

    GrumpyRN replied to EGspirit's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Now that is nihilism! nihilism ˈnoun the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless. synonyms: negativity, cynicism, pessimism. PHILOSOPHY the belief...
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    What is the afterlife like?

    GrumpyRN replied to EGspirit's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Atheist; a person who does not believe in god or gods. Sceptic; a person inclined to doubt or question accepted opinions. Why do you assume I don't have a spiritual side? Where in my reply do I say I...
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    What is the afterlife like?

    GrumpyRN replied to EGspirit's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I did not say anything about ceasing to exist have you heard of reincarnation? Do you know what you were before you were born? I gave an answer, how is that a non-answer? You may not like it but it is...
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    What is the afterlife like?

    GrumpyRN replied to EGspirit's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    My opinion, for what it is worth, is that after death we become what we were before we were
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    Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    GrumpyRN replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Just before the mods close this thread may I put in another 2 pence worth? Your conversation I have quoted was fine up until your last sentence. That was rude and unnecessary on your part. A simple "I...
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    GrumpyRN replied to shadesofblue00002's topic in General Nursing

    Covfefe....
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    Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    GrumpyRN replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    So again I am asking, "what is justifying their actions in Myanmar?" No you don't, because an extreme Jain would be unable to function in hospital because antibiotics kill living organisms, as do...
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    Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    GrumpyRN replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Now you have just admitted that your religion does exactly what you are accusing Christians of doing. "One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called...
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    Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    GrumpyRN replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    khminh, I'm curious as to why you are resurrecting all these old religious threads and inferring (although in this latest one you are right out there) that christians cannot make good nurses. I am...
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    Missed one

    GrumpyRN replied to WineRN's topic in School

    Sir, you are a gentleman. You have taken my comment in the spirit it was intended - professional disagreement in management. The culture in UK would allow me to miss a fracture as long as I had...
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    Missed one

    GrumpyRN replied to WineRN's topic in School

    Sorry OldDude, I am going to disagree with you. I would put in moonboot with ortho follow up. No crutches and weightbear as able. Definitely would not be casting. I was reading this and calling BS on...
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    US RN looking to work in UK -- ER

    GrumpyRN replied to kaitfinder's topic in United Kingdom

    Sorry, I can't help you I'm afraid but lots of people on Allnurses can. Go to "World Nursing" (you are here already). Go to "International Nursing" and "Nurse Registration" forums. You will...
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    US RN looking to work in UK -- ER

    GrumpyRN replied to kaitfinder's topic in United Kingdom

    Simple answer is, they don't. Listening to bowels sounds, heart sounds and chest sounds are all medical tasks. It is not part of the nursing assessment. If you are an advanced practitioner you may...
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    US RN looking to work in UK -- ER

    GrumpyRN replied to kaitfinder's topic in United Kingdom

    Yep, what skylark
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    CDC now banned from using "evidence based" and other words per White House

    GrumpyRN replied to babyNP.'s topic in Nursing News

    Absolutely agree with you - and it has nothing to do with me. What is, or should be, more concerning is that this topic was accepted as something that Trump or Trump's America is capable of with no...