GrumpyRN NP

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

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    Use of stethoscope

    GrumpyRN replied to azalight90's topic in United Kingdom

    Sounding chests/bowels are not a part of the nursing assessment except as Silverdragon102 states in specialist areas. As an ENP I will listen to air entry on patients with chest trauma but no other...
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    Find your Specialty Quiz

    GrumpyRN replied to Sisyphus_01's topic in General Students

    Your'e telling me it's not scientific!!!! Said I should be a Certified Nurse Midwife??????? I hate midwives and all things midwifery
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    Hired at an employer I owe a medical bill to.

    GrumpyRN replied to FinallyRNStatus's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't know where Tenebrae is from but in the UK, ALL medical care is free at the point of use. No, nothing is free but when you are employed you pay 'National Insurance' which is a percentage of your...
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    Why are culturally stereotypical behaviors so tolerated?

    GrumpyRN replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I just presumed you meant
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    Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey transferred to London unit

    GrumpyRN replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    BBC News - Ebola nurse no longer critically ill Latest
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    EVANGELISM IN WARD

    GrumpyRN replied to Oyinz24's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    My previous post still stands, but if the OP is genuine and is in Nigeria then I - an absolute and complete atheist - am in some awe due to his (possible) bravery. Nigeria's forgotten massacre: 2,000...
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    Do you lie when they ask, "how long?"

    GrumpyRN replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I like to say "too long, I really should retire." or "well, I trained with Florence." Truthful answer is "I have been doing this for over 30 years." Not sure the Florence one would be useful in US as...
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    EVANGELISM IN WARD

    GrumpyRN replied to Oyinz24's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    NO!!!! It's bad enough when patients do it without staff doing it - yes, I have had patients proselytising to me as I've treated them. The Nigerians I have met are very religious people and I can...
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    When did it become OK to treat your nurse like poo?

    GrumpyRN replied to paramed1's topic in Emergency

    Yes, sometimes we wonder if patients/relatives would talk that way in their local
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    When did it become OK to treat your nurse like poo?

    GrumpyRN replied to paramed1's topic in Emergency

    I'm glad I work in a UK ED; Socks...? Don't have them. Ice chips...? Don't have them - an infection control risk apparently. Extra pillow....? You will be lucky to get 1 never mind 2. Pillows are...
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    Male nurse midwife

    GrumpyRN replied to Eyalslevy's topic in Men in Nursing

    You do realise that the last paragraph was meant tongue in cheek don't you......? I was taking the mickey just a little bit. I understand that sometimes Americans don't get irony but this was out and...
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    Male nurse midwife

    GrumpyRN replied to Eyalslevy's topic in Men in Nursing

    In UK the role is RM (registered midwife) they get a bit annoyed about being called nurses. It is a degree qualification through university and takes the same length of time as the RN qualification....
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    Male nurse midwife

    GrumpyRN replied to Eyalslevy's topic in Men in Nursing

    OK, for clarity. In the UK obstetrician and midwife are not synonyms. They are completely separate roles. As most births are in hospital they are delivered by midwives with doctor oversight only in...
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    Happy New Year

    GrumpyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    It is now midnight plus 30 minutes in the UK so Happy New Year to all from Bonnie Scotland. I hope you all have great 2015 and all your patients are cheerful, pleasant and can toilet themselves. Lang...
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    Male nurse midwife

    GrumpyRN replied to Eyalslevy's topic in Men in Nursing

    Umm this forum is Men in Nursing, I am a man in nursing. From the article you quoted; "There are currently 103 men working in the field, compared to 31,189 women, and the proportion has remained...
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    Male nurse midwife

    GrumpyRN replied to Eyalslevy's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am a very unreconstructed male who is just a bit (read a lot) old fashioned and set in my ways. Midwives are often known as madwives over here. If you really want to do it then go for it. I did some...
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    Male nurse midwife

    GrumpyRN replied to Eyalslevy's topic in Men in Nursing

    No!!! Why would you want
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    Happy New Year

    GrumpyRN replied to GrumpyRN's topic in General Nursing

    What skylark said. It is an old Scottish saying and is a greeting every New Year although perhaps more from those above a certain
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    Sharing faith at work

    GrumpyRN replied to Nienna Celebrindal's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Again with the name
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    Sharing faith at work

    GrumpyRN replied to Nienna Celebrindal's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    The OP asked for an opinion on prayer in the work place, I gave one. Not every patient is religious. Quoting myself from comment 3 Where have I said that...? I have not mocked or disregarded...
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    Sharing faith at work

    GrumpyRN replied to Nienna Celebrindal's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    And the corollary being that atheists can't offer logic and
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    Sharing faith at work

    GrumpyRN replied to Nienna Celebrindal's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    When did this become a competition? According to the T&C's of this site - and I know because I fell foul of them earlier this year - we should be polite and considerate to others beliefs....
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    Sharing faith at work

    GrumpyRN replied to Nienna Celebrindal's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    But it is, I stated this is a management issue. I am a Charge Nurse and I need to know exactly what my staff are up to when I am running the
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    Sharing faith at work

    GrumpyRN replied to Nienna Celebrindal's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    A quick prayer with a patient is one thing. A prayer session with lots of family can take time. If a nurse is on a busy ward and is in a room praying with a patient and their family who is looking...
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    Sharing faith at work

    GrumpyRN replied to Nienna Celebrindal's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Of course not, I live in the UK, a very irreligious country, It just would not happen. I was replying to the OP where she states and wanted to point out a pitfall. There may well be, but I am...