GrumpyRN NP

Emergency Department

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

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    Patient Care Tech in the UK?

    GrumpyRN replied to Bethany Rivera's topic in United Kingdom

    First thing, what is a Patient Care Tech? What exactly do you do? Serious question as that is not a role I recognise. Obviously may be called something else here, or more likely you have an amalgam of...
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    How do I deal with these rude family members?

    GrumpyRN replied to Bill Baban's topic in United Kingdom

    How did it all work out? Any
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    Gobbledygook In Nursing

    GrumpyRN replied to Guest 1152923's topic in General Nursing

    It is because there is more than one room so it becomes a department. Anyone with erectile dysfunction who is offended needs to man up and become hardened to the world as it is, it's not a soft...
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    Fear of Retirement!

    GrumpyRN replied to Laine's topic in General Nursing

    Thoroughly recommend learning Tai Chi, keeps everything moving and is very
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    Vaccination Mandating

    GrumpyRN replied to Ariemay82's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So you contributed to the panic buying and are now claiming "science" made you do it? What part of this "science" lead you to believe that a viral respiratory disease would require an increased use of...
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    Christmas Miracles in the Emergency Room!

    GrumpyRN replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    3 random stories that if they had happened at ANY other time of the year you would not think twice about. Why attribute them to christianity? What about the Druids Winter solstice or the Romans...
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    How do I deal with these rude family members?

    GrumpyRN replied to Bill Baban's topic in United Kingdom

    Document, document, document. You know this is going down the complaints procedure route. As the Charge Nurse it is your role to support your staff so make sure that they know that. Have a...
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    Fear of Retirement!

    GrumpyRN replied to Laine's topic in General Nursing

    Been retired for 4 years now - best thing I ever did. No more putting up with nonsense (from management, not patients) no more having to do heavy backbreaking work. Do I miss work - no, but I do...
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    Personal Deathbed Vision Stories?

    GrumpyRN replied to poppyboo's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Nothing to do with prayer, it was the antibiotics and someone sitting with him giving him human company. A miracle is what you call it when something occurs that you can't explain and...
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    Are there any travel nurse jobs for Unvaccinated Nurses?

    GrumpyRN replied to Heart Attack Zack's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I put this on another thread a couple of minutes
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    Vaccination Mandating

    GrumpyRN replied to Ariemay82's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I came across this ? and I think it states the problem
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    Every 3 Hour Vitals and Lung Sounds

    GrumpyRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is the point of the OP's post.
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    Every 3 Hour Vitals and Lung Sounds

    GrumpyRN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Easily sorted, tell this nurse that certainly you will do the vitals BUT... You will then phone them and tell them what they are, regardless of time of day or night. You will soon find out if they are...
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    COVID Vaccine Safety

    GrumpyRN replied to PPediRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Agree Rose_Queen, it's not but I saw an opportunity to insert some levity into the discussion. Sorry, will try not to do it again. (Not promising, but I will try.
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    COVID Vaccine Safety

    GrumpyRN replied to PPediRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    All of those people exposed to this - this - this horrible, horrible dihydrogen monoxide all day every day. It is so addictive. Once addicted people can die after just 3 days if they don't get it....
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    Vaccination Mandating

    GrumpyRN replied to Ariemay82's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't see what else could have been done. "Take the vaccine because that is the way to get out of the pandemic, it will save yourself, your family, your neighbours and your country." Yes,...
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    US Nurse moving to UK

    GrumpyRN replied to Ahmad Hadi's topic in United Kingdom

    Hi, I say this to a lot of Americans on this site but... Don't look at what you earn, yes UK nurses are underpaid, won't dispute that one little bit however... Costs are different as are benefits...
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    Vaccination Mandating

    GrumpyRN replied to Ariemay82's topic in Disaster Preparation

    "Austria introduces lockdown for unvaccinated" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59283128 Austria is taking vaccination
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    COVID Forever Changed Our Society

    GrumpyRN replied to Yvonne Hosey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Covid: Pfizer says antiviral pill 89% effective in high-risk cases First oral antiviral for COVID-19, Lagevrio (molnupiravir), approved by MHRA We already know how safe the vaccines are...
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    At War With Ourselves

    GrumpyRN replied to KathyDay's topic in Disaster Preparation

    ?????? I'm (very slightly) younger than you but remember polio. My mother told me just last week about queuing in our city for the polio vaccine with us. I have been vaccinated against smallpox -...
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    RN Jobs That Do Not Require Covid Vaccine

    GrumpyRN replied to TraumaRN52's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Seriously???? You do understand (actually you don't seem to but let me try) that the study was being run by an American group? From the article you referenced the Lancet behaved correctly...
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    RN Jobs That Do Not Require Covid Vaccine

    GrumpyRN replied to TraumaRN52's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It is a very grey area unfortunately. Physical restraint of a patient ie tying them up or to something, is definitely leaving yourself open to a charge of assault. Holding a patient down until...
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    RN Jobs That Do Not Require Covid Vaccine

    GrumpyRN replied to TraumaRN52's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And of course every post from the other side of the argument was absolutely, completely and utterly trustworthy. Even when evidence was provided that it was nonsense. Yeah, but what...
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    The Long Haul: Yes, I Will Take That Mental Health Day

    GrumpyRN replied to Dawn Miller's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Most of you will have seen posts by myself where I denigrate the American habit of saying "Thank you for your service" to people who joined the military, however even though I am British I would say...
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    RN Jobs That Do Not Require Covid Vaccine

    GrumpyRN replied to TraumaRN52's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Folks can we move away from this. As JKL33 said, "it's irrelevant". As far as I was aware ALL Emergency Departments/Rooms in America are/were called an ER. Hence the name of the 1994 TV series...