MaryAnn_RN

Don't you have a social media policy? Read it please.

Two years experience is a good start for ICU. Make sure that you get a mentor. There are national ICU competences, PDN assists our new nurses with theirs. Hope you enjoy ICU x Sent from my iPad using allnurses.com

All of the above, plus put the rubbish out and clean the floor (itu sister) Sent from my iPad using allnurses.com

That is really good advice

What about Mary Seacole? Mary Seacole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia or Edith Cavell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cavell or there others here 25 Most Famous Nurses in History | Nurseblogger

Rumour has it that the new build section of our hospital has been designed so that it could be turned into a shopping centre. I went over to the shiny new section and for once rumour might be right.

Done.

i work in the black country and it has a slang all of it's own, and i've never had a patient ask to have a slash. people have said that they 'need to go to ground' which was totally confusing when i first came here. we have a large phillipino community and they were offered lessons in the local dialect because it's confusing at first and difficult to understand, even english is your first language.

I seem to remember reading that in either the Sunday Post or the People's Friend - both Scottish publications - many years ago

We did have somebody working in our department who kept bragging about her Bsc (BSN) but was very evasive as to where/when etc. Having worked with her, I've often wondered if her qualifications were verified.

I went for a job interview yesterday and was waiting to be seen. First thing I heard was the support working shrieking the length of the unit, at the top of her voice 'bloody hell, we forgot to give XXXXX her meal' and this was in direct earshot of the matron and senior sister. It just sounded very unprofessional but might well be the norm for that unit because nobody said a word about it. It certainly gave me a bad impression. But you know what, I don't care if people swear in the break room; what really gets my goat is when people start giving intimate details of their love life.

I've moved about within the same hospital so have had two jobs there in the 13 years since I qualified

I would like to write something amusing but it always makes me feel sad...when the previously disinterested family members all show up when it's clear the end is near, then there is the mad dash to get to the patients house first. Once phoned a patients son to say she was very ill...he knew, and wasn't coming in. She got worse, I phoned again...no, still not coming. He finally said if she's as sick as that I'll pick up the property from the Office on Monday

We have to complete a Mental Capacity Assessment if considering the use of mits. That is the only physical restraint I've ever seen used. Those are very rarely used and are a last resort.