MaryAnn_RN

MaryAnn_RN

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  1. Death work and talking to the dead

    MaryAnn_RN replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    I have had some experiences of people dying, some good, some not so good. Once I looked after a lovely lady who was dying and knew it, but never complained. When she passed the whole bay smelled...

  2. Has anybody got one of the new infection control fob watches or know if there any goo

    MaryAnn_RN replied to CYH campaign's topic in General Nursing

    I actually saw someone wearing one of these at work yesterday, thought it looked quite funky if a little big. The pink one looks nice

  3. Nurses: Is your hairstyle a luxury or a necessity?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    A cut and blow dry come to about £35 every 6 weeks, plus more if coloured. I used to have it coloured at the salon, but that worked out to about £100 a time, every 6 weeks. Now I colour it myself...

  4. The eternal K+ debate

    MaryAnn_RN replied to MissAnthrope's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    For oral replacement we use Sando K but only if the patient can eat/drink or they have an enteral feeding tube and they have been absorbing their feeds. Most of the time we give K+ as an IV infusion...

  5. what kind of watch do you wear?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    We are not allowed to wear wrist watches so I have a fob watch made by Pulsar, glows in the dark which is handy on

  6. What kind of shoes do you wear?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to Hausfrau's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I wear crocs and find they are very comfortable, and my knees and back haven't been so bad since wearing

  7. What would make you feel appreciated on the job?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to LumpyLooRN's topic in General Nursing

    The charge nurse of the day always goes round at the end of the shift and thanks staff individually for their hard work. On Sundays the consultant brings in fresh fruit, cakes or snacks. It makes my...

  8. 12 Hr Shifts Kick My Butt

    MaryAnn_RN replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    We work 12.5 hour shifts, only have to do 3 per week, then once every 4 weeks we work an extra shift to make up our hours to full time, otherwise we would be short. I found that drinking as much...

  9. I hate it!!!

    MaryAnn_RN replied to luckylucyrn's topic in Emergency

    Had a patient recently who suffered a traumatic brain injury, fell while breaking into industrial premises. He was a teenager, already had 2 children, and 3rd on the way. None of his family were...

  10. ICU: Nurses Wash Patients + Make Beds?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work (UK) we give all care including hygiene, draw bloods, clean equipment, make beds etc. We take bloods from the lines, some of us do cannulation/venepuncture too. Our patient ratio is 1...

  11. have you used chemical restraint?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to diamondmeadows's topic in General Nursing

    I have never seen sedation given because the unit was busy/understaffed. Wouldn't that be

  12. Respond if you found a decent niche after hating your first positions

    MaryAnn_RN replied to Sterlink's topic in General Nursing

    Found my niche in ICU, absolutely love being able to give holistic care, plus am an adrenaline junky. Anything else would be second best

  13. Night shift nursing

    MaryAnn_RN replied to namaste_71's topic in General Nursing

    Working the night shift on a 21 bed acute surgical unit as the only RN, needed eyes in the back of my

  14. How hard is it to move to ICU from LTC?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to MagnesiuM's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would get as much acute experience as possible for at least the first year after qualifying, to leave your options

  15. Hopeless? Hopeful? You be the judge...please

    MaryAnn_RN replied to Beary-nice's topic in General Nursing

    My (then) manager was not very supportive when I wanted to move into the ICU, but I applied anyway and don't regret it one bit. Management have their own agenda and you need to set yours. Go for

  16. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    MaryAnn_RN replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    Take it from me, you need to run as fast as you can. He won't change and things will get

  17. Sadistic CI? I need an opinion.

    MaryAnn_RN replied to AliveToday's topic in General Students

    Have you worked in ER, because the sense of humour there can be totally off the wall. It looks like it was meant to be a funny (and it is) look at nursing. Our job is serious and sometimes humour is...

  18. Changes to shortage occupation list in the UK

    MaryAnn_RN replied to Silverdragon102's topic in International Nursing

    http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/06/02/trust-bid-hospital-to-axe-400-jobs/ This states that job losses will include midwives, but not known how many. It obviously has implications for recruitment...

  19. Health Care in the UK

    MaryAnn_RN replied to calliesue's topic in International Nursing

    I don't like the way the NHS is going at the moment, my Trust is going for Foundation status. Millions being spent on rebuilding parts of the hospital, but just this week the local press carried a...

  20. Assaulted by patient... VENT

    MaryAnn_RN replied to CeeKayRN's topic in Emergency

    A patient tried to bite me this week but couldn't because he had a CPAP hood

  21. Abuse During my first few months as a new Graduate Nurse.

    MaryAnn_RN replied to muffin416's topic in General Nursing

    As a pre registration student I was sent on break by my preceptor who was a bossy, self opinionated madam. She never failed to make her views known (loudly and publicly) and the students were very...

  22. nurse vs doctors

    MaryAnn_RN replied to monkeymedic's topic in General Nursing

    The docs I work with have such bad handwriting it would be difficult to tell if their spelling was up to scratch or

  23. UK old nurses question

    MaryAnn_RN replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    We used to call it 'Blackjack' - I haven't seen it around for years but it did

  24. My family can't believe nurses don't get breaks

    MaryAnn_RN replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    Or when you have managed to get to the hospital cafeteria and the staff are serving soooooo slowly like you have all the time in the

  25. Funny things that pts say

    MaryAnn_RN replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    Last week a patient said to me with a straight face that 'big feet run in my family'. I laughed because I thought she was cracking a joke, but she