MaryAnn_RN

MaryAnn_RN

ICU

Member

  • Content

    478

  • Visitors

    13,533

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    7

All Content by MaryAnn_RN

  1. Are we deskilling

    MaryAnn_RN replied to XB9S's topic in United Kingdom

    I seem to remember trying that when we had a student with VERY unsavoury personal habits :eek:. Despite being failed on that placement the student qualified and was last seen smirking in the corridoor...

  2. nurses with attitudes

    MaryAnn_RN replied to cariad's topic in International Nursing

    what changed my attitude to families was not what i was taught in pre-reg, or on the ward. on christmas day nearly 9 years ago now, my dad collapsed at home with a massive gi bleed. they lived about...

  3. qualifications for an ICU nurse?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to charley_pearson's topic in MICU, SICU

    hey, im in england and working towards a diploma in adult nursing, id love to work in the icu department, as that is where i can see myself headed in a few years time. have you had any placements in...

  4. nurses with attitudes

    MaryAnn_RN replied to cariad's topic in International Nursing

    Cariad I'm sorry you have been having problems. It would be worth contacting the PALS (Patient Advocacy and Liaison department) officer. Their details should be on the Trust website...just a...

  5. Night Shift = Second Class?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to NewNightShifter's topic in General Nursing

    Same here, we have to do half and half so it reduces the 'them and us'

  6. Are we deskilling

    MaryAnn_RN replied to XB9S's topic in United Kingdom

    I was about to write all the times I offered to teach students this that and the other. Here is one example. A couple of weeks ago, had a very complex, very unstable patient who had to go to CT along...

  7. Coroners Court

    MaryAnn_RN posted a topic in International Nursing

    Has anyone attended coroners court? I was involved in a case last year and the coroner is going to call me as a witness. Have never had anything like this and feel petrified at the thought. Made a...

  8. Are we deskilling

    MaryAnn_RN replied to XB9S's topic in United Kingdom

    Deskilling is a very real issue. I worked with a staff nurse a couple of years ago who asked me to catheterise her female patient - she claimed not to have done it before but had been qualified for...

  9. Coroners Court

    MaryAnn_RN replied to MaryAnn_RN's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Sharrie and my other Allnurses friends, it wasn't an easy thing to go through but it wasn't as bad as I thought. We went for lunch afterwards to talk it over and then I came home and slept for...

  10. Coroners Court

    MaryAnn_RN replied to MaryAnn_RN's topic in International Nursing

    The inquest was today, the verdict was 'natural

  11. starting off

    MaryAnn_RN replied to STIRLING's topic in International Nursing

    Hi sorry to hear that you have lost your job. If you are thinking about nursing or health care as a career you have some options. If you are considering nursing, you could apply to work and/or train...

  12. how many of you go to the grocery store after working with patients?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to ilmbg's topic in General Nursing

    We are forbidden to go shopping in our uniform at any time. We are 'allowed' to travel to and from work in uniform because the hospital does not provide changing or showering facilities for...

  13. "I need someone who can give me regular IV's "

    MaryAnn_RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Or vitamin P

  14. How do you react to being humiliated by nurses?

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

    Yelling at anyone is not professional; people who yell may be senior, but they are not

  15. Have you helped/saved anyone while off duty?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    I had a scary time once on a flight from London to San Francisco, person started fitting, had to maintain his airway and give 02 etc, we diverted to Iceland and the person was

  16. Are nurses hourly or salaried?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a UK staff nurse and am paid a salary, which is the usual practice in the NHS. If I do any extra shifts that is paid separately at an hourly

  17. How many of us work on RN only units?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Adult ICU, RN

  18. Best experience as a nurse/worst experience

    MaryAnn_RN replied to hemlok2's topic in General Nursing

    The worst was when I realised there had been a drug error, and that is still ongoing - the inquest is next week. The saddest but also the most rewarding case was caring for a pt in the ICU who had...

  19. Do you sign "RN' after your name OUTSIDE of the hospital?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Never signed anything with RN outside of work, but once answered the phone at home, 'ITU, staff nurse, can I help you' and then couldn't speak to the caller because I was laughing so much...what a...

  20. Off topic...Weather

    MaryAnn_RN posted a topic in International Nursing

    Can't believe it, just looked out the window and it is

  21. Bad room

    MaryAnn_RN replied to labman's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ours is Bed 5. They never seem to do well, don't know

  22. If you weren't a nurse...

    MaryAnn_RN replied to jhns9vl's topic in MICU, SICU

    Nursing is my life's dream, but if I had to choose then I would be a

  23. Off topic...Weather

    MaryAnn_RN replied to MaryAnn_RN's topic in International Nursing

    Staffordshire here, we live on the edge of Cannock

  24. Please Read My Strange Journey Through NCLEX!

    MaryAnn_RN replied to CUNurse2b's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    :clpty::clpty::clpty::clpty: Well

  25. need help

    MaryAnn_RN replied to sheraz86's topic in International Nursing

    You can find the NMC here http://www.nmc-uk.org/aArticle.aspx?ArticleID=1671 Hope that helps