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I am a clincal nurse specilist and see my patients where ever they are, ie opd, day case ward etc. Last friday patient going to theatre was not ready hence there was a delay. as i walked on duty a consultant march up to me and asking me justify my h...

Sharrie and Karenmaire, Thanks for your support. I work with 5 consultant and he is one of the newish one. Basically ward nurses do not do ward round so when i go on the ward my prority is to ensure my post op pts are supported during the ward round...

I just came accross this in DR's forum Can I be a Nurse Prac? Apparently there is now a blurring of roles between doctors and nurses. What a load of Chelsea. Nurses are taking on doctor's roles. They are sitting in clinics, clerking, doing procedure...

and More!!! The Noctors are nearly all in place to replace junior doctors, in case they ever go on strike.As its the same familiar faces doing a bit of extra work, and there is no problem to them..yet..senior doctors will shrug their shoulders and ca...

and more Go for it. You might get a chance to use your surgical skills, instead of just doing paperwork.

And more !!! Uniform is not required. The clipboard is the real mark of authority . . .

And more NPs in most hospitals i've worked in wear their own clothes. But to answer your question: No Avad, you can't be a nurse practitioner. You don't need to hold hands with another nurse to form a synapse. You would never fit in.

My brother 53yrs NIDDM suffered from both legs swallon for past 3 days and was getting worst, and had very bad c/o coughs for past 2 weeks or so. We advice him to see his GP as a matter of urgency. He rang the GP practice but was told that GP will s...

Hi At one time you could be a cadet doing ophthalmic nursing first and then do Register Nurse Training but that was stopped years ago. Now you have to do registered nurse training first and then go and do ENB-346 ophthalmology course. Although to wor...

10 for me. I l love and live for my job.

Some staff and some patients has complained to the ward manager regarding one of the nurse with severe body odour. It so bad you can tell which room she has been in. The ward manager had to take her a side to address this issue and at the time nurse...

Discrimination? We all are from different ethnic background and different cultures and so this nurse feels that she has been singled out becuase of her background. But that is not true. The truth is that she has terrible body odour and she needs sort...

We have senior sisters meeting every monday, i find this somtime useful as this is the only time we can get updated of whats going on etc. But i am thinking whether every monday is necesary, as sometime i come out of the meeting thinking what a wase...

A patient was seen by the nursing practitioner, then by the doctor and then planed for surgery in 3 days time. On arrival to the ward no pre-assessment was done. I questioned the doctor as to why this patient was admitted without adeqately prepared...

In a view to move to new hospital in few yrs time, we have been asked to do process mapping in our area in terms of patient's journey thru hospital. I have not done this before and would appreciate and help/hints etc. Many thanks

I am CNS and me my line manager are in same band 7, as she is little anxious to do my KSF review she is asking our lead nurse to be present. This means that i will 2 people doing my KSF review. I am not entirely happy. Can i refuse this?. To be hones...

There is a pressure on us to work towards more and more daycases, however there seems to be a constant barrier from nursing staff to change. I know no one likes change and i know we need to bring about change using appropriate stratgies but It is not...

Few years ago when this document http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4123769 came out all our NP's were told to work towards to match up those MCP's competencies. Now the management has cha...

the higher band job is hard to come by and competition is fierce in job market. but i tell you what i did when i was band "e" (band 5). through my pdp i identified that to do nurse-led angiography we had to do iv therapy and venepunture course. my ...

Our NHS Trust has made an application to become a new type of NHS organisation- an NHS Foundation Trust. Can someone me please give me some insight as to how their trust has benefited from this and what are the impact on their jobs. Is having NHS F...

My staff nurse wants to reduce her hours from 37.5 to 24. She has came up with set hrs and set days she would like to do. Serive we work in is unplanned patient activities and flexibility is priority. A full time person is needed to meet the quali...

Update: I offered this nurse 4 days over a week but she refused to accept it. I offered her 4 days normal shift with reduced 32 per week (against my lead nurse's advice), but she also declined this offer. I aksed her if she has any other option in he...

I think you are probably right in saying that there is more to this than she is letting on and we can see that to be honest. I have been adviced by my lead nurse and human resource, that this post remain full-time. I had a one to one meeting with n...

her normal working pattern can be anything from 7.30- 6pm, 37.5hrs a week. she has join the agency so she does extra shifts thru that nhsp agency on wards if someone has gone off sick etc. and then she does all the extra hrs during her holidays via s...

According to my lead nurse and human resource we are unable to accomodate this nurse's request. However we are going to offer her 4 day a week 37.5hrs week. Although my lead nurse is not entirely happy with 4 days but then she is leaving that decis...