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  1. How to cope with my training?

    azalight90 posted a topic in United Kingdom

    Hi I am about to start a HNC in care and administrative practice. (Higher national certificate) This course can allow me on the second year of a Uk Adult Nursing degree. I am terrified. I start on...

  2. Use of stethoscope

    azalight90 posted a topic in United Kingdom

    Hello I am a student nurse in Scotland. What I want to know about uk nurses are this: do you use stethoscopes to listen to bowel and chest sounds? Yes or no and why? i ask because nurses from...

  3. Should nurses strike?

    azalight90 posted a topic in United Kingdom

    Do you think nurses should strike? With public perception of nursing low due to scandals such as Stafford and others people believe that nursing care and nursing is poor or recruiting the wrong...

  4. If this was your patient what would you do?

    azalight90 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi i was on placement. I took a patients obs all but blood pressure was normal. He he felt cold but had a temperature was 36.5 however his blood pressure was systolic 199 diastolic 70 the blood...

  5. If this was your patient what would you do?

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    What are you looking for when using a stethoscope and listening to bowel sounds? I would say that doctors are more likely to listen to the.

  6. If this was your patient what would you do?

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    That patient had been sat down for a while. He was actually sitting talking to relatives. On no drips and appetite was ok nothing abnormal

  7. If this was your patient what would you do?

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    Well I have never seen uk nurses use stethoscopes. I know in many places in the uk nurses just do not use stethoscopes to listen to chest or bowl movements. Not seen it once n my 2 weeks in a gastro...

  8. If this was your patient what would you do?

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    99% of blood pressure is taken by machine also takes pulse and sats. There re was no pain at all. The only problem was his he felt temperature wise. However he was on oxygen and had no voice

  9. If this was your patient what would you do?

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    Was it wrong to just call the doctor? I have never ever seen uk nurses use a stethoscope by the

  10. If this was your patient what would you do?

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    What other assessment would you do? I can't remember the other obs

  11. Difference in RN education

    azalight90 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello What I have wondered for a while but been unable to get a proper answer is this: What is the difference in RN Education between the UK and the USA The only difference I can think of is this...

  12. Difference in RN education

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    I agree with everything you said Silverdragon102. However I wonder what you make of this: Some Mental health nursing students have said to me that they would possibly not have gone into nursing if...

  13. Difference in RN education

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    Another thing I forgot to mention was this: Student nurse Bursary. This means that as Student Nurses we get £540 ($830.95)every month. This is Scotland think England might be different. This is on...

  14. Is this a worthwhile assessment

    azalight90 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello I have an essay for my Introduction to Adult Nursing class. I am studying in Scotland. I just want to know if you think that making students answer an essay like this is worthwhile or not. I am...

  15. Difference in RN education

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    A C section is something that midwives do call doctors for. It was one of the Emergencies I talked about. The doctors do deal with labor emergencies. However the uk is more about normal births and...

  16. Difference in RN education

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    I know that is what I think. I chose adult nursing for a few reasons 1- Most general 2- More places of work 3- General so a good grounding 4- If I want to change I can go back and study for two...

  17. Difference in RN education

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    Firstly most degrees in the uk are 40% pass rate for a pass (bad one) but a pass. As the training is a degree the university is more or less forced to make the pass rate 40% however 99% of my tutors...

  18. Difference in RN education

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    Thanks that is a good idea Firstly to be a RN you need a minimum of 3 year BSN although you can do a 4 year BSN with Honors Also when deciding to go into nursing you are not able to just go for a...

  19. dictionary

    azalight90 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi I am in my 3rd day of my nursing degree. I have been told to get a dictionary to help with medical terminology and that it will be needed within some classes. What I was wondering is what is the...

  20. Working abroad as a UK qualified RN

    azalight90 posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi I do not know if this is the correct forum but I thought I would ask anyway. Unlike other countries the uk has Nursing branches -Adult, child, mental health and learning disabilities. I know that...

  21. How old were you when you started nursing school?

    azalight90 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    Hi I will Start my Nursing degree in Glasgow Scotland this September. Yikes. I will be 18 years old. In the uk the Nursing degree is three years long. So if I pass my course and everything first...

  22. I know I am not yet a nurse but.

    azalight90 posted a topic in United Kingdom

    Hi I know I am not yet a nurse. I am about to start my training. However I was concerned to read that Nursing Midwifery Council is considering an increase to their annual fee from £100 to £120....

  23. I know I am not yet a nurse but.

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in United Kingdom

    Hi everyone Just to inform you but the petition has 100,458 signatures. However that is not the important part. The important part is what NMC has said. They have commented:[h=1]"NMC comment on fees...

  24. I know I am not yet a nurse but.

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in United Kingdom

    Thanks guys we have gone over the hundred thousand signatures. At this exact moment of posting there is 100,017 As of now it is rising at a steady speed. In about fives it has gone from 100,017 to...

  25. I know I am not yet a nurse but.

    azalight90 replied to azalight90's topic in United Kingdom

    There is a few things: 1.Expecting nurses and midwifes to pay £120 a year just to work. There has been a pay freeze 2.Registration fees of £120 would be an increase of almost 60% over two years...