I was redeployed 6 months ago & am not happy in my current post, I am starting to think about going down a band, but was wondering about pay. Do you end up going to the bottom of the lower band or...
I just wondered how many patients other nurses in the uk are expected to look after on a shift? I'm not so much interested in ItU but more wards. I feel our nurse to patient ratio is unsafe, if I have...
If you are planning to work as a HCA while doing your training try & not let the uni know you are doing this or planning to, as it's something that is looked down upon. For reference's I'd be...
In the hospital where I work if they come as as a emergency or elective surgical patient they go to a dedicated MRSA ward (which treats, surgical, orthopaedic, ob-gynae), if they have a past history...
Sometimes you might need to have your manager complete paperwork before you go though the gateway, so it's not as automatic as it seems. The trust I work at has this system, I'm in the process of...
I'm handing in my notice tomorrow but I'm so worried about doing it. As I didn't tell anyone on the ward that I had gone for another job. I even had my apprisal 10 days & didn't say anything. I'm...
I was in my first job for a year, I then moved to a cohort ward dealing with every speciality as I saw it was an opportunity to gain experience with everything to help me move to a sister post. I'd...
I do not know how many cases there have been due to cannulas but someone is just as just as much risk of developing a MRSA bacterima as from a cannula as from a central line because this a point of...
like most here we have the option of tunic & trousers or dresses. I wear dresses cause I find them more comfortable the trousers have elastic waists & come up really
My dream job has come up at work, I'm currently working as a band 5 on a cohort ward which I love, it is a new unit which opened about 5 months ago & when the whole directorate was reconfigured in...
I completely agree but not only staffing levels they should look at skill mix. Where I am they say we are fully staff but our skill mix is awful, so in essence we've had 4 band 5 nurses on the ward as...
Staff would only be swabbed at outbreak when the outbreak is caused by a single strain. When a patient is swabbed, any MRSA positive result is then sent away for grouping as usually when 2 patients on...
Have you thought about speaking to someone more senior to your ward manager. They might be able to see the bigger picture & if you can speak to them & explain how it would help your career...