81shelbay

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1. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

   81shelbay replied to 81shelbay's topic in General Nursing

   We do plan to do that as well as try and guess their points for against. Opinions don't influence me much I like to make my own mind up but I still think reading people's views are interesting. I am from Scotland and it is illegal in our country but ...

2. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

   81shelbay replied to 81shelbay's topic in General Nursing

   Yes my group and myself are compiling literature that will form the basis of our argument and yes it will be factual and relevant. This is to get a feel for opinions on the matter because at the end of the day opinions do make a difference. The major...

3. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

   81shelbay replied to 81shelbay's topic in General Nursing

   Our topic is euthanasia only and our argument that supports the for argument. We watched a video in class of a man who had MND and went to Switzerland and was prescribed a drink that killed him within a few minutes. They filmed his death, it was sad ...

4. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

   81shelbay replied to 81shelbay's topic in General Nursing

   Because it involves many different opinions, ethics and it involves ending someone's life. I agree with some aspects of it, I believe that people have the right to choose if they want to die but in certain circumstances eg MND, Huntington's, Terminal...

5. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

   81shelbay replied to 81shelbay's topic in General Nursing

   Yes the group are aware of this. This was just an idea because what we have read so far have opposed it but the literature are only taking into consideration some opinions so we thought if we did this we can get a better feel for what people think ab...

6. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

   81shelbay replied to 81shelbay's topic in General Nursing

   Hi I am a 3rd year nursing student and our class has been given the task of compiling a debate on euthanasia and assisted suicide. I have been placed in team that has to argue for it and so I am asking if people can comment their opinions on this mat...

7. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

   81shelbay posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi there I am a 3rd year nursing student. Our class at university have been asked to compile a debate for and against euthanasia/assisted suicide, our class has been divided into two groups and I have been placed in the group for. I have been appoint...

8. What do you think ?

   81shelbay replied to Nursing4U2's topic in General Students

   We only need 60% in every class to pass except our OSCE that has to be 90%.

9. Nurse in a bar... Should you help?

   81shelbay replied to crc2015's topic in General Students

   I am from the United Kingdom and the resuscitation council over here state that if you need to perform CPR and don't want to give breaths because say the person has been sick or your just unsure of their background then we can give CPR by giving comp...

10. Nervous about my chances of getting into nursing

    81shelbay replied to Aking80's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I have similar issues than you, I too didn't think I was clever enough to do stuff but guess what I am in my final year at university doing my bachelor of science nursing degree, I have passed everything with flying colours mostly got As in my second...

11. Opinions!!

    81shelbay replied to 81shelbay's topic in Student Assist

    No I don't want someone to give me an introduction...just tips really. Thanks I think I will start with the main text as you suggested...hopefully it will come to me eventually. I know what I want to say...just can't get it to make much sense at the ...

12. Opinions!!

    81shelbay posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hi, I have recently been given an assignment to do but I have sat for the last week and written nothing....well I have but I keep deleting it because it just doesn't sound right. We have to discuss this statement [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR]"As the popu...

13. Advice for someone preparing for nursing school

    81shelbay replied to cracklingkraken's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Are you able to do intradermal Injections?, In Scotland we can only do IM or Sub cut when you are a student. Also in our first year we only learn the normal functions before we start abnormal functions in 2nd year.

14. Advice for someone preparing for nursing school

    81shelbay replied to cracklingkraken's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I live in a different country from you we study physical health and wellbeing, mental health and wellbeing, ethics and law regarding nursing, mental health, psychology, sociology, clinical skills such as fluid balance and electrolytes, blood pressure...

15. Medication calculations

    81shelbay posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hi does anyone have any tips on how to calculate drug dosages etc... I have my OSCE soon and part of this is to do drug calculations without a calculator. I understand the simple ones for example: the patient is prescribed 10mg of midazolam there are...