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brianbooth RN

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I can be a bit grumpy about where my beloved nursing is heading

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  1. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    brianbooth posted a topic in General Nursing

    I refer you to a thread elsewhere here, where you can see my comments on this idiocy. Feel free to stomp on me. But in the case of an emergency - and I speak from experience - give me the smoker over...

  2. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    brianbooth replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    There's a standard joke in Brith nursing - no doubt you have equivalents - 'I know how I want to die. At the age of 90, shot in bed by a jealous husband'. We have family in Texas; they also spent...

  3. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    brianbooth replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    Take a moment to award yourself a common sense

  4. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    brianbooth replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, MSOforu. I am going to reiterate my comments so far, so we don't stray off track. My entry into nursing was strongly contested because on the form, under 'religion', I entered 'none'. Yet...

  5. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    brianbooth replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    Some fascinating information here for Brit nurses. On age as an employment bar: a major UK company chain called B&Q, which sells hardware, decorating materials, fitted kitchens and bathrooms,...

  6. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    brianbooth replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    I can't comment on US nursing working pactices; I can only say how I worked it the UK, and believe, on the whole, my way worked. Others may disagree. As the nurse in charge, if I couldn't leave the...

  7. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    brianbooth replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree, but it seems once again I have failed to make my point clearly. Smoking breaks are not a right ; they could be construed as fraud. However, having run a ward or two, I believe that...

  8. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    brianbooth replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    Considering that I have some experience of writing about nursing, and encouraging others to do so - feel free to check me on CINAHL, Medscape and other sources - I seem to be doing a pretty poor job...

  9. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    brianbooth replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I can only add to this that in my opinion, BMI is a largely useless measure of anything. I once nursed a super fit boxer whose BMI made him out to be obese. You could have used his abdomen...

  10. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    brianbooth replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    I think I have failed to make my point about this thread, which comes down to me not explaining myself well. 1. The debate about nicotine and its effects is separate, I believe. 2. If employers wish...

  11. Hospital will not hire smokers

    brianbooth replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    To follow this thread: I wish to make a plea. Every contributor has made pertinent comments, and I especially like the demands for evidence. But it has become split; the question about nicotine is one...

  12. Hospital will not hire smokers

    brianbooth replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Testing for chemicals: I have had bit of experience dealing with people working on building sites in the UK. Employers conduct random tests which can detect a rather large selection of drug use, and...

  13. Hospital will not hire smokers

    brianbooth replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Please bear in mind that our UK 'free at the point of delivery' healthcare service does not mean we are a Communist state. It is about looking out for each

  14. Hospital will not hire smokers

    brianbooth replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think it might be worth thinking about how much smokers contribute to society. We pay tobacco duty and die

  15. Hospital will not hire smokers

    brianbooth replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    dear Jakehose - No, I am not in favour of a nicotine ban . Any initiative which helps smokers to quit - fine by me. But so long as nurses aren't breathing cigarette smells onto patients, a non-hiring...

  16. Hospital will not hire smokers

    brianbooth replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    From the UK: There is a rather large gap between 'what should be' and 'what really happens'. Where do we start? I suppose it must begin with: I don't really understand the niceties of North American...

  17. BSN Only? Give me a break!!

    brianbooth replied to michaelvgrigsby's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    In the UK, we have been following the US model of nurse 'education', and having read everything posted above, it saddens but confirms me in my belief that there is a fundamental flaw in the reasoning...

  18. BSN Only? Give me a break!!

    brianbooth replied to michaelvgrigsby's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm an old codger (aged 57), nursing as an RN in a different country - and continent - to those who have put up such thoughtful and meaningful comments as those above. But, as Chris Griffin asked,...

  19. Does Anatomy & Physiology help you in nursing?

    brianbooth replied to KStudentNurse70's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In the big shake-up of UK nurse training in 1986, the reckless idiots in charge of it said that nursing was about promoting health, not dealing with sickness. As a result, 'stuff' like A&P was...

  20. July 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    brianbooth replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "ummm... Who are those two old people in her bedroom, with feeding instructions pinned to their

  21. Dealing with well-meaning but stupid questions?

    brianbooth replied to feelslikefire's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How well I know what you're talking about... patients asking 'why aren't you a doctor?', and not having a snappy comeback, even all these decades later, is irritating, to say the least. If anyone...

  22. Does Anatomy & Physiology help you in nursing?

    brianbooth replied to KStudentNurse70's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In the UK, A&P has been relegated by some universities to a later place in the curriculum, which I believe to be a serious mistake. (It was the first thing we did when I trained, and we would...

  23. Acronyms: Where's the COW?

    brianbooth replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Now that patients in the UK can ask to see their medical records, a lot of acronyms have had to go. Some examples: The Isle of Sheppey, near where I live, was once relatively inaccessible, with the...

  24. Hospital will not hire smokers

    brianbooth replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I understand, and sympathize with, contributors who see nurses who smoke as being hypocritical when it comes to patient education. May I suggest that there is another side to this? As a nurse who...

  25. Well done! Nothing happened

    brianbooth posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's taken me a long time to realise it - apologies to all those nurses who cottoned on earlier than I did, yes. perhaps I'm a slow learner - but having spent the last nine years back working at the...