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The time when HIV was at it's highest peak, I was working at the delivery unit as a midwife. As I was repairing an episiotomy, a drop of blood jumped directly into one of my eyes despite the fact that I was wearing my eye glasses! I quickly washed m...

No regrets as the experience and knowledge gained from my nurse practice is more than valuable! My only wish is that I could have gone back to school and do proper medicine as one never progresses well in the right direction as a nurse! What I mean ...

Kooky Koorky, nil by mouth literally means not talking ! Medically we refer to NIL by mouth as in starving someone pre or post operative ly! 😊

I yes with you very much! Did exactly the same and added that unless something was done, I was going to either leave my job or totally decline sharing a shift with the culprit! Well, I was a senior and they could not dare loose a senior for for a Ju...

I have been a nurse for donkey years and liking it or disliking it depends on where I have worked at any given time. Generally I love the knowledge that I gained from the Nursing field as it has helped me personally, handling my own health needs, fa...

Pain relief relies soley with the prescriber and nurses can only observe and report their observations t the prescriber to consider an a propriete action- end of the story!

Falling asleep while at work is prohibited as per most hospital policies. All said and done, those who have made those policies have never done night shifts, or rather they practiced it at a certain level of their profession and dumped it due to it...

a I was once told by a nurse administering an ivi on me that my pain was psocho logical! I nearly slapped her on her face as d pain was real and at d end of it , my hand was grossly swollen since the medication had gone into the tissues!!! Unfortuna...

Read all about comments relating to morphine and the likes being demanded by patients as prescribed or a bit more often than prescribed! My practice, as has been mentioned by others, is to give as prescribed, meanwhile, trying to health educate the p...

I like to keep my cool and not to give a tit for tat sort of behaviour! The best way to deal with such an uncultured PA is to report him to the higher authority , discuss his behaviour and make him understand that he is part of the team caring for ...

Believe it or not!! Some adult is not able to say 'Michael Jackson' and says ' Michael Jaskon!' May be the odd pronounciations are in people's blood?! I have given up in correcting people and just try to understand them out of context!!

I have enjoyed sharing other peoples' response to this topic of patients refusing medication since I have had to make difficult decisions every now and then as the concerned authorities do not give clearcut policies on the issue. We had a resident wi...

I have particularly enjoyed reading the part that says 'the pain started on the toes downwards!!' . Sometimes I think that without such humour at work, it could be very boring!! Could that be what we call professional? A nurse I worked with at an Ort...

Hahahaa!! It is becoming more interesting until I am getting into the laughter boat!! Wait until you are taught by a tutor who has problems with pronouncing R and L and ends up by saying something like ' you lun arong the rine!' instead of ' you run...

It does not pay to laugh at someone who does not pronounce a word correctly. Let us not have the 'holierthan thou' attitude as in this case the doctor might have wrongly pronounced or spelled the drug's name but definately there are loads of medical ...

Deftonez188!! I love the dancing group!! Nursing is nolonger a calling but remains a noble profession.

I have learnt that many nurses are much blessed to have a tearoom and a complete 30 minutes lunch break each time they are on a shift!! You might think that I am kidding if I tell you that I work at a place where there is no tearoom at all and if a...

My advise is that the more you practice nursing, the more you grow to like it!! I would be cheating you vif I tell you that you shelve your Nursing Certificate and think over it that maybe you might like it in future...... never!! When you decide to...

I like this one most!!! That you even know some men that should use bras too!!! LOL!! Ridiculous! A bra is a must at work, no question about it and it adds life to the wearer too!! Please wear them at all costs!

Thanks alot for the results which are quite encouraging!! CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners!! We hope to read more interesting articles in future articles. Please do keep it up!!

The question is: Are night staff allowed to have a nap, doze or sleep at any stage during their twelve hours' shift? During our basic nursing training in the early seventies, it was highly unethical to attempt to sleep, doze or have a nap at any stag...

I wonder how such weird people manage to join the noble Health Proffession!! What disciplinary action was taken against him at the end of the day?NAKED!!!!! A male student Midwife was caught redhanded trying to sexually abuse a mother who was almost...

That must have been a Nudist in Adam's Suit at the wrong place and in the wrong proffession!! Bless him!!

Doctors can mean to be funny or rather weird!! I once worked at Labour ward where we used to receive any woman who presented at night with anything to do with pregnancy at whatever stage as the A AND E did not have any Obs n Gynae Specialist on cal...

Sorry about your failing a 2nd timeime in the Naclex !! You can still make it if you put in just a little more effort! Do not just get depressed and get put off nursing as a whole:redbeathe Try to get some coaching from a reputable school that offer...