ClaireMacl

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  1. Doctors telephone orders???

    ClaireMacl replied to danursern's topic in General Nursing

    We have to have two registered nurses listen to the order to verify it... or at least that's how it was when I worked on the

  2. Last names on ID badges and retaliation by patients

    ClaireMacl replied to ICRN2008's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I once done a search on my full name on a new website in the uk for phonenumbers and found that just my name would give not only my phonenumber, but my full address. I blanked out my surname with my...

  3. 20 Day "Protected Learning", & Why I Loathe The NMC

    ClaireMacl replied to steve0123's topic in International Nursing

    I hate the NMC because they want £129 out of me by the end of the month which will put me in overdraft and I still can't figure out what they've done for me in the past 3

  4. flushing the iv

    ClaireMacl replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Hiya, It's a good question to ask! Basically, we generally do it because when you put an IV line in it can coagulate at the end of the cannula and stop it from running. Essentially, its like a thick...

  5. Emptying Catheters!

    ClaireMacl replied to TraceyJ's topic in International Nursing

    We use plastic urinals or jugs which can go in the washer, so we can wash and go I remember when I was doing pre-nursing in the 90s, we used the cardboard disposable things, but I've never seen them...

  6. Does your facility use military time?

    ClaireMacl replied to Maynmom's topic in General Nursing

    We have done for years in the

  7. Help, new nurse, suffering from Heel Pain.

    ClaireMacl replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    Plantar Fasciitis is hell on earth, especially for someone who works long hours like us! You can get moulded arch supports of the net, though I've never tried them, I tend to put up with it, as nurses...

  8. Overbearing pt family

    ClaireMacl replied to nursestacy73's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    OMG, this is horrifying. I hope you get somewhere with the authorities on what to do next, being a patient advocate is so important... much more than the worries of the family becoming irrate. Best of...

  9. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

    ClaireMacl replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

    Hey there, I guess things are different in the UK. Neither the nurses, charge nurse nor the docs have a say on when the patient is to go to the ward/floor... we are governed by a clock!!! Four hours...

  10. I freeze up when the big traumas/CPRs come in

    ClaireMacl replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    We have had a senior nurse who has never been involved in CPR, you never know if you will or you won't. Personally, I, when I first started out got very freaked! I had a guy I was talking to who told...

  11. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

    ClaireMacl replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

    Hiya, I've often called our admission unit very early, thinking that the ED stuff is finished, since the medics seem to have finished documenting.... only to have them say either that the registrar...

  12. Does your ED have an observation unit, and what's its purpose?

    ClaireMacl replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    We have a CDU, it is notoriously abused, despite "guidelines" that were drawn up to avoid inappropriate admissions. The 4 hour targets mean it is used to "avoid breaches" ie more than 4 hours in...

  13. acquirig UK licensure

    ClaireMacl replied to kapay81's topic in International Nursing

    We have no EN's that I know of in London anymore, they have to downgrade to healthcare

  14. ER Dept Scrub Color

    ClaireMacl replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    We used to be able to wear scrubs (UK), but our lovely hospital manager decided he couldn't tell the nurses from the doctors and put us in ward uniforms They attract stains like nothing on earth! I...

  15. activated charcoal

    ClaireMacl replied to nursepenny's topic in Emergency

    I just give my uniform into the linen room and ask for a new one, lol... but then, our uniforms are hospital

  16. Why Am I Being Refused Work In ICU?

    ClaireMacl replied to steve0123's topic in International Nursing

    I'm a UK ED nurse and know agencies insist that as a specialist nurse in an acute area, everywhere in the UK, that you must have 12 months floor experience, regardless of qualifications. Sorry you've...

  17. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

    ClaireMacl replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

    In light of agency cuts in our hospital, we've taken a different approach in our ED... we've invited the admission unit staff to work as bank nurses with us. Traditionally, the admission unit nurses...

  18. UK training = dangerous?

    ClaireMacl replied to Spartagates's topic in International Nursing

    If their mentors were actually good mentors, I'd be happy for a student to administer an IM to me, no problems. Alot is down to good mentorship as well as improving the current system of

  19. what's in your pocket?

    ClaireMacl replied to srknurse's topic in Emergency

    pen, pen torch, tourniquet, trauma scissors, lipstick (lol). I've never met a UK ED nurse with a PDA, afterall, we are triaging, not diagnosing

  20. Maude & Mabel

    ClaireMacl replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Brilliant!!!!

  21. Agency ban

    ClaireMacl replied to ClaireMacl's topic in International Nursing

    I found out yesterday why we aren't able to book agency, our hospital has a £7,000,000 debt they need to reduce by April and want to get £3,000,000 from the emergency department alone! Money versus...

  22. US Embasssy immigration interviews

    ClaireMacl replied to novb33's topic in International Nursing

    That's interesting to me, because a few months ago, quite a few of our nurses got letters that we may have been exposed to open TB, the name of the patient wasn't stated and I don't know of one of the...

  23. Intubation

    ClaireMacl replied to EricTAMUCC-BSN's topic in Emergency

    The problem we have with CPAP and even BIPAP is that even though myself and many emergency nurses are trained in setting it up, our lovely resp. consultant in the hospital states we have to call the...

  24. Need Advice!

    ClaireMacl replied to peechy79's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In the UK, student nurses can join a union, I presume that is the same in the US... why not consult

  25. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

    ClaireMacl replied to Mama2-3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hi, I'm sorry for what happened to you, it sounds like the treatment for trusting another nurse is totally uncalled for. Sure, as everyone has said, never administer something you've not seen...