ClaireMacl

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  1. How long until burn out?

    ClaireMacl replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Not much chance of people in the UK going into nursing for the money, lol. You make more money in IT and don't have to clean up mess :wink2: I've met newly qualified nurses here tho that have gone...

  2. Bizarre, Odd or just plain Gross Patient Habits.

    ClaireMacl replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    When I was very little and scared of the dark, my mum told me that so long as everything was under the covers, nothing could get me.... so I used to be found completely covered in my sheets, just in...

  3. Family Witnessing Code Activities

    ClaireMacl replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    From a personal point of view, I wouldn't like my last memory of my loved one being someone pumping on their chest. I've been in the situation a few times where a patient has crashed while relatives...

  4. uk nurses who have come to the usa

    ClaireMacl replied to cariad's topic in United Kingdom

    Just an aside, but was talking to a collegue who worked in the US last year - I can't believe they only get two weeks annual leave a year!!!! I don't know if my body could cope with going from 28 days...

  5. Question about working in Aberdeen after completing Diphe at RGU

    ClaireMacl replied to Wee-lassie's topic in International Nursing

    I just don't understand this at all... surely if you pass your course, you should be afforded the opportunity of at least applying independently and selling yourself on your application and...

  6. How many of y'all......

    ClaireMacl replied to Joebird21's topic in Emergency

    I can see and do just about everything, trauma, gsw's, gi bleeds... the only thing that you'll tend to see me leaving the cubicle for is the sound of wretching... I don't mind vomit at all, but the...

  7. transitioning to the ER

    ClaireMacl replied to nursepenny's topic in Emergency

    I'm not sure what its like in the US, but as a general rule, we don't stat IV's on kids except in resus... by the time they are cannulated, they can rush to the ward You'll find there are probably...

  8. Questions about UK nursing school

    ClaireMacl replied to mammypi's topic in International Nursing

    I agree with what Silverdragon said, you may also wish to check the admissions website... on

  9. UK training = dangerous?

    ClaireMacl replied to Spartagates's topic in International Nursing

    One of my mum's friends was a primary "inventor" of P2000, I soooo wanted to have it out with her about the failings of the system after I started it, but since she'd retired, I bit my tongue! Did you...

  10. UK training = dangerous?

    ClaireMacl replied to Spartagates's topic in International Nursing

    You hated it? That surprises me actually, I felt I got a great education at Kings, but as with everything, it depends on your tutors and the hospitals you are attached to... I spent 90% of my time at...

  11. transitioning to the ER

    ClaireMacl replied to nursepenny's topic in Emergency

    I'll take bets that you'll have no problems with the transition, particularly with the really sick patients... perhaps you could do some reading on the good old minor injuries, since your background...

  12. UK training = dangerous?

    ClaireMacl replied to Spartagates's topic in International Nursing

    I've finally been accepted onto the Mentorship course, I'll be interested to see if I can tweek information from this thread into a presentation... although its not necessarily going to change things,...

  13. "6 Feet Under" is over! Finally a real nurse on TV!

    ClaireMacl replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I seriously hate you all But really... in the UK, we've not even been told its finishing... now I'm not even sure if we've seen the last series or not. Grr.... I love 6 Feet

  14. Agenda for change

    ClaireMacl replied to Era's topic in International Nursing

    Ok, AFC is sounding more and more crazy all the time. I thought, clearly wrongly, that people like midwifes would automatically be band 6. If our emergency nurse E grades are, rightly, being offered...

  15. night duty--weekends

    ClaireMacl replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    Nightmare, I agree the system of pay for night shifts is mad! I'm not sure when our weekend rate kicks in, but I have been known to put four hours on the friday shift and try to put the rest on the...

  16. UK training = dangerous?

    ClaireMacl replied to Spartagates's topic in International Nursing

    Hi John, First off, I qualified three years ago and we were told EBL was EVIDENCE based learning! I certainly was taught through a system of evidence based practice, I'm not sure where you've heard...

  17. night duty--weekends

    ClaireMacl replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    I've never thought about what happens if you finish the night shifts on a Friday night/Sat morning, must ask the rota guy We work 5 12 hour night shifts a month and two weekends, usually, the night...

  18. Agenda for change

    ClaireMacl replied to Era's topic in International Nursing

    I guess the variation is because of years of service... banding still exists within AFC, so I earn more than some of my senior collegues because I have been qualified longer, of course that works the...

  19. Agenda for change

    ClaireMacl replied to Era's topic in International Nursing

    I've just been told that as an E Grade ED nurse, I'll be a band 6, which is better than the initial reports of E grades being band 5 no matter which speciality they work. My collegue got her first...

  20. What Is Your Biggest Weakness?

    ClaireMacl replied to RN2B07's topic in General Nursing

    Mine is sarcasm! Coming from Scotland, its virtually second nature, but noone in London seems to see the difference between sarcasm and rudeness... even worse with Filipino nurses whom I have many...

  21. From Med/Surg to ER(plan relocate alb, NM Help)

    ClaireMacl replied to med/surg flt rn's topic in Emergency

    I don't know about the US, but in the UK you are perfectly qualified for a progression into the ED. Here, nurses who have come from other areas have a two week orientation, you won't be allocated to...

  22. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    ClaireMacl replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Hi Buttons, Having read the reasoning for why you won't visit the ED, I can completely understand! What a horrible experience you were put through. It reinforces the initial instruction we are given...

  23. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    ClaireMacl replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Hi, I have never thought or implied that a migraine sufferer is a drug seeker, although others in the thread have said that is a common presenting complaint. I myself suffer from Classic Migraines,...

  24. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    ClaireMacl replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Thanks, Yeah, someone pointed that out earlier. Actually, of all our controlled drugs, Pethadine is the least used of the lot, apart from Ketamine which we seem to have stopped using. For migraines,...

  25. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    ClaireMacl replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Buttons, I am appalled at your opinion of pain management in the ER! You won't go there so long as you can breathe or your heart beats? Well, I hope you never utter that to an ER nurse who may have...