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  1. Advice PLEASE - Considering Nursing @ 39

    If you hear 'the call' then do so. You're still young to start a career in nursing. Good
  2. :roll Hahahahah That's funny! My story? Simple..... I wanted to make my Grandfather proud + the fact that I was from a line of nurses & midwives! I also wanted to make a difference in my own...
  3. loss of a fellow co-worker

    Sorry for your loss.
  4. day shift nurses vs. night shift nurses

    I currently am contracted to rotate between day & night. I don't like nights much as there are less nurses and can be a nightmare. Then again, there are days when you feel the same way about day...
  5. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    I agree with NurseHobbit! Some people's lives are just so empty that they just have to excite it by aggravating someone else's. Unfortunately, this happens where I work now. We have been merged into...
  6. How do I decide on a specialty?

    Hello. When your instructor say; you just know. Well, I must agree with him/her. I finished my training donkeys years ago and the first 18months was of a wide variety of specialties. I changed my mind...
  7. Nursing survival gifts...

    Has anyone mentioned..... IV chocolates & lots of it, +/- other forms for other routes !? ( I did see chocolate spray
  8. cute joke

    Awwww..... Sweet!
  9. Add to the story....

    ... then George ( as in Clooney ) came in scrubs to give her a once over to decide what to do with her. Then he
  10. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    :penguin: Good for you! Nurses without a good sense of humour are usually quite scary to me. When I was on my final placement as a student nurse ( donkey's years ago! ), I worked with this fantastic...
  11. chocolates and a general 'thank you' cards to all are always welcome and nice but i have personal faves. i used to work in the private part of a london hospital and i received these personalised...
  12. What is the major reason nurses leave?

    all of the above reasons. more so now that the nhs is in crisis and very chaotic. no-one seem to care anymore ( it feels very much like this where i work ). has anyone ever notices that nurses are so...
  13. fear of vomit?

    Me too! Give me double gloves and a pinny, I'm good. I can handle blood, other juices that the body produces ( LOL I'm rhyming here! Haha ) I can handle 'em all .... except thick greeny plugs of...
  14. change of career specialty

    I'm not in a senior position like yourself... coz I'm comfy where I am ( band 6/Senior E-grade ) but I am beginning to loose interest in what I am doing but because of what's happening in the NHS I...
  15. Add to the story....

    While trying to catch up on my fave scifi series SG... Suddenly the front door opened and Colin Firth walked in
  16. Sign On Bonuses...Are they real?

    I take it you're in the US? Wow! They exist? That sounds well wicked! Sign me Up!! Where's the form? Hehehe Sorry just kidding. In the UK we get annual increments ( is that how you spell it?! ). You...
  17. nursing caps

    I always wanted one but my cohort didn't even had to have one! ( yeah yeah infection control etc etc but I think they looked quite cool! ). I'd still wear a belt if I had
  18. How often do you take a break?

    I don't function well on an empty stomach so I have to have my break... even if it's just the only one which most of the time it is. Most of the time I get one break so I make sure I'm well fed &...
  19. I currently work in one of the biggest teaching hospital in London ( The brand new sparkly one ! :chuckle ) arose from the ashes of the old Mid! I've worked in quite a few hospitals around London and...
  20. Operative notes (for nurses)

    :welcome: May I ask you something? Have you asked anyone else in your cohort? Good
  21. New student nurses a question

    Enjoy the first few weeks until you find your feet. If you'll be living on a student budget, try not to buy books yet until you've read through some ( from the library, of course ). You'll see the...
  22. Re-deployed and hating it

    I used to work at the old Middx! Anyway, I was just going to say, we're all going through hell also where I work now. So many changes and there's not a lot we can do about it unless you decide to work...
  23. SKYPE: Help!

    Not sure if you've been told this by anyone, if so apologies now. I notice that when I'm skyping to my fiance in France, if he's downloading big files... it affects the sound quality on the microphone...
  24. :barf01: Eeeeeeewwww I can stand anything that comes out of the human body except thick greeny sticky
  25. My first Interview....

    Hey hey.... just a few points ( I'm sure you'll get loads of these:wink2 ) * Like someone already said: Look professional.... it'll help you feel and look the part. *Try to relax.... a few deep...