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i was watching an old episode of er which had some shots in london very typical R.P accents etc however it was how nurses were protrayed that intrested me the dress and cap. Does any nhs or private hospital in the last ten years still use caps? and why is americans sterotypes all british as posh english.

Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

In the US, we have the computerized drug dispensing system on every floor, at least one and sometimes more than one depending on the size of the floor or unit. Every RN has their own access code so that drug dispensation is tracked by nurse that takes the meds and the pt that receives it. Some hospitals even have bar codes (like at the grocery store) on their bracelet.

No one is allowed to take their own meds. if they are able to self-administer meds, they don't get to be in the hospital.

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Specializes in ICU, Haemodialysis, acute medicine and s.

Well knowing the NHS and the wy it takes forever to get the drugs you need for a patient, and the fact things are always running out and having to be borrowed from other wards i can imagine the scenario with a computerised drug machine after inputing the patients requirements

'computer says no'

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

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Specializes in med/surg.

'computer says no'

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

OMG - that's JUST what came straight to my mind while reading those posts!!:lol2::lol2:

As for patients who are able to self-medicate not being "allowed" in that's silly. For example - take a patient in for planned surgery - e.g. hysterectomy - and they've been an insulin controlled diabetic for 20+ years surely they are in a much better position to keep control of their diabetic medications - other than in the 1st 24 hours when they may be on sliding scale etc???

Same goes for asthmatics & many cancer patients. I think there is a good case for allowing sensible patients to carry on managing their conditions without my interference - which could potentially actually cause more harm? For example we do drug rounds at set times - suppose the patient has actually been taking their regular meds for the last 20 years at different times - it could theoretically leave them vulnerable to hypo/hypers etc of whatever condition they have.

Anyhow - I'm sure I'm going to get in a lovely mess with those computerised USA systems - I reckon I'll out-do your 22 tablets Madwife with no problem!!!:rotfl:

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Specializes in M/S, SNU, Office, and Private Duty.

On my unit if we know that a patient has a certain regimen we try to accommodate as much as possible. for example if a pt takes a med at night instead of the morning we just note it on the chart and change the time on the Medication Administration Record.

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Specializes in ICU.
The hospital I work in (NHS) has a private hospital attached to it. We wear tunics and trousers, they wear dresses, belts and frilly caps. I wore caps/belt when I first qualified - 1985, also had a cape with nice red lining to keep me warm in the winter.

Much more comfortable and safe in my ill fitting tunic and trousers though.

We wear scrubs in the ICU, given 3 sets and 1 formal dress to be worn with belt but no frilly cuffs, hat or cape. At the moment we are all wearing crocs as well but now Trust management want to ban these and make us wear proper shoes. My immediate managers could care less what we wear on our feet, just happy if we turn up to work.

I work with people from quite a few nationalities: British, Philipino, German, Spanish, Egyptian, Iraqi, Iranian, Polish for example.

The Trust had to run study sessions to teach overseas nurses the local dialect because we are based in an inner city area with very strong accents. I.E. daen't instead of does not, and am yow instead of are you. No received pronunciation here!

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Specializes in Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS.

scary do you work at the universally horrible of north staffs then ?

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when living in the uk from a baby i was taken all over the country to live and had several different accents, begining with a scots one picking a lot of a welsh one as a teenager and then returned to scotland, although in a different area to where i had been born or brought up. my nother always told us that no matter what accent we had we should speak correctly, and i have passed this onto my kids. now i am in the states, and lived in a few places over here, my accent is not always picked up, sometimes its australian and more commonly english, but then my best friend from manchester gets told that she speaks the same as me, and our accents are totally different. but the stereotype here, is that theres no such place as the uk, only london, and we eat strange foods, a lot of americans have no idea about the uk nor its culture.

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Specializes in ICU.
scary do you work at the universally horrible of north staffs then ?

No, bit further south than that...probably just as bad though.

Mary

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Specializes in Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS.
No, bit further south than that...probably just as bad though.

Mary

Stafford?

I know people who work in various places around there - mainly through SJA ( why pay to go to the v festival ...???)

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Specializes in ICU.
Stafford?

I know people who work in various places around there - mainly through SJA ( why pay to go to the v festival ...???)

No, further south than that. Think yam yams and yo yo's...

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