tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34415777457273705252012-02-16T18:18:24.754ZHard Work Powered By CoffeeWardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.comBlogger2691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-65010092073238569862009-12-11T13:47:00.002Z2009-12-11T14:51:27.152Z

I've found employment! Woohoo! I finally get to utilise my registration. I firmly pin this on starting blogging again. And not my superb interview skills.

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-70306008823173404602009-12-09T19:19:00.002Z2009-12-09T19:31:45.784Z

Honestly? What nursing shortage?Since the economy went down jobs have become thin on the ground, nursing included.Since I returned I have been doing a lot of searching for work.... and finding not very much. Sadly since returning from camp I'm been out of work. Truth is. Wards are short staffed but there is little funding to replace or add staff where needed.Doesn't help that in this atmosphere

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-71585336869077442542009-09-21T21:20:00.003+01:002009-09-21T21:25:51.127+01:00

Hi guys! OK I've been back a week I know but it has taken me all this time to catch up on everything that you've been writing.So yep my registration came through (even though the forms had to make a round trip to the Midwest). I just don't have a job yet. I'm working on that, promise.I always said that I would tell you guys, around the time of my graduation, my name and what I look like. So

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Hi guys!I'm still alive but have to borrow the internet from the camp so I'm keeping a low profile. There's been a few accidents along the way this summer and I've had the joys of experiencing the American health care system from the patient side twice. I *heart* nurse practitioners!I wanted to post that my registration came through!! And I'm now an Adult Nurse!Woohoo to no longer being a student

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-60348958256946903412009-06-06T22:19:00.002+01:002009-06-06T22:28:20.825+01:00

I'm safe in the USA and now recertified in lifeguarding. I'll post sporadically over the summer but mostly I'll be away.Feel free to e-mail me while I'm away 'cos I'll be behind in everyone's blogs when I come home.LoveWardBunny

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Well... I've been busy. No really I do occasionally move from the front of my computer. The sad thing is that although I have all this time I have spent relatively little time working in any of the hospitals.Agency-wise I've done 3 night shifts. I hate night shift. I hate more night shift in wards where I don't have a scooby as to what is going on. General surgery for example by-passes me a bit,

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-59733884518710981342009-05-17T14:05:00.002+01:002009-05-17T14:19:29.797+01:00

... in 1990 the World Health Organisation passed a resolution to remove Homosexuality from it's list of mental illnesses.The World Health Organization's ICD-9 (1977) listed homosexuality as a mental illness, and in 1990, a resolution was adopted to remove it in the ICD-10 (1993).WikipediaThe ICD-10 then carried the note-Sexual orientation by itself is not to be regarded as a disorder.

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I've not got long left....My flights for the USA leave on the 1st of June which only leaves ?15 days. So plan....17th -18th - Agency Night Shift19th - Agency Night Shift20th - Pack Up Flat21st - Youth Group22nd -23rd - Agency Night Shift24th - Pack Up Flat25th -27th - Move out remainder of stuff28th - Final Youth Group, Clean Flat29th - Hand in flat keys30th - Packing31st - More Packing1st June!

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SCORE! The best Trekkie meme ever!Your results:You are Deanna TroiYou are a caring and loving individual.You understand people's emotions andyou are able to comfort and counsel them.Deanna Troi - 95%Beverly Crusher - 65%Spock - 64%Chekov - 60%Leonard McCoy (Bones) - 55%Uhura - 55%Will Riker - 50%An Expendable Character (Redshirt) - 50%Data - 48%Worf - 45%Mr. Sulu - 40%Jean-Luc Picard - 40%Mr.

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I recommend that if you like your history / nursing / history of nursing you need to go to the Florence Nightingale museum.It has an amazing amount of information on her life and the work she did. There is also an exhibit on Mary Seacole (who is also a total idol of mine!).We couldn't take photos inside sadly and as I look back over the contents of my digital camera most of the photos really

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-9575628596604059332009-05-13T00:55:00.003+01:002009-05-13T01:00:22.653+01:00

Someone's put something in my drink. I'm exhausted.I do have photos.They are stuck on my camera... except this one.Did go to Flo's museum - will report on that tomorrow.Visa was approved so I can go to camp this year!Right... can I sleep now?

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-33087808422020833482009-05-11T17:22:00.002+01:002009-05-11T17:34:24.061+01:00

Well tonight I board a train and head down the illustrious capital of this tiny isle...Oh all right. I'm dragging my butt to London so I can attend my interview at the American Embassy. It's a requirement of me getting my visa so I can actually work at camp this year.I said to Karin over at 12 Hour Nurse that I would go to the Florence Nightingale museum and post photos. So in about 24 hour's

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-80299608170976249332009-05-08T23:20:00.000+01:002009-05-08T23:58:10.435+01:00

My 2 favourite things right now are:Telling people I'm signed offandMaking fun of Swine FluYea I know number 2 isn't very grown up but to be honest it is Scotland's biggest joke right now.It's kinda coming to a big nothing. The two people who were the UK's first cases have sold their stories to the newspapers. And the government has produced the most patronising leaflet since the one about

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-91885958692290900942009-05-07T00:08:00.001+01:002009-05-07T00:10:11.002+01:00

Me that's who!I got signed off!Me.... Nurse ....... Qualified...... Finished........ *OK time to quit hyperventilating*Shit.

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-1925665471812588882009-05-03T23:44:00.000+01:002009-05-03T23:45:31.391+01:00

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM By Terry Kettering There’s an elephant in the room. It is large and squatting, so it is hard to get around it. Yet we squeeze by with, “How are you?” and, “I’m fine,” and a thousand other forms of trivial chatter. We talk about the weather; we talk about work;

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1. How long have you been a nurse?I have been a nursing student for 3 years and 3 months.2. What Dept/area will you never work in?Outpatients - when the first thing you get told is 'this is where they put the old nurses out to pasture', it really doesn't endear you to the place.3. What Dept /area would you like to eventually like to try?ITU and maybe Paeds (but I'd have to retrain for that)4.

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Monday was brilliant. Yes, Monday. Ah when you work shifts it really doesn't matter when the week starts! Not for anyone else really. But it was for me. They relied on the fact that I could take on the appendix and it's 13 theatre list patients and get through the day.I have been stupendously proud of myself since then. I can take on the world now......Now I need to go write about it in great

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-56046876109768452612009-04-19T21:28:00.002+01:002009-04-19T22:24:07.770+01:00

Currently I'm all red, literally. I'm sunburnt. Yes, in Scotland. Yes, in April. Sometimes it does happen! I think I have 1st degree burns on both my arms. If it blisters tomorrow I'll have a real problem. I burn so easily I usually wear factor 50 but it is Scotland in April, I wasn't expecting burns.I've also re-dyed my hair mostly so that I don't have to mess with the blog header. I was

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We have quite a few students now. More than 2 and, say, less then 10. We're a big, immensely busy, ward we can take it.And so the pecking order has developed. You know it had to at some point. Limited chances at the advanced clinical skills makes it first come first served at time. So it's an event that would make Animal Planet or National Geographic happy. We are essentially animals.And I'm

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-30892379069521015872009-04-14T22:43:00.000+01:002009-04-14T22:43:24.070+01:00

For those who are eagle-eyed, sharp of brain and generally better at picking up on problems you might have noticed that when things go badly I don't post. (If you didn't, don't feel too bad. I can never see when my friends get haircuts. That's worse!) You really don't need to hear me go on and I don't want to type it as it happens like a bad copy of Nursing Big Brother.I haven't posted since the

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-55119768531872020882009-04-01T23:25:00.001+01:002009-04-01T23:26:51.308+01:00

I didn't know there were that many people out there who read the blog.Shucks.I wish I could hug you all!

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-19425278796157389272009-03-29T20:50:00.005+01:002009-03-29T21:10:54.960+01:00

I'm looking for a little input here.The last post showed that nursing in UK isn't really the same as nursing in the USA, although it's the same job. The training isn't.So to clarify a couple of things....In the UK we don't sit a board exam at the end of the course (like the NCLEX) before we are placed on the register.We do have to renew our registration every year to continue being a registered

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I was tagged by both Little D, S.N. and Undergrad RN for this one.Here are the rules:1) Post a picture of your stethoscope2) Tell what you love about it3) Tell what you hate about it4) Tell me what your dream stethoscope would be5) Does it have a name?6) Tag all your nursing friends (Including the one that tagged you) and don't forget to leave a comment on their blog telling them that you tagged

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Sorry guys! I've even been tagged and I've still not updated.I'll post later honest.

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-44611128314289872812009-03-25T20:59:00.005Z2009-03-25T21:32:06.492Z

I'm gonna do a Cuddy on the FY1's tie if he doesn't get a tie clip!For all those who don't understand there's a scene in House (season 1, episode 4 - Maternity) where Dr Cuddy gets mad at another doc while swabbing the place for not having his tie clipped and well she cuts it off. Granted his tie was trailing into sinks and all sorts of waste. An infection control risk.Yea I had a moment when,

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-25830343970932361822009-03-23T21:19:00.006Z2009-03-24T00:43:42.269Z

Anyone in the UK catch the Dispatches documentary - Confessions of a Nurse?Please tell me you did. Much of it is true, least from what I heard from around the web and throughout my course.Disturbing.Patient care 42 per cent of nurses and midwives interviewed say they have either been in or witnessed situations where patients have been put in unnecessary dangerOver half (57 per cent

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-4687971177909431482009-03-20T13:32:00.002Z2009-03-20T14:44:33.791Z

Never had a day like it... Being told that I'll pass if I keep doing my job that way I am! SCORE!I love my placement. Placement is now past the halfway point and it flies past. Course working only 3 days out of 7 does make it feel like that. I also feel rather lazy. The eagle eyed might have noticed that I've not done a whole lot of swimming recently. Yea I need to get out more on that front. It

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-40161773780568139872009-03-16T22:17:00.002Z2009-03-17T01:10:44.757Z

So I go in to help the doc. The patient is just back from theatre and needs something checking.Oh then he asks me to wipe his brow.....There a few words to describe my expression - 'gob smacked' perhaps? Or a classic Scots 'glakit'?Sorry doctor this is a ward. Nurses here don't wipe brows unless they belong to the patients.Still stunned by the question.....Then he tries to wipe his forehead on MY

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I think I must be doing something right. I got stopped by the deputy sister. She was wondering where my obs were..... Ah well you see....Bugger.I had a huge pile of things to do (it seemed that way anyhow). Halfway through an admission I stepped out to check the medical notes and one of my other patient's happened to be sick. Well the nurse I was working with was busy. So hmm what do I do? Drop

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-3789035219622503532009-03-10T22:32:00.001Z2009-03-10T22:33:57.540Z

2 very long days.... 12 and a half hours each.... 4 hours sleep between......Very, very tired. Sorry folks.I'll try to get out of bed tomorrow.

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This management is all kinds of shitting weird.I am fuked. It's impossible to juggle 12 patients; 1 critically ill, 2 going to theatre, 2 back from theatre, 1 awaiting reviews, 1 discharge..... Ah crap. I keep getting lost!!I should be better than this.My mind melts about 6 hours in. I'm getting a little better but hell's bells I'm surprised anything gets done with me some days! I was helped out

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-56218515196475431932009-03-08T18:44:00.002Z2009-03-12T03:02:23.218Z

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So how many open LGBT staff do you know? How many patients are open about themselves? How many have introduced their partner?A new report released by the University of Leeds about LGBT issues and support. A quick breakdown of the students and staff they asked showed that universities are not as open as they seem. Especially for staff. Actually, today on a similar thread CB was talking about

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-47533816907026165192009-03-03T21:09:00.000Z2009-03-03T21:11:40.368Z

I never sleep well the night before placement. Sometimes before agency shifts as well. So I really only got 2 hours of sleep that night.I was totally out of my depth for the first 2 hours. Then I got going! It was brilliant. Hanging fluids, doing admissions, taking hand overs on returning surgical patients! Weeeeeee. At least I haven't forgotten everything from my only surgical placement over a

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-45533625911832537602009-03-03T00:08:00.004Z2009-03-03T21:12:34.767Z

I challenged Cellar Door that for every word of her essay I would swim a metre. Not sure now this would be a challenge for her, since she has no choice on the essay but I like to think she wants to see if I can do it. Or maybe she wants to see me suffer? I had already set a target of 10 kilometres in 3 months before I fly out. This was perfectly plausible; on the basis of 300m, twice a week for 3

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Right this going back to camp thing....I love camp. I would live there if I could. A green card and a job and I'm yours for life.Problem is when I was there the last time I managed to pass lifeguarding. Waaaaaay back in 2005 when I was younger, stupider and thinner. Well sort of, that would imply that I am now older, wiser and fatter...... 2 out of 3 isn't bad.I can swim and I'm damn good at it.

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-39213760628681422322009-02-27T15:42:00.002Z2009-02-27T16:19:21.531Z

The news everyone has been waiting for! I finally got word on my make-up placement...Urology / Surgical at Bigger-Than-Average General Hospital. (Which is miles away and why all my other placements have been at Pinky and Perky, the other smaller general hospitals.)Oh and I start on Monday! Lots of advanced warning there folks. I have spoken to the Sister and she certainly acted like she knew the

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-46881242626474787372009-02-26T16:54:00.003Z2009-02-26T16:59:33.480Z

Test you blood spatter analysis skills with the New Scientist.Clearly I've watched far too many CSI eps and documentaries. I only got one wrong and it wasn't even totally wrong. Saying that sometimes you have to figure out where blood on sheets / floors has come from. The missing venflon isn't always obvious!With thanks to William the Coroner!

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I've spent this evening trying to learn these snazzy moves.The chronic unfit (myself) should probably not attempt this kind of thing. Well not in public!EDIT: This video is only part 1 of 3. And I've still not mastered my left from my right!

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This is an odd balance...I can be really stingy. Have to be; my money's running out and with this supposed placement over my head I'm not taking as many agency shifts as I could because I really don't know what I'm doing next week. (Honest he's not given me a placement yet and agency needs at least some advance warning.)This brought me to an interesting thought do you have to compromise on being

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-54416325616112476092009-02-23T09:21:00.002Z2009-02-23T09:30:06.644Z

I'm too tired to remember where or when I heard this but......Nurse: I wonder about those nurses who say they've never cried about a patient...Nurse 2: Everyone's become attached at one point or another.They have a point. People get attached. I've gotten attached....but what about those nurses who never get attached?

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-53780014769318024202009-02-19T23:13:00.003Z2009-02-19T23:33:26.481Z

I am living in a tip. The flat is a tip.And none of it is mine. I've been away for ages and in the meantime people have been moving out and moving in (we should have replaced the front door with a revolving door). Unfortunately when people have moved out they forgot to take say the contents of the freezer or the stuff in the shower. We now have more bottles sitting around the shower than on the

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-32492138932521184292009-02-18T00:12:00.003Z2009-02-18T00:16:36.537Z

Had to post this from the Canadian photos collection. I have huge feet! I'm a size (women/men, it's all the same at that size so long as they fit) 10/11 over here which makes me a US mens 11/12.

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-39771261321447811012009-02-17T23:38:00.003Z2009-02-18T00:05:39.642Z

Sorry guys I was distracted.....That last post I sent while I was still in Canada. At that point I was playing with my nephew and pondering my next placement.Still no news on the placement front by the way. I'm doing agency shifts to fill the gap.So this is what I have been doing for the last few days.... She has no name but she is definitly a she (Will take suggestions in the comments). She is

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-91721756043676339342009-02-10T03:56:00.002Z2009-02-10T04:20:44.756Z

These people do actually exist. Although they are extremely thin on the ground. So qualities for a good mentor?Accepting - stop trying to change the student's personality alreadyOpen - please don't brush the student off, we are well aware that we are only in your life for a matter of weeks but your attitude will stay with us foreverHonest - tell us if we are crap, we NEED to knowTimely - this

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Nothing like going somewhere and doing your day job.We've already established that taking me hospital visiting is just an invite for me to read your file, comment on your meds and make your bed before we leave.Yea well...... several thousand miles / 8 hour flight and I get told "Hey you know how to stick people with needles right?"*smacks forehead with heel of hand* (nothing good can come of this

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-24693796398782265852009-02-05T17:02:00.001Z2009-02-09T00:10:15.323Z

OK we have a nurse who is religious. That's just fine the writer of this piece is a nurse who is gay. You can be what ever you want to be. I don't plan on getting struck of for my sexuality any time soon. That alone shouldn't be a problem, equality and diversity and all that.Course it's not that simple. She has offered to pray for her patient (The Beeb's report cos it might be more impartial).

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-23354579186962315882009-02-05T16:28:00.000Z2009-02-06T00:02:43.527Z

Or messing with other peoples analytics.Yep if you seen an unusual visitor it might be me. So I'm no longer in the UK with all its snow. I'm in Canada with all its snow instead. I didn't lie about the airport wifi I did try to connect but as per usual Vista stuffed it up.I've not got all that much to say. I'll do a news post later, honest.

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-38703849430933483392009-02-03T22:06:00.003Z2009-02-03T22:13:27.711Z

Hi GuysI'm in a hotel in Manchester.It's a 70s time warp.I'm stuck with my parents, who seriously don't get blogging / anything else in my life (ah independence how I miss you right now).How much like a 15 year old girl with a LiveJournal / myspace account do I sound right now?I'm leaving the country tomorrow. HUZZA!Internet access here is £1 for 10 mins (total rip off) and the computer's

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-84558766573662455462009-02-02T01:26:00.003Z2009-02-02T15:49:22.790Z

Imagine the scene....You're walking through the local shopping centre when a middle aged man in true theatrical fashion clutches at his chest and falls to the ground. His skin is pale and clammy. His lips are turning blue. All fingers are pointing to something delightful involving his heart. His wife is screaming and bystanders are throwing their 2 cents into the ring when someone comes forward..

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-50810790789793084542009-02-01T21:29:00.001Z2009-02-01T22:08:48.604Z

If you take a look at the student nurses listed in the sidebar (and I suggest you do). Then all of these lovely people are smart, well adjusted, and get good grades. I on the other hand... fail stuff, mess it up and generally cause havoc where ever I go. Makes for interesting blog posts at least.So this should come as no surprise....I've stuffed up my final placement. My fault not theirs. Should

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-27507747070663404522009-01-27T18:43:00.002Z2009-01-27T19:59:36.880Z

Do Not....Go to work after only and hour and a half's sleepHit on the doctorStick the 'finger' up at your bossThink cheek towards co-workers is a form of communicationTurn up late then disappear to a clinic appointment with a patientAccuse the consultant of being sexist because he comments on 'women drivers'Make jokes about impacted bowelsAgree with anything you don't understandHit on the doctor

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-66181600730247038962009-01-23T19:06:00.002Z2009-01-23T19:45:08.255Z

OK well we have a 3 year old with a smoking habit and his mother dragged up in front of court. The kid was filmed by his mother's friend because she was worried about him. Apparently the film clip shows him lighting a butt with a lighter and inhaling. Now come on if that was a kid showing off by coping then her would have been coughing, or better still wouldn't have gotten a lighter to work. I

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-61733124948263546512009-01-22T22:09:00.002Z2009-01-23T01:17:20.299Z

Oh heck we're in for it now. It getting time for us to register. Course my paperwork isn't in yet and apparently my portfolio is part of the crowd that's getting taken in. I'll be working on it for the next week solid to get it up to scratch. I do not like external examiners. It's not a personal thing, just a 'stop staring at my work' thing.I'm afraid of being in charge of anything greater than

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-10015254332849950342009-01-21T16:37:00.003Z2009-01-21T18:09:27.222Z

...or why get into nursing in the first place?I was reading Julie's blog over @ Life in the NHS. there she was innocently talking about a conference and mixing wines. When it all got semi-hijacked in the comments...Julie,I would like your honest opinion. I am registered to begin a PgDip in Adult Nursing. It seems fairly random to ask your advice but when I put in ‘life in the nhs’, ‘nurse’ and ‘

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-51688830587027212302009-01-19T16:58:00.005Z2009-02-02T01:26:31.267Z

Honestly how much intelligence does it take to become a member of parliament these days? Graham Stringer, MP for Blackley in Manchester, (Labour party by the way) has called dyslexia 'fiction'. Made up to cover for poor teaching methods and costing the taxpayer thousands.Well thanks for that! In his column on Manchester Confidential he extols the virtues of synthetic phonics and assumes that

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-90457826944220235112009-01-19T00:11:00.002Z2009-01-19T00:16:00.918Z

You might have noticed the ticker at the top of the posts has changed. It now represents the last shift in placement as opposed to the last day in college. The last day is Wednesday but I'll still have some shifts to finish before the last of my paperwork goes in. Still a bit to go....

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-71761759495269123092009-01-18T20:22:00.000Z2009-01-19T00:03:25.912Z

I'm a bad blogger. I feel like a haven't updated in forever. Sorry guys I don't mean to do that.It's been a mad week. I finished my application for camp but at the same time have yet to finish the portfolio that really should be due in a week. Actually it was due on Friday but I missed my lecturer visiting 'cos I was on a back shift and she came at 9 in the morning. It's a mess, placement's a

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-41486104871564421202009-01-12T20:51:00.003Z2009-01-13T01:01:52.908Z

Consultants generally come in 3 flavours...Pain in the ass - Common - comes as standard with the return of the Mr. prefixFunny (or trying to be) - Rare but worrying comment often ensueUp themselves - Becoming rarer through timeI would consider avoiding all of them but you will have to talk to them at some point in your training and working life. So you can easily see which of these you would

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-87873019153435571422009-01-07T23:35:00.003Z2009-04-27T20:15:42.204+01:00

I am the sister who takes no prisoners and the deputy sister who calls it as it is.I am the nurse who stopped me from walking out and the one who would have let me go.I am the patient who is walking out smiling...And the empty bed with a crying family.I am the test I couldn't pass and the party when I finally did.I am breakfast at McDonald's after the night shift and start of the shift coffee.I

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-7188808886265004032009-01-05T23:51:00.006Z2009-01-06T02:19:48.874Z

... I was coerced into it!You have now entered into a legally binding contract http://tinyurl.com/8ohuop hope you don't mind ;)Have I mentioned before how much I love these things? Anyway tagged by Mark Hawker. I now have the dubious pleasure of finding another 7 things what you guys don't know about me.Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.Share seven facts about

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-73463403112934410422009-01-05T22:34:00.004Z2009-01-08T01:17:51.711Z

Back in placement after the holidays and I've missed the place (don't tell them that!). It is just as crazy busy as it was. Course it didn't help that towards the end of the shift when I should have been concentrating my mind was going fuzzy with the cold I've been fighting for the last week. Ever met an asthmatic with a cold? Bear with sore head doesn't cover it. I could still be coughing 2

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-77375215394262982062009-01-01T00:01:00.002Z2009-01-01T00:01:00.970Z

I can't First Foot my own blog. It would be like trying to first foot your own hoose (well I can but it's a long and complicated process involving me leaving the hoose, missing the bells, and freezing my ass in our current sub zero temps) but take this as me first footing yours.I should be a dark haired male but you know I can't really change that....But I bring coal (For warmth in the coming

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-87189230016676237052008-12-31T22:12:00.003Z2008-12-31T22:43:12.187Z

I said I would be back before new year and I'm here. Well no I'm sitting with my parents having a 'q word' new year (I was on holiday this time last year).I've scheduled a virtual first footing to appear for this little corner of the 'net just after midnight here... That will be fun cos I'll be off getting snozzled on overly expensive Scots beer.So for those who fancy singing the whole thing...

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-47602885048023576562008-12-25T18:41:00.004Z2008-12-25T19:22:56.326Z

Ah it's another year of bad telly, over eating and thinking people for presents that you didn't like ever.Actually this year the beeb, ITV and the est of them have pulled their fingers out and provided something special. Oh if you live in the UK go watch Rab C Nesbitt on iPlayer. 10 years on and they've brought him back, course he's a new man now. (Here if you have no idea of what I'm talking

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-78632661910386596392008-12-21T18:58:00.003Z2008-12-21T19:22:11.013Z

Placement finished this morning so I'm now off for 2 weeks. WOOHOO! Part of me would have wanted to be there for Christmas with our long term patients. I'll even be 1 year older by the time I get back.So in case I don't get the time I want to pass on some of last year's cheer in the student nurse's edition of the Night Before Christmas.I actually posted on Christmas day last year. Don't ask me

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-77445407208479658852008-12-18T18:10:00.003Z2009-01-06T00:03:06.939Z

O - OBSERVANT - What's around you right now? What do you see?Christmas decorations, our fiber optic tree, my flatmate watching Home and Away and this week's Nursing Standard, all cluttering up the living room.P - Who are the special PEOPLE in your life?My family, my new-ish nephew, my friends / flatmates, the people I work with in placement, past mentors, the guys I worked with at camp, one or

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-71889489589084452452008-12-18T18:06:00.001Z2008-12-18T18:34:04.002Z

They say there are 2 kinds of shoppers in the world. Lets just refer to them by gender...Female - Spends hours wandering around shops looking at everything and anything. May buy nothing or perhaps the thing that wasn't actually being looked for.Male - Goes to one shop, buys the item required, goes home (perhaps via pub).Now I'm not saying that you can't shop outside of your gender stereotype or

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-48861506166342689462008-12-17T17:03:00.003Z2008-12-17T17:44:11.182Z

Lets make this really simple huh? If you have had vomiting and diarrhoea, and if it stopped less than 48 hours ago, then don't come NEAR your local hospital! Got that?According to the BBC 3 million people came down with the bug. There are currently 13 trusts in England alone that are reporting outbreaks! Although I think it's more than that now and that isn't including Scotland and Wales.So for

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-58405693459792020532008-12-15T05:02:00.003Z2008-12-15T05:18:46.165Z

Yea... I am working on a decent post before I start the mind melting week of night shift. (I don't DO night shift. They make me feel like death.)But of course how many times have I said that to you guys?FOS is one of those delightful acronyms that are not meant to fill up medical records. Like TLC and the Departure Lounge... Actually I know of a hospital were the Discharge Lounge is routinely

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-7307659084075031892008-12-10T00:51:00.004Z2008-12-10T01:27:56.991Z

Today was hell.... An interesting hell but hell none the less.So many discharges = lots of admits to fill the empty beds.Patient going 'off' in medical, who needed surgery, and no they don't talk to each other.Cannula going weird at the sight of a bag of FFP.So yea..... Having a busy day.Still got the headache that started the minute I walked through the door. Apparently I'm not the only one

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-34439018838455359692008-12-07T23:20:00.003Z2009-01-06T00:03:06.940Z

The second instalment commeth....E - EATING - what's your usual snack?My usual drink is Diet Cola or Starbucks coffee. Snacks..... mmmm chocolate, mostly I guess. I have a real sweet tooth... teeth (well the ones that are left).F - A Few of your FAVORITE ThingsMy laptop / DS / PDA. M*A*S*H and SVU and Holby City and Casualty and House and all the other TV shows. My life.... I very much like my

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-36966811657132303402008-12-06T03:00:00.000Z2008-12-06T04:16:54.261Z

So there we were sitting around on Twitter shooting the breeze with 140 characters of less when Nurse Connect released this article into the world.This is somewhat a bug bear for me. I do have a tattoo but even now it's covered by my clothes and is never seen when I'm in placement. You also have to remember that this is the UK and we are governed by the almighty NHS and a simple search of google

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-15666688192206993332008-12-05T13:17:00.002Z2008-12-05T13:19:11.234Z

It gone, finished, handed in!And a little over the minimum word count.Now I'm off to bed because I am too tired to move any more!I promise to put up the good post later.

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-33202299881888682742008-12-05T03:25:00.000Z2008-12-05T03:26:30.317Z

I'm past half way!WOOHOO!

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-30852409941417946452008-12-04T11:12:00.001Z2009-01-06T00:03:06.940Z

Karin RN has been following the A to Z meme (The outline is here).... and since I've not done enough of these things I'm going to clog up a few posts in case I'm not around to fill the gaps in person.So....A - If you were an ANIMAL, what would you be?I would be a... oh good question. I would like to be a goldfish but I would not like being stuck in a tank needing care from someone else all the

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-18659432805521828392008-12-04T06:07:00.002Z2008-12-04T06:09:58.158Z

Hey look 600 (ish) words!Went to bed at some time after 6am (here). Not really tired but had to sleep at some point. Need to work more tomorrow though.Expect some posts to just appear.... If I'm not totally around.

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-72030270264361450922008-12-02T21:38:00.002Z2008-12-02T23:19:00.227Z

Comes more storm... well it does in my life sadly.As the ticker shows I still have most of the essay to do. And I've been taking the night off... well it's both Time-of-Doom AND I have a cold (like everyone in both the flat and my placement [that includes patients]). I'm tired but I'm off from now till after the essay goes in so it can't be that bad. I still have time.Lets see how this one pans

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-44457783227257973662008-11-30T23:34:00.002Z2008-12-01T00:08:20.080Z

Tomorrow I have Immediate Life Support (ILS) training. I've not read the book yet... well I've read bits of it like airway support. And it's a study day on Friday so it's a THREE DAY WEEK!So what will I do with all this free time? Well finish this damn essay I'm supposed to have finished for Friday.Hmmm I've only 1,800 words left to go. It cannot be that hard surely? I've already spent a whole

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-58305408942752206742008-11-26T23:58:00.002Z2008-11-27T00:04:03.717Z

...Since Dial-Up.EXCUSE ME 373 BYTES?!?!?!?I haven't seen anything like that since I gave up working on a 486 processor!Taken from BBC iPlayer...

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-47372933995282505752008-11-26T16:46:00.001Z2008-11-26T16:48:16.385Z

I do try not to spam this blog with videos but I had to post this... and it has TJ Thyne from Bones. What else would you want?

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-18327516158404927752008-11-26T15:29:00.002Z2008-11-26T15:36:24.701Z

I'm 2,000 words away from the end of my final essay. This implies I've not even started it... which I haven't. I've only just remembered that I do actually have an Athens password so that's the references sorted.My 2 days off are nearly at an end. I'll be working from here-on-out. I'm thinking about being sneaky about my study days. We're meant to have a study day on so many Fridays and I worked

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-53130015020320979082008-11-25T23:06:00.002Z2008-11-26T00:44:25.394Z

Went to see West Side Story tonight. It was brilliant. I love going to the theatre.But here's the thing, I've been to shows in London's west end and I really don't remember clapping after every song. Am I just forgetting or do people really do that? Because we seemed to be clapping after every number but the timing didn't really allow for it so we were missing the actor's lines.On the way out

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-59745760934840161922008-11-24T21:03:00.000Z2008-11-24T21:03:48.297Z

Ever had one of those shifts that just never seems to end?Man today lasted forever... We discharged patients left, right and centre but we were still not busy. Of course for every empty bed there was a patient to fill it. Only those patients were arriving after we left for the day!We learned some important lessons.... don't talk about the boss from inside the sluice when she's standing at the

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-55689846894687341632008-11-23T14:44:00.002Z2008-11-23T15:53:00.326Z

I'm making up my own off duty and I still manage to put myself on shift when I am meant to be somewhere else! Idiot!I really need to start work on my final essay.... it's due on the 5th of December. I've written more in less time so I'm still not worried.

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-56792499114571157892008-11-18T20:21:00.001Z2008-11-18T21:55:12.394Z

The little first-ies arrived yesterday while I was propping up the dentist's chair. Only difference is I don't have to do that again for the next 6 months. Neither of them has been on a ward before so this will be such a baptism of fire for the poor little things. Oh and then I had 6 patients of my own today to look after and while I almost got everything done (there was this mix-up about

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-82587349197324424952008-11-17T22:35:00.003Z2009-01-06T00:03:06.941Z

Kim @ As The Pump Turns tagged me for the Bookworm award. Thanks!There are a few rules to this...so...Pass it on to five other bloggers, and tell them to open the nearest book to page 56. Write out the fifth sentence on that page, and also the next two to five sentences. The CLOSEST BOOK, NOT YOUR FAVORITE, OR MOST INTELLECTUAL!So my book (the nearest, having-more-than-56-pages book) is How Girls

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-61201527351870251932008-11-17T22:07:00.007Z2009-01-06T00:03:06.942Z

Thanks to Cellar Door I felt the need to disclose my screenshots.I use 2 different computers so you can have 2 screen shots. This is my parent's computer - a desktop running XP (we have different user accounts). The wallpaper is Oliver Wood (yes, yes Harry Potter!) the Potterpuffs edition.This is from my laptop (running Vista, in case I let anyone forget). Yes I run the sidebar widgets and the

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-17405129159541367502008-11-16T21:45:00.001Z2009-01-06T00:03:06.942Z

Stolen from Cellar Door (about a million years ago) and because I'm feeling ... sleep deprived. I started this ages ago and never finished it. I found it today when I was cleaning out my drafts. So things I would tell my 14 year old self that I've learned in the past 10 years.1) Being single isn't bad and don't go into a rush to try and fix it... since seeing as men never really were your thing.2

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-3487254963267659402008-11-16T20:10:00.003Z2008-11-16T21:37:56.731Z

Still trying to psyc myself up for my root treatment tomorrow. So I spent all day sitting on my backside, watching TV and worrying about it.I am up to date on Holby, Casualty and Special Victims Unit. I've still not seen the 2 part conclusion of season 4 of House so if I could not die before I've seen that.... Or for that matter before I've finished placement and told our ward's SHO that I think

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-25369059345182307122008-11-12T23:31:00.001Z2008-11-16T21:37:56.732Z

See this is something I can get into! Everyday I get chances to re-assess my patient's wounds and alter the dressings if needed. (I still do it under supervision, those alterations, by the way)I've seen some right stupid combinations that make you question what the nurse was sniffing when they came up with it.I've seen:Wounds you could stick your fist intoInfected surgical incisionsSinuses that

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-60717807582706664172008-11-09T23:31:00.000Z2008-11-16T21:37:56.734Z

The ward sister knows I'm gay.Now that is a sentence I never thought I would write. Not because I was scared but because it's not all together important. I've had that moan before, that it isn't anything to do with caring for my patients. It's not worth the effort telling placements, you are only there for a few weeks after all, and dealing with staff that hate you / dealing with staff that

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-69371116631569679672008-11-07T01:40:00.004Z2008-11-16T21:37:56.735Z

Sister was asking me whither I was scared of the deputy sister. Well yes, I am terrified. You mention that to anyone and you hear muttering along the lines of 'bark' and 'bite'. *If you want me I'll be under the nurse's station rocking back and forth* Then she asked if I was scared of her.....Oh, cack. There's no good answer here. You say 'no' and it's like she has no real power over you. You say

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-80191883921302653012008-11-04T21:45:00.002Z2008-11-16T21:33:44.877Z

They don't happen often but when they do it's usually for not good reason. Today was just one of those days. Simple mistake, leaving something. Then I go have a freak out about it because someone else broke it. See not really my fault? Can I convince myself of that? Not a snowballs chance.

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-39614984684975756562008-11-01T23:15:00.003Z2008-11-16T21:33:44.878Z

I've sent in my applications for a couple of jobs. Wish them luck, they'll need it.The dentist wants to do some root treatment on my remaining molar. So that will be a fun day off!AND best of all we've just come off the phone with my brother over in Alberta. His little boy was born just over an hour ago, weighing in at 7lb 1 and a half. He has no name yet but apparently does have a bit of a cone

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-50794038330144797052008-10-30T22:54:00.004Z2008-11-16T21:37:56.736Z

News Flash: I am NOT shit at my job!You know that old "you get told it so you believe it kind of thing"? Well getting told in placement that everything I was doing was wrong kinda ground me down for a bit.Then I go off to earn a bit of money on the wards as an auxiliary and fall into a few shifts at the not-too-far-away hospital (instead of the two-buses-from-my-house hospital where placement is)

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-60280291063231577572008-10-29T21:33:00.002Z2008-11-16T21:30:33.173Z

Apparently I've only used ass once (er, twice now). None of the check words came up. Hell 4 times and fuck twice (er, 5 times and 3 times now). So yea NO UNDER 13's ADMITTED!104% GeekI think I may have broken that one at some point. Got the same questions twice for example. Total geek!

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Ah feck....What started as a simple 7 hour shift turned into a 10 hour shift simply because there was so much work to be done. Not all at once but a constant trickle. A constant trickle with no end! THEN they talked me into a shift tomorrow morning. Excuse me? I know I was meant to be working there on Friday (before I cancelled it). BUT tomorrow that was meant to be my day off.I could have said

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-62331742914946101572008-10-28T22:43:00.002Z2008-11-16T21:35:09.729Z

I have found maybe the coolest job advertisement in the world.Sadly no it's not chief chocolate taster for Cadbury's.There's a paediatrics hospital that wants adult newly qualified nurses! Man best news all year! You have to be willing to learn.... well I'm willing to put myself through college again to retrain and get my degree if I have too. No I'm not putting the link up, I want this one for

WardBunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15948429653432351400noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441577745727370525.post-61731961590574484252008-10-27T23:20:00.000Z2008-11-16T21:35:09.730Z

If a patient is cold,if a patient is feverish,if a patient is faint,if he is sick after taking food,if he has a bed-sore,it is generally the fault not of the disease,but of the nursing.See old Florence talked sense occasionally. In fact she was at least 100 years before her time with this...Bad sanitary, bad architectural, and bad administrative arrangements often make it impossible to nurse.I

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