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Er,
happy new year everyone. Don't get ill in September because that's when I
qualify.
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Monday, December 31, 2001 at 19:06:47 (GMT)
I know what you mean i don't think i am going to use any of the info i've had to gather for my essays ever again but at least i'm now doing my disertation it may be 5000words but at least i get to chouse the aspect of practice to do it on. Would talk more but i'm staying with my parents for new year and their puppy keeps presenting my with his toys to play with him and its not very easy to type with one hand whilst the other is being pulled behind you by a 7 month old collie. have a great new year tonight and i hope you all don't feel to bad tommorrow.(I'm off to play with this daft mutt)
Beth
- Monday, December 31, 2001 at 17:24:42 (GMT)
i read some of you messages regarding essays. and teh course. my course is miles away too we have been studying for our surgical exam and that is a nightmare we, the students say one thing and the lecture says thats not true when in fact it is common practice some lecturers need to get back into practice. don't get me wrong some lecturers are great and no their stuff some just live in the past does anyone agree. ME
- Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 14:32:43 (GMT)
hi every time i come in here there is never anyone here where are you all
- Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 14:29:17 (GMT)
Ward Manager
Hey - where has Ward Manager suddenly disappeared to?
emma <funkygal@femail.co.uk>
- Friday, December 28, 2001 at 23:12:43 (GMT)
Who invented them anyway?
Essays - they're the pits are they not? But I know that one day, I'm gonna be in a situation with a patient, who will have to rely on my expertise with an IM injection, or the accuracy with which I can calculate the dose in a syringe driver, or knowledge base that will guide me towards the best wound dressing to use, etc...and BAM! that ol' essay on the 'World Health Organisation' will just tip the odds in that patient's favour. Thank God for these obscure subjects we have to write about - I just don't know how I'm going to become a competent nurse without them.
Sassy
- Friday, December 28, 2001 at 18:18:49 (GMT)
and of course this essay will really benefit you in years to come. I really feel that the course is miles away from real life on the wards
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 22:18:13 (GMT)
technicalities!
oooooooops - dont know what happened there!!
ange
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 21:56:39 (GMT)
cant bear to think about it
the report is on nursing decisions - we have to pick a decision we were involved in and analyse it referring to theories, models and research. I have still not done anything - I would rather clean the house from top to bottom, clean out the cat litter tray 50 times and weed the garden! Why do we put ourselves through this - can someone remind me?!!!
ange
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 21:55:31 (GMT)
cant bear to think about it
the report is on nursing decisions - we have to pick a decision we were involved in and analyse it referring to theories, models and research. I have still not done anything - I would rather clean the house from top to bottom, clean out the cat litter tray 50 times and weed the garden! Why do we put ourselves through this - can someone remind me?!!!
ange
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 21:54:36 (GMT)
cant bear to think about it
the report is on nursing decisions - we have to pick a decision we were involved in and analyse it referring to theories, models and research. I have still not done anything - I would rather clean the house from top to bottom, clean out the cat litter tray 50 times and weed the garden! Why do we put ourselves through this - can someone remind me?!!!
ange
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 21:53:54 (GMT)
CAREER PLANNING ONLY 14 MONTHS TO GO!
i currently have 14 months left and i am nearly 3rd year so i need to be focused. i would like to either do A&E nursing or Cardiac nursing. is it true that if i rotate for 18 months i am wasting time? should i stay on and do 18 months degreee part in my chosen speciality and how long does it take to be an E grade? at least i know what i want to be but what is the best and quickest way to money and promotion?
sharon <s.macdonald@talk21.com>
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 20:36:01 (GMT)
whats the subject for the 2500 word essay ange? I know how you feel. No matter how much you enjoy yourself you always have that niggling feeling of "I must do that essay" and it never leaves you!!!!
- Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 22:23:52 (GMT)
Find Her
Would dearly love to contact Nurse Anette Gavin. Student at North Middlesex Hospital Edmonton, London 1967 aprox.
Mike Towey <Toweymike@hotmail.com>
- Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 20:22:14 (GMT)
Cannot get away fron it!
Know just how you feel, sassy. 7 days to write a 2500 word report which I have absolutely no interest in!!! Hope you all had a good christmas!
ange
- Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 15:12:51 (GMT)
And afterwards
This year I promised myself I'd eat till I burst. Why did I do that? Three litres of Alka-seltzer couldn't shift what I've stuffed my face with over the past 24hrs. However, despite gross overeating and a fluid intake that would rival any drip system, (just incase I fade away to an elephant) I still manage to haul my now bloated form up from the couch to peruse the ol' buffet table... And yet, somewhere, in the dark, chocolate covered recesses of my brandy-soaked brain, there's a wee voice whispering 'Final essay to write...final essay to write..' Hopefully, the constant crunching of this tube of Pringles should drown that out.:) Hope your Christmas was as slovenly and self gratuitous as mine was.
Sassy
- Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 11:56:25 (GMT)
Bored
God, Christmas is boring is it not? Glad when it is over.
Anita
- Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 11:52:52 (GMT)
Pissed, crap gifts, annoying family and good food - it must be christmas, Happy xmas everyone!
Nat Mills
- Tuesday, December 25, 2001 at 18:51:22 (GMT)
Seasons greetings
Congrats on your job, claire. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
ange
- Monday, December 24, 2001 at 12:09:24 (GMT)
Merry Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR, BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL!
Helen
- Monday, December 24, 2001 at 10:16:04 (GMT)
yes merry christmas.... I have just got a job on an acute admissions ward when i qualify!! Start in March. Am really nervous. Enjoy yourselves everyone and don't get too drunk over the festive period!!!!
claire
- Monday, December 24, 2001 at 01:24:24 (GMT)
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!
H
- Sunday, December 23, 2001 at 19:36:09 (GMT)
what's up doc
no chat pre-xmas?
hannibal lecter
- Friday, December 21, 2001 at 00:20:20 (GMT)
Bubble-depends what your looking for in a job
If your doing six-form then you've probably got the brains for the job. Just ask yourself why you want to become a nurse? I say this now but try it as nursing assistant for abit. The job does give you confidence and the ability to deal with people,(particularly in my field mental health). Look at what money you want to earn. Is it enough? £16,000 starting salary? You can get up to about £18,000+ as a good staff nurse. Don't worry about the training you'll sail through it. The important thing is to learn as much as you can. Your training will be prety crap, but don't despair!Its up to you to fill in the gaps! The jobs a rollecoster, sometimes its the best job in the world othertimes its just pure rubbish.I've not figured out what it is yet.
Hobbes
- Tuesday, December 18, 2001 at 19:51:52 (GMT)
Thanks Roger
Good to see your still around, Ahh those days when I was still doing my piss-poor training... I miss your comments. I still feel angry at my training and although I'm qualified I'm still meeting students with exactly the same gripes as I had. I think you need to post more, (share your wisdom), even though I will be in New Zealand, I'll still keep an eye on this forum. I feel strongly about telling students about what to expect on qualification and what to do, what to look for in training so they don't feel a complete idiot or a dumb-ass when the mighty UKCC finally allows you to go out and become a staff nurse. We've been through it. There has been some shitty stuff posted by so-called "old school" nurses, who feel, for whatever reasons, to piss on students doing their training now. This forum needs trained staff like you and me to challange these beliefs. Recently qualified nurses are making the difference and I think we are doing a bloody good job. Roger-post more!
Hobbes
- Tuesday, December 18, 2001 at 19:23:56 (GMT)
Workload?
IMHO you probably won't notice the difference...and yes, this board can be a bit of a downer, but then it is a barometer to the present morale within the service. Happy smiley people like you can change all that tho' :) Also, keep in mind that ANYWHERE you work has it's downsides with no forum like this to vent too.
Sassy
- Tuesday, December 18, 2001 at 18:17:07 (GMT)
Bit worried!!! : ( (ew to the nursing thing)
I am going to start studying for a diploma in nursing next september, and before reading some of this page I was really looking forward to it. Now I am a little bit concerned about what to expect, I always knew it would be a lot of work but it sounds a lot more than I had anticipated. Apart from the depth in knowledge, please could someone point out the difference in work load between 6th form and university study.
Bubble <bubblin_hot@hotmail.com>
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 20:02:00 (GMT)
Groan!
Whose going to start the moaning and bitching then? 3.6% pay increase. We dont get enough.......,students are poverty stricken..........,moan............,snipe.........,im poor.....etc
Nat Mills <natwm@btopenworld.com>
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 17:17:56 (GMT)
Wanted Nurses immediately to work in UK & USA
Are you interested to better your future? Number of vacancies available across USA & UK. Both Degree and Diploma nurses with at least I year experience are welcome to apply. We take care of visa/immigration and other required procedures. To work in USA, you need to pass CGFNS exam. Australian qualified nurses may be eligible with no experience. Please call immediately: Mr. Venkata Tanari Tel: (03) 8309 5003 Mob: 0425 755 003 Email: tanarivs@iprimus.com.au
Venkata <tanarivs@iprimus.com.au>
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 15:54:31 (GMT)
hmmmm
Ta folks! Cheered myself up last night with two bottles of wine, then lost about £2-50 playing poker until 4am with my neighbours. Am still verrrty drunk...
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 12:17:20 (GMT)
matt ah!
Sorry to hear Matt that you are single again but good luck in the future. Put it this way at least you saved on the Christmas present.
florrie
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 03:01:02 (GMT)
re:Anita
Anita, well done for passing but I felt I must write about your comments on tissue viability. Maybe the nurse doing the lecture was "out of order" but she was right. Most courses do very little on wound management which is odd considering this is the one area of nursing where nurses can act as autonomous practitioners. You will need to do your own research as when you qualify not many nurses you work with will be able to teach you. I suggest getting a good book out either by Carol Dealey or Madelaine Flannigan both experts in their fields. Madelaine Flannigans book can actually be used to gain ENB credits when you have qualified. I hope this helps. It is suprising you would think that by the end of 18 mths you do not know but many nurses do not bother keeping up to date even with PREP. Hint any wound has the potential to become infected, breakdown or "dehisce". Infection can be a major complication to surgical wounds. Good luck with the future and remember you are responsible for your own learning and development and it is better to learn basics as a student than when you are qualified.
florrie
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 02:58:49 (GMT)
CCU
never mind Matt, it maybe wasn't ment to be
Sylv
- Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 17:19:36 (GMT)
is there anybody out there
call me or e-mail
mike p <gtomike67@msn.com>
- Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 08:33:04 (GMT)
is there anybody out there
call me or e-mail
mike pleiss <gtomike67@msn.com>
- Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 08:31:53 (GMT)
single again
Gutted. Absolutely mortified.
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 23:38:58 (GMT)
oops!
sorree
gordon
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 18:59:31 (GMT)
UWE?!?!?!
cheers sylv.someone who reads this website must be studying the adult dip at bristol...........please!
gordon <gordon03uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 18:55:51 (GMT)
UWE?!?!?!
cheers sylv.someone who reads this website must be studying the adult dip at bristol...........please!
gordon <gordon03uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 18:55:44 (GMT)
UWE?!?!?!
cheers sylv.someone who reads this website must be studying the adult dip at bristol...........please!
gordon <gordon03uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 18:55:08 (GMT)
assignments
im a march 2001 student, could anyone tell me what is the third assignment subject is?
alicia <alcirish@aol.com>
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 15:25:27 (GMT)
Au Revoir!!!!
Just to let you all know, I have just passed the CFP!!!! hurrah, only 18 months to go!! anyway off to Gran Canaria for a week to celebrate!! Bye
Anita
- Friday, December 14, 2001 at 22:14:14 (GMT)
sylv
yes i have! i've got an interview in january,wot should i expect?wots northampton like to live in?wots the accomodation like?is it easy to get placements?etc etc
gordon <gordon03uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 20:05:03 (GMT)
Gordon - Im at UCN - Northampton Have you got a query ? Sylv
- Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 19:21:19 (GMT)
I am just slipping down under
Hobbes You will be sorely missed from the site, there is a paucity of debate these days, far too low a rant factor. Liked your piece about the 2001 boy done good. I am a bit of an older knacker myself and find that the big thing with talking to the present dark blue generation, especially those that trained 'properly'; is that they have so little life experience outside nursing (you know the rest of life on earth. They have evolved into a self-parodying role. They are self perpetuating insomuch as they replicate, producing other nurse managers in their own image. Small minded, they have to step outside to change their minds. Every time I walk onto a shift and look at the board and see 11 on the early and 2 on the late I remember how piss poor the management training is in this job. On a brighter note, I hope you enjoy southern Scotland, dont forget the mint sauce.
roger <roger@obermaier.freeserve.co.uk>
- Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 14:47:49 (GMT)
Overseas Nurses
In British Columbia, Phillipino nurses qualifications aren't recognized. They must take an upgrading course to meet national standards. Most enter Canada as nannies and don't take any of the required language or skills training required. They are currently lobbying the government to accept their qualifications and lack of language skills to fill the vacancies here. When the nurses union and the government say take the required training they scream bigotry....
- Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 23:13:34 (GMT)
I've studied for 3 years. Now there are no jobs in our local hospital. All the philipino nurses have taken them. Can you believe it? Not their fault they are a lovely culture of people but it does make you cross when you have worked damn hard to get through the course and then there are only 2 posts and 15 people are going for them!!!
rachel
- Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 18:26:40 (GMT)
round one
anyone for UWE? or even stafford or northampton?
gordon
- Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 12:36:05 (GMT)
Gordon
Hi Gordon! I am a student nurse studying at the University of York and I would reccommend it to anyone for a few reasons. The majority of lecturers are really good, the University has an excellent reputation and is among the top ten universities in the UK, it is growing and expanding and continually being modernised, surrounds a rather nice lake, its in York (which is a gorgeous city, at least I think it is) and we have had some of our students progress into fame and fortune, like Harry Enfield for instance! If you want to know anymore about it you can visit the York web site at http://www.york.ac.uk or mail me! Best Wishes and Good luck!
Catherine <catherine1jod31@hotmail.com>
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 21:36:59 (GMT)
cheers sassy
hmm , much as i thought,i think i'll just be myself,that way i can only blame myself if it all goes wrong! next question-york or bristol? any takers?
gordon
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 20:20:16 (GMT)
Hobbes -- Intergroups
Could it be Interview Groups????
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 20:08:40 (GMT)
Gordon's interview
Well...memories of my interview are kinda hazy, sepia tinged affairs for me now. Let's see, the people interviewing are generally lecturers, with the odd Charge Nurse/Sister thrown in - in my Uni they interviewed 120 people in the one day - so you can imagine that after the first 20 or so, their eyes have glazed over and they're just nodding agreement to your every utterance. They asked me things like, "...so, no previous experience eh? Why Nursing?" and "What do you think is an important aspect of Nursing?" I said something about good communication skills and people management - to which they both nodded avidly. Another one I remember was "what would be the worst aspect of nursing you'd expect to encounter?" I said having to give enema's all day - but not to the same person you understand... Someone who'd been there a couple of months before me warned me not to trott out the old 'I just want to care for people' answers. Good luck anyway.
Sassy
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 18:06:56 (GMT)
holidays
How crap is this, we have recently been told that we have to take out easter holidays in January. This applies to all Sept '99 students at the Uni of Sheffield, because the placements office has made a balls up and decided not to tell us about it until the last minute. By the way, who wrote that message to me? Someone having a laugh?
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 14:12:24 (GMT)
Intergroups?
What do you mean? Whats the tilte of the assigment?
Hobbes
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 01:17:21 (GMT)
Need to let off some steam!!!!
We had a tissue viability workshop today - fine. One of the tissue viability nurses came to give the lecture and bearing in mind I know bugger all about dressings etc, having not had the opportunity to learn on placements, I was keen to learn - fine, you may think, well the nurse in question seemed to think that we should all be experts in this field by the 18 month mark!! Not so for those of us who learnt nothing from our community placements!!! Anyway to cut a long story short, she has a reputation as being a bit of a cow and when the reps came in this afternoon she started getting really cocky and arrogant towards us and them, I felt pretty intimidated and humiliated because I didn't know much about potential problems of an abdominal surgical wound. I tried to explain that I had yet to work on a surgical ward but she told me that 'we don't spoon feed you'!!!! I ended up really seeing my arse with her and the other students thought she was out of order too!! Is it me or is this a 'power' thing???
Anita
- Monday, December 10, 2001 at 20:56:45 (GMT)
initial uni choices and interviews?????
i'm currently waiting to here from my chosen universitys about the adult diploma course.is bristol(uwe) any good? wot about york?? wot do the initial interviews consist of?? help!
gordon <gordon03uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Monday, December 10, 2001 at 18:21:55 (GMT)
D & V!!
Yep, youre right Jane. D & V is diahorreah (probably spelt wrong) and vomiting. A phrase I dread hearing in handover........
ange
- Monday, December 10, 2001 at 14:50:10 (GMT)
Psychology intergroups doctors and nurses
My girlfriend is in her final year and I have foolishly (just kidding) offered to help with some research on the above for one of her assignments, anyone got any idea's on where to look up this sort of info on the Net?? or reference books, or maybe someone wants to offer their own paper so i can nick their research. Any help is appreciated only I've been looking for 2 days now and not much luck.
Mark <Movieheaven@hotmail.com>
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 19:30:43 (GMT)
D & V - could it be Diarrheoa & Vomiting? Just trying to work it out for myself... ;)
Jane
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 19:23:08 (GMT)
May be a silly question but what is D & V? (Waiting to start diploma and never heard of this one!!) Someone enlighten me please!
Jane
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 19:20:46 (GMT)
I have 2 weeks left on a placement (hah! is that what they call free graft?) and my mentor went off sick after the first day so I am left with someone who has never been a mentor let alone gained the correct qualifications. I am on a ward where the HCA (although a hard worker) thinks 90 year olds should be dragged out of their bed, I am getting married 4 weeks tomorrow and have 2 assignments to hand in oh, yes, I've also been infected with the D + V so bad that the ward's now closed to admissions, I love this job, someone tell me why I gave up a £12,000 per year job that I could do standing on my head whilst playing a guitar with my feet!!!)
Dawn
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 19:07:05 (GMT)
hi anyone here
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 16:24:39 (GMT)
You lucky, lucky....
Congratulations Claire - God I wish it was me...oh well, only (counting on fingers)8 months to go - Yay!!
Sassy
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 15:46:44 (GMT)
Claire
Well done Claire! I bet you are chuffed to bits!
Emma <funkygal@femail.co.uk>
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 12:21:30 (GMT)
Claire
Well done Claire!!! Wish it was me - oh well only 18 months to go
Anita
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 11:56:47 (GMT)
community
i'm not saying that community was a complete desaster what i had of it was quite intresting i was out with the diabetis and infection control nurses which was realy intresting. i have to go to bed now i've just come in from a christmas night out with my class and am having difficulty seeing the keys never mind hitting the right ones i think im going to have some hangover tommorow
Beth
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 23:08:46 (GMT)
huh?!?
Who wrote that message to me? Do you realise that I am a butthead with a daft hat?
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 21:17:17 (GMT)
Sylv - re: HELP
sickle-cell anaemia? haemophilia? malaria (via mosquito vector)?is that the sort of blood-borne diseases you mean?
Flo of Nightingale
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 21:11:52 (GMT)
Hooray..just received my last result of my last ever essay and I have passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so over the moon. Just to need to submit my last clinical outcomes and I am through the course.
claire
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 20:23:23 (GMT)
Was i dreaming?
Hi all. Did i hear on the radio that nurses who live in kent are to receive a living allowance? Or was i dreaming, again.
Miles
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 17:06:35 (GMT)
Love ya rents, dont have her have me.........?
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 16:35:18 (GMT)
HELLO
hello i am a second year student and i have just found the site. so wots happenin folks?
Geeza <kevin.hayles@btinternet.com>
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 14:31:03 (GMT)
Matt
Congratulations Matt! All the best to ya both!
Emma <funkygal@femail.co.uk>
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 13:55:23 (GMT)
Girlfriend
Hello! The hapless Matt has got a girlfriend at last!
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 11:15:55 (GMT)
just finished my community placement and it was brilliant. Enjoyed the one to one contact and actually felt valued and useful. Was given continual support and encouragement and would love to return to the community as a qualified nurse at a later date
claire
- Thursday, December 06, 2001 at 20:42:13 (GMT)
Community placements
my community placement was crap too - didnt learn anything really, 2 weeks with a health visitor taught me nothing I didn't already know having had 2 kids!! I put one dressing on with the district nurse and just observed for the rest of the time - waste of time!!
Anita
- Thursday, December 06, 2001 at 20:35:52 (GMT)
Community
Sorry to hear your Community placement was the pits, Beth! Only got two weeks to go of mine and it's been the BEST experience of my student career so far. I've seen/learnt/and done so much I'm only sad I'll be pamped back into another ward in January where the SN's eat their young! My confidence has been boosted no end in community, been made to feel part of the team, been made to feel valued, useful and most importantly, been allowed to use my own initiative, make decisions about clients and work management, I've even felt (dare I say it) like I could actualy be a competent nurse one day - something you never feel on a ward. So, guess what I'll be aiming for once I qualify?
Sassy
- Thursday, December 06, 2001 at 18:14:53 (GMT)
Missing placements
I know the feeling we are just finishing a 12 week stint in community you know the one were they send you to a different places so you can get a feel of the range of jobs you can do after qulafiing. Mine has been so bad I have spent 4 of the weeks in uni with projects to do. which means that about a third of my compatencys will have to be marked not available. Not to mention the amount of study day the placements keeps giving me cause their is nothing to do for them never mind me.
Beth
- Thursday, December 06, 2001 at 16:06:43 (GMT)
HELP
can anyone think of any blood-bourne diseases other than HIV, Hep B & C and any useful web sites
Sylv
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 18:46:29 (GMT)
Frozen in Canada
Try catching the 0530 bus in -30C weather to go to a placement. We work for free, pay all our expenses, and tuition, work part time, have student loans for our education, and still have to find an employer when we graduate. Agh.
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 17:50:41 (GMT)
Know what you mean, why are we doing this??? We are mad, it is unbelievable how we are expected to put the hours in full time as well as all the academic work we have to do. I am just branching and am looking forward to my critical care placements but we have been put into groups where some of us have to do our research assignment on the 4 week study leave before actually setting foot in these areas, how odd, apparantly the assignment can be done without attending the placement!! huh!!! time will tell. They tell us that it is not possible to put us on the placement and give us study days as we go along, we have to have them all at once, first!
Anita
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 17:45:01 (GMT)
Expenses
Do you think that they make our placement expenses form so complex just so we give up half way through and dont bother to clam the money back. I'm getting my head in a twist trying to fill this in.
Beth
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 16:46:48 (GMT)
health promotion teacher
It's been run jointly by Waynetta Slob, George Best and Geri Halliwell......that ashtanga yoga is awkward to do in the confines of an overcrowded classroom.
Flo of Nightingale
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 14:30:11 (GMT)
so your 2nd year? sometimes its a pain in the ass isn't it getting up at 5.30 to walk in the freezing cold to the bus stop. which teacher do u have for health promotion?
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 14:19:09 (GMT)
hi where r the students gone
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 14:14:17 (GMT)
Naffed off
Have just gone into our 2nd year, and can write on the back of a postage stamp all the clinical skills we have learnt. Could add to the doomsday book the amount of psychology & sociology we have had to endure....placements so far are poo (literally most days)and boring and not remotely interested in students or our wealth of psycho-socio-babble. All practical learning outcomes have been related to aforementioned babble - the fact that you are able to make beds/make tea/'do the obs'/be dragged in to 'give us a lift' for every incontinent patient etc etc. doesn't seem to be relevant - which is strange cos it's all I do. Morale in our whole cohort is so low it's actually underground and depression becomes infectious. We could talk to our college about how we feel, but really feel as if they don't give a toss - after all, we're 'old-hat' now, and it's more important to keep starting more students with huge intakes than take care of the students already going through the system. Really beginning to question myself and wondering if I'm in the right place - trouble is, I love the patients (not in an immoral way)and care so much about them - it's just the hassle from uninterested college staff and placement staff (and getting up at 5.30am in bloody awful weather, for bloody awful money) that drags me down. Also working at least 15 hours a week in a part-time job, so when on placement (no study days for us when we're out)am really struggling. Strangely, our impending assignment is on 'health promotion' which is a joke when I live an extremely unhealthy lifestyle myself - eat crap and irregularly, have sleep deprivation, don't smoke (couldn't afford it if I wanted to) but have started having wine regularly to 'wind-down'. Anyone able to offer me some sane tips to get me through??
Flo of Nightingale
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 14:13:19 (GMT)
mentor?
so do you actually have a mentor on placement? or are you just left with HCA responsibilities? or even on your own?
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 14:07:43 (GMT)
Drug use
Hi - I am a nursing lecturer at Bradford (not a response to Helen, sorry but good luck with the interview). I am doing a session in Spring on nurses and substance use and thought it would be good to be able to the views of other students over: I wondered what your views were, I have a few thoughts on these questions: should being a nurse make a difference to the decision to use?; does the stress of nursing have a role in substance use?; are drug using nurses dangerous / more dangerous than those who use alcohol?; what has been your experience of how people are treated when their using comes to light, be they students or not? I hope to hear from you by email to n.b.bowles@bradford.ac.uk or mail to me at School of Health Studies, University of Bradford, BD5 0BB, all responses will be treated with confidentiality of course, but of course no names is best if you say something I would have to act on if I knew public safety is likely to be compromised. Thanks and bye for now. Nick
Nick Bowles <n.b.bowles@bradford.ac.uk>
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 13:47:37 (GMT)
That last message made me chuckle!!! I am glad I am single
Anita
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 21:36:32 (GMT)
Dear Knackered
She's a lucky woman. My first year, my husband sulked and whined. Not enough sex, I actually gave him take away for supper one night, not enough sex, I studied too long, not enough sex, my shifts started too early and he wouldn't give me a ride, had to catch the first bus, not enough sex, the house was untidy, not enough sex.... And he wonders why his marriage is nearly toast
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 21:34:36 (GMT)
nursing student
wife is nursing student, I'm knackered
Neil
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 21:27:01 (GMT)
You mean I have I have a mentor!!!!!!! Is that what that name beside my offduty is for.
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 17:16:04 (GMT)
views on mentorship
hi I'm a final year nursing student doing some research on students views on mentorship in clinical placement. any good, bad experiences, comments, ideas please contact me thanks
kam <kkam_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 12:26:07 (GMT)
NHS
I would be prepared to pay extra tax if it went to the NHS, but where would the money go? It needs to be spent on the wards not on giving trust HQ a new lick of paint.
Hobbes
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 01:32:10 (GMT)
News flash
I see that two taliban soldiers were found dead floating in Michael Barrimores swimming pool. Apparently they were suicide bummers.
Emma <funkygal@femail.co.uk>
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 22:08:58 (GMT)
I hope your dad is better now Matt! Tell him this joke to cheer him up. Two oranges go into a pub. One turns to the other and says "your round" hehehe. Kind regards.
Miles
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 22:02:26 (GMT)
Interview
Hiya everyone! Ive applied for the nursing diploma this year, the adult branch. Anyway ive got an interview at Bradford uni and wondered if anyone had any tips, what kind of questions they ask etc.... Thanks!!!
Helen
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 21:30:52 (GMT)
wages
I agree Sassy, but it's like Nat said in a previous posting, the NHS is the biggest employer in the UK, so isn't it quite likely that the money could be spent on better wages? After all, the government will get more tax from us that way to put back into the NHS.
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 21:18:55 (GMT)
More money for what?
Yes, more money for the NHS - but can't they be a bit more specific? They can find the money to build new hospitals - two in my region, and yet, to save money (I presume) they insist on cutting the staffing levels. And the ol' chestnut - better wages for nurses, why the hell not? And David Blunkett reckons Policemen who stay on the beat should get £3000 pa more for an incentive to keep them there. Bet if they paid nurses £3000 pa to stay on the wards the vacancy rate in England would soon decrease. What gets me is the hoops we have to jump through to earn a professional's wage. We have to be academically qualified with a certain amount of hours practical experience as well. Apparently, you only have to turn up for your first day as a policeman/woman to start earning £16,500 (approx). If the best resource the NHS has is it's staff - then why not pay them a proper bloody wage?
Sassy
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 18:42:26 (GMT)
over sea's nurses
HI! my name is rohini i would like to know what exams nurses need to take if they comming from india (asia)
rohini a mehta <mehtar@stterhealth.org>
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 17:10:29 (GMT)
Exunctly
I couldn't agree more with Miles. If paying a few more quid every month in tax means that patients will receive better care, then bring it on. I don't mind paying tax at all as long as it's for the good of the nation etc. My dad's been in hospital three times this year and has been cared for by the staff at Scarborough General excellently and very professionally, but I feel if they had more resources then there is no way he would have been in three times.
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 16:11:16 (GMT)
I'm all for it!
I think we should pay more tax to make the NHS better. However i do not want to pay out more in tax,only to find that it just stays the same as it is now. When the CONservatives were in power they brought in the private firms who in turn brought in car parking fees and all the rest of it. What good did it do? Nothing. We were conned then.I don't want to be conned again.
Miles
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 16:02:39 (GMT)
Year one over and done with
Is there anyone goin in2 year 2 soon, are u lookin forward 2 it.
Tracie Cunningham
- Sunday, December 02, 2001 at 12:57:27 (GMT)
off to a good start?
Very good point Helen, BUT I am also a 1st year student and have been told by the sister on my 1st placement to 'stop asking questions, stand in a corner and watch' consequently im not very popular with my ward sister but the rest of the staff are right behind me
Sylv <sylv91uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Sunday, December 02, 2001 at 11:55:56 (GMT)
Where abouts do you work Hobbes? Sounds like a bit change for you. Hope it is what you want and good luck
claire
- Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 22:43:11 (GMT)
Good Luck Hobbes
Hope you enjoy NZ. A word to your wife though. Home is never what you remember it to be. I did that to my husband. Took a long time for the adjustment. I just wanted to go home so badly, that I forgot the bad things and only remembered the good. Got to go shovel the driveway only got 6 inches of snow and its -15C.
Amanda
- Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 20:32:09 (GMT)
OH NO!!!
I dropped my contract mobile phone down the toilet!!! It is like losing a limb!!! 12 months ago I lost my other one and had to wait for 2 months to get another through the insurance - oh will have to starve all month and buy a pay as you go!! Cannot live without it.
Anita
- Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 15:58:45 (GMT)
hobbes
thanks dad
- Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 13:55:22 (GMT)
The wife's homeland
Off to New Zealand, the wifes' a kiwi and wants to go back. Should be gone by the end of feburary. I'll stay in touch, particularly with these bitter, unprofessional and cynical old nurses typing all these posts they make me laugh. I want to see the rest of you guys finish nursing.
Hobbes
- Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 11:03:27 (GMT)
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Monday, December 31, 2001 at 19:06:47 (GMT)
I know what you mean i don't think i am going to use any of the info i've had to gather for my essays ever again but at least i'm now doing my disertation it may be 5000words but at least i get to chouse the aspect of practice to do it on. Would talk more but i'm staying with my parents for new year and their puppy keeps presenting my with his toys to play with him and its not very easy to type with one hand whilst the other is being pulled behind you by a 7 month old collie. have a great new year tonight and i hope you all don't feel to bad tommorrow.(I'm off to play with this daft mutt)
Beth
- Monday, December 31, 2001 at 17:24:42 (GMT)
i read some of you messages regarding essays. and teh course. my course is miles away too we have been studying for our surgical exam and that is a nightmare we, the students say one thing and the lecture says thats not true when in fact it is common practice some lecturers need to get back into practice. don't get me wrong some lecturers are great and no their stuff some just live in the past does anyone agree. ME
- Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 14:32:43 (GMT)
hi every time i come in here there is never anyone here where are you all
- Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 14:29:17 (GMT)
Ward Manager
Hey - where has Ward Manager suddenly disappeared to?
emma <funkygal@femail.co.uk>
- Friday, December 28, 2001 at 23:12:43 (GMT)
Who invented them anyway?
Essays - they're the pits are they not? But I know that one day, I'm gonna be in a situation with a patient, who will have to rely on my expertise with an IM injection, or the accuracy with which I can calculate the dose in a syringe driver, or knowledge base that will guide me towards the best wound dressing to use, etc...and BAM! that ol' essay on the 'World Health Organisation' will just tip the odds in that patient's favour. Thank God for these obscure subjects we have to write about - I just don't know how I'm going to become a competent nurse without them.
Sassy
- Friday, December 28, 2001 at 18:18:49 (GMT)
and of course this essay will really benefit you in years to come. I really feel that the course is miles away from real life on the wards
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 22:18:13 (GMT)
technicalities!
oooooooops - dont know what happened there!!
ange
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 21:56:39 (GMT)
cant bear to think about it
the report is on nursing decisions - we have to pick a decision we were involved in and analyse it referring to theories, models and research. I have still not done anything - I would rather clean the house from top to bottom, clean out the cat litter tray 50 times and weed the garden! Why do we put ourselves through this - can someone remind me?!!!
ange
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 21:55:31 (GMT)
cant bear to think about it
the report is on nursing decisions - we have to pick a decision we were involved in and analyse it referring to theories, models and research. I have still not done anything - I would rather clean the house from top to bottom, clean out the cat litter tray 50 times and weed the garden! Why do we put ourselves through this - can someone remind me?!!!
ange
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 21:54:36 (GMT)
cant bear to think about it
the report is on nursing decisions - we have to pick a decision we were involved in and analyse it referring to theories, models and research. I have still not done anything - I would rather clean the house from top to bottom, clean out the cat litter tray 50 times and weed the garden! Why do we put ourselves through this - can someone remind me?!!!
ange
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 21:53:54 (GMT)
CAREER PLANNING ONLY 14 MONTHS TO GO!
i currently have 14 months left and i am nearly 3rd year so i need to be focused. i would like to either do A&E nursing or Cardiac nursing. is it true that if i rotate for 18 months i am wasting time? should i stay on and do 18 months degreee part in my chosen speciality and how long does it take to be an E grade? at least i know what i want to be but what is the best and quickest way to money and promotion?
sharon <s.macdonald@talk21.com>
- Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 20:36:01 (GMT)
whats the subject for the 2500 word essay ange? I know how you feel. No matter how much you enjoy yourself you always have that niggling feeling of "I must do that essay" and it never leaves you!!!!
- Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 22:23:52 (GMT)
Find Her
Would dearly love to contact Nurse Anette Gavin. Student at North Middlesex Hospital Edmonton, London 1967 aprox.
Mike Towey <Toweymike@hotmail.com>
- Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 20:22:14 (GMT)
Cannot get away fron it!
Know just how you feel, sassy. 7 days to write a 2500 word report which I have absolutely no interest in!!! Hope you all had a good christmas!
ange
- Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 15:12:51 (GMT)
And afterwards
This year I promised myself I'd eat till I burst. Why did I do that? Three litres of Alka-seltzer couldn't shift what I've stuffed my face with over the past 24hrs. However, despite gross overeating and a fluid intake that would rival any drip system, (just incase I fade away to an elephant) I still manage to haul my now bloated form up from the couch to peruse the ol' buffet table... And yet, somewhere, in the dark, chocolate covered recesses of my brandy-soaked brain, there's a wee voice whispering 'Final essay to write...final essay to write..' Hopefully, the constant crunching of this tube of Pringles should drown that out.:) Hope your Christmas was as slovenly and self gratuitous as mine was.
Sassy
- Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 11:56:25 (GMT)
Bored
God, Christmas is boring is it not? Glad when it is over.
Anita
- Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 11:52:52 (GMT)
Pissed, crap gifts, annoying family and good food - it must be christmas, Happy xmas everyone!
Nat Mills
- Tuesday, December 25, 2001 at 18:51:22 (GMT)
Seasons greetings
Congrats on your job, claire. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
ange
- Monday, December 24, 2001 at 12:09:24 (GMT)
Merry Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR, BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL!
Helen
- Monday, December 24, 2001 at 10:16:04 (GMT)
yes merry christmas.... I have just got a job on an acute admissions ward when i qualify!! Start in March. Am really nervous. Enjoy yourselves everyone and don't get too drunk over the festive period!!!!
claire
- Monday, December 24, 2001 at 01:24:24 (GMT)
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!
H
- Sunday, December 23, 2001 at 19:36:09 (GMT)
what's up doc
no chat pre-xmas?
hannibal lecter
- Friday, December 21, 2001 at 00:20:20 (GMT)
Bubble-depends what your looking for in a job
If your doing six-form then you've probably got the brains for the job. Just ask yourself why you want to become a nurse? I say this now but try it as nursing assistant for abit. The job does give you confidence and the ability to deal with people,(particularly in my field mental health). Look at what money you want to earn. Is it enough? £16,000 starting salary? You can get up to about £18,000+ as a good staff nurse. Don't worry about the training you'll sail through it. The important thing is to learn as much as you can. Your training will be prety crap, but don't despair!Its up to you to fill in the gaps! The jobs a rollecoster, sometimes its the best job in the world othertimes its just pure rubbish.I've not figured out what it is yet.
Hobbes
- Tuesday, December 18, 2001 at 19:51:52 (GMT)
Thanks Roger
Good to see your still around, Ahh those days when I was still doing my piss-poor training... I miss your comments. I still feel angry at my training and although I'm qualified I'm still meeting students with exactly the same gripes as I had. I think you need to post more, (share your wisdom), even though I will be in New Zealand, I'll still keep an eye on this forum. I feel strongly about telling students about what to expect on qualification and what to do, what to look for in training so they don't feel a complete idiot or a dumb-ass when the mighty UKCC finally allows you to go out and become a staff nurse. We've been through it. There has been some shitty stuff posted by so-called "old school" nurses, who feel, for whatever reasons, to piss on students doing their training now. This forum needs trained staff like you and me to challange these beliefs. Recently qualified nurses are making the difference and I think we are doing a bloody good job. Roger-post more!
Hobbes
- Tuesday, December 18, 2001 at 19:23:56 (GMT)
Workload?
IMHO you probably won't notice the difference...and yes, this board can be a bit of a downer, but then it is a barometer to the present morale within the service. Happy smiley people like you can change all that tho' :) Also, keep in mind that ANYWHERE you work has it's downsides with no forum like this to vent too.
Sassy
- Tuesday, December 18, 2001 at 18:17:07 (GMT)
Bit worried!!! : ( (ew to the nursing thing)
I am going to start studying for a diploma in nursing next september, and before reading some of this page I was really looking forward to it. Now I am a little bit concerned about what to expect, I always knew it would be a lot of work but it sounds a lot more than I had anticipated. Apart from the depth in knowledge, please could someone point out the difference in work load between 6th form and university study.
Bubble <bubblin_hot@hotmail.com>
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 20:02:00 (GMT)
Groan!
Whose going to start the moaning and bitching then? 3.6% pay increase. We dont get enough.......,students are poverty stricken..........,moan............,snipe.........,im poor.....etc
Nat Mills <natwm@btopenworld.com>
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 17:17:56 (GMT)
Wanted Nurses immediately to work in UK & USA
Are you interested to better your future? Number of vacancies available across USA & UK. Both Degree and Diploma nurses with at least I year experience are welcome to apply. We take care of visa/immigration and other required procedures. To work in USA, you need to pass CGFNS exam. Australian qualified nurses may be eligible with no experience. Please call immediately: Mr. Venkata Tanari Tel: (03) 8309 5003 Mob: 0425 755 003 Email: tanarivs@iprimus.com.au
Venkata <tanarivs@iprimus.com.au>
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 15:54:31 (GMT)
hmmmm
Ta folks! Cheered myself up last night with two bottles of wine, then lost about £2-50 playing poker until 4am with my neighbours. Am still verrrty drunk...
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 12:17:20 (GMT)
matt ah!
Sorry to hear Matt that you are single again but good luck in the future. Put it this way at least you saved on the Christmas present.
florrie
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 03:01:02 (GMT)
re:Anita
Anita, well done for passing but I felt I must write about your comments on tissue viability. Maybe the nurse doing the lecture was "out of order" but she was right. Most courses do very little on wound management which is odd considering this is the one area of nursing where nurses can act as autonomous practitioners. You will need to do your own research as when you qualify not many nurses you work with will be able to teach you. I suggest getting a good book out either by Carol Dealey or Madelaine Flannigan both experts in their fields. Madelaine Flannigans book can actually be used to gain ENB credits when you have qualified. I hope this helps. It is suprising you would think that by the end of 18 mths you do not know but many nurses do not bother keeping up to date even with PREP. Hint any wound has the potential to become infected, breakdown or "dehisce". Infection can be a major complication to surgical wounds. Good luck with the future and remember you are responsible for your own learning and development and it is better to learn basics as a student than when you are qualified.
florrie
- Monday, December 17, 2001 at 02:58:49 (GMT)
CCU
never mind Matt, it maybe wasn't ment to be
Sylv
- Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 17:19:36 (GMT)
is there anybody out there
call me or e-mail
mike p <gtomike67@msn.com>
- Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 08:33:04 (GMT)
is there anybody out there
call me or e-mail
mike pleiss <gtomike67@msn.com>
- Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 08:31:53 (GMT)
single again
Gutted. Absolutely mortified.
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 23:38:58 (GMT)
oops!
sorree
gordon
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 18:59:31 (GMT)
UWE?!?!?!
cheers sylv.someone who reads this website must be studying the adult dip at bristol...........please!
gordon <gordon03uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 18:55:51 (GMT)
UWE?!?!?!
cheers sylv.someone who reads this website must be studying the adult dip at bristol...........please!
gordon <gordon03uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 18:55:44 (GMT)
UWE?!?!?!
cheers sylv.someone who reads this website must be studying the adult dip at bristol...........please!
gordon <gordon03uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 18:55:08 (GMT)
assignments
im a march 2001 student, could anyone tell me what is the third assignment subject is?
alicia <alcirish@aol.com>
- Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 15:25:27 (GMT)
Au Revoir!!!!
Just to let you all know, I have just passed the CFP!!!! hurrah, only 18 months to go!! anyway off to Gran Canaria for a week to celebrate!! Bye
Anita
- Friday, December 14, 2001 at 22:14:14 (GMT)
sylv
yes i have! i've got an interview in january,wot should i expect?wots northampton like to live in?wots the accomodation like?is it easy to get placements?etc etc
gordon <gordon03uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 20:05:03 (GMT)
Gordon - Im at UCN - Northampton Have you got a query ? Sylv
- Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 19:21:19 (GMT)
I am just slipping down under
Hobbes You will be sorely missed from the site, there is a paucity of debate these days, far too low a rant factor. Liked your piece about the 2001 boy done good. I am a bit of an older knacker myself and find that the big thing with talking to the present dark blue generation, especially those that trained 'properly'; is that they have so little life experience outside nursing (you know the rest of life on earth. They have evolved into a self-parodying role. They are self perpetuating insomuch as they replicate, producing other nurse managers in their own image. Small minded, they have to step outside to change their minds. Every time I walk onto a shift and look at the board and see 11 on the early and 2 on the late I remember how piss poor the management training is in this job. On a brighter note, I hope you enjoy southern Scotland, dont forget the mint sauce.
roger <roger@obermaier.freeserve.co.uk>
- Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 14:47:49 (GMT)
Overseas Nurses
In British Columbia, Phillipino nurses qualifications aren't recognized. They must take an upgrading course to meet national standards. Most enter Canada as nannies and don't take any of the required language or skills training required. They are currently lobbying the government to accept their qualifications and lack of language skills to fill the vacancies here. When the nurses union and the government say take the required training they scream bigotry....
- Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 23:13:34 (GMT)
I've studied for 3 years. Now there are no jobs in our local hospital. All the philipino nurses have taken them. Can you believe it? Not their fault they are a lovely culture of people but it does make you cross when you have worked damn hard to get through the course and then there are only 2 posts and 15 people are going for them!!!
rachel
- Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 18:26:40 (GMT)
round one
anyone for UWE? or even stafford or northampton?
gordon
- Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 12:36:05 (GMT)
Gordon
Hi Gordon! I am a student nurse studying at the University of York and I would reccommend it to anyone for a few reasons. The majority of lecturers are really good, the University has an excellent reputation and is among the top ten universities in the UK, it is growing and expanding and continually being modernised, surrounds a rather nice lake, its in York (which is a gorgeous city, at least I think it is) and we have had some of our students progress into fame and fortune, like Harry Enfield for instance! If you want to know anymore about it you can visit the York web site at http://www.york.ac.uk or mail me! Best Wishes and Good luck!
Catherine <catherine1jod31@hotmail.com>
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 21:36:59 (GMT)
cheers sassy
hmm , much as i thought,i think i'll just be myself,that way i can only blame myself if it all goes wrong! next question-york or bristol? any takers?
gordon
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 20:20:16 (GMT)
Hobbes -- Intergroups
Could it be Interview Groups????
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 20:08:40 (GMT)
Gordon's interview
Well...memories of my interview are kinda hazy, sepia tinged affairs for me now. Let's see, the people interviewing are generally lecturers, with the odd Charge Nurse/Sister thrown in - in my Uni they interviewed 120 people in the one day - so you can imagine that after the first 20 or so, their eyes have glazed over and they're just nodding agreement to your every utterance. They asked me things like, "...so, no previous experience eh? Why Nursing?" and "What do you think is an important aspect of Nursing?" I said something about good communication skills and people management - to which they both nodded avidly. Another one I remember was "what would be the worst aspect of nursing you'd expect to encounter?" I said having to give enema's all day - but not to the same person you understand... Someone who'd been there a couple of months before me warned me not to trott out the old 'I just want to care for people' answers. Good luck anyway.
Sassy
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 18:06:56 (GMT)
holidays
How crap is this, we have recently been told that we have to take out easter holidays in January. This applies to all Sept '99 students at the Uni of Sheffield, because the placements office has made a balls up and decided not to tell us about it until the last minute. By the way, who wrote that message to me? Someone having a laugh?
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 14:12:24 (GMT)
Intergroups?
What do you mean? Whats the tilte of the assigment?
Hobbes
- Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 01:17:21 (GMT)
Need to let off some steam!!!!
We had a tissue viability workshop today - fine. One of the tissue viability nurses came to give the lecture and bearing in mind I know bugger all about dressings etc, having not had the opportunity to learn on placements, I was keen to learn - fine, you may think, well the nurse in question seemed to think that we should all be experts in this field by the 18 month mark!! Not so for those of us who learnt nothing from our community placements!!! Anyway to cut a long story short, she has a reputation as being a bit of a cow and when the reps came in this afternoon she started getting really cocky and arrogant towards us and them, I felt pretty intimidated and humiliated because I didn't know much about potential problems of an abdominal surgical wound. I tried to explain that I had yet to work on a surgical ward but she told me that 'we don't spoon feed you'!!!! I ended up really seeing my arse with her and the other students thought she was out of order too!! Is it me or is this a 'power' thing???
Anita
- Monday, December 10, 2001 at 20:56:45 (GMT)
initial uni choices and interviews?????
i'm currently waiting to here from my chosen universitys about the adult diploma course.is bristol(uwe) any good? wot about york?? wot do the initial interviews consist of?? help!
gordon <gordon03uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Monday, December 10, 2001 at 18:21:55 (GMT)
D & V!!
Yep, youre right Jane. D & V is diahorreah (probably spelt wrong) and vomiting. A phrase I dread hearing in handover........
ange
- Monday, December 10, 2001 at 14:50:10 (GMT)
Psychology intergroups doctors and nurses
My girlfriend is in her final year and I have foolishly (just kidding) offered to help with some research on the above for one of her assignments, anyone got any idea's on where to look up this sort of info on the Net?? or reference books, or maybe someone wants to offer their own paper so i can nick their research. Any help is appreciated only I've been looking for 2 days now and not much luck.
Mark <Movieheaven@hotmail.com>
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 19:30:43 (GMT)
D & V - could it be Diarrheoa & Vomiting? Just trying to work it out for myself... ;)
Jane
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 19:23:08 (GMT)
May be a silly question but what is D & V? (Waiting to start diploma and never heard of this one!!) Someone enlighten me please!
Jane
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 19:20:46 (GMT)
I have 2 weeks left on a placement (hah! is that what they call free graft?) and my mentor went off sick after the first day so I am left with someone who has never been a mentor let alone gained the correct qualifications. I am on a ward where the HCA (although a hard worker) thinks 90 year olds should be dragged out of their bed, I am getting married 4 weeks tomorrow and have 2 assignments to hand in oh, yes, I've also been infected with the D + V so bad that the ward's now closed to admissions, I love this job, someone tell me why I gave up a £12,000 per year job that I could do standing on my head whilst playing a guitar with my feet!!!)
Dawn
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 19:07:05 (GMT)
hi anyone here
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 16:24:39 (GMT)
You lucky, lucky....
Congratulations Claire - God I wish it was me...oh well, only (counting on fingers)8 months to go - Yay!!
Sassy
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 15:46:44 (GMT)
Claire
Well done Claire! I bet you are chuffed to bits!
Emma <funkygal@femail.co.uk>
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 12:21:30 (GMT)
Claire
Well done Claire!!! Wish it was me - oh well only 18 months to go
Anita
- Sunday, December 09, 2001 at 11:56:47 (GMT)
community
i'm not saying that community was a complete desaster what i had of it was quite intresting i was out with the diabetis and infection control nurses which was realy intresting. i have to go to bed now i've just come in from a christmas night out with my class and am having difficulty seeing the keys never mind hitting the right ones i think im going to have some hangover tommorow
Beth
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 23:08:46 (GMT)
huh?!?
Who wrote that message to me? Do you realise that I am a butthead with a daft hat?
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 21:17:17 (GMT)
Sylv - re: HELP
sickle-cell anaemia? haemophilia? malaria (via mosquito vector)?is that the sort of blood-borne diseases you mean?
Flo of Nightingale
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 21:11:52 (GMT)
Hooray..just received my last result of my last ever essay and I have passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so over the moon. Just to need to submit my last clinical outcomes and I am through the course.
claire
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 20:23:23 (GMT)
Was i dreaming?
Hi all. Did i hear on the radio that nurses who live in kent are to receive a living allowance? Or was i dreaming, again.
Miles
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 17:06:35 (GMT)
Love ya rents, dont have her have me.........?
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 16:35:18 (GMT)
HELLO
hello i am a second year student and i have just found the site. so wots happenin folks?
Geeza <kevin.hayles@btinternet.com>
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 14:31:03 (GMT)
Matt
Congratulations Matt! All the best to ya both!
Emma <funkygal@femail.co.uk>
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 13:55:23 (GMT)
Girlfriend
Hello! The hapless Matt has got a girlfriend at last!
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Saturday, December 08, 2001 at 11:15:55 (GMT)
just finished my community placement and it was brilliant. Enjoyed the one to one contact and actually felt valued and useful. Was given continual support and encouragement and would love to return to the community as a qualified nurse at a later date
claire
- Thursday, December 06, 2001 at 20:42:13 (GMT)
Community placements
my community placement was crap too - didnt learn anything really, 2 weeks with a health visitor taught me nothing I didn't already know having had 2 kids!! I put one dressing on with the district nurse and just observed for the rest of the time - waste of time!!
Anita
- Thursday, December 06, 2001 at 20:35:52 (GMT)
Community
Sorry to hear your Community placement was the pits, Beth! Only got two weeks to go of mine and it's been the BEST experience of my student career so far. I've seen/learnt/and done so much I'm only sad I'll be pamped back into another ward in January where the SN's eat their young! My confidence has been boosted no end in community, been made to feel part of the team, been made to feel valued, useful and most importantly, been allowed to use my own initiative, make decisions about clients and work management, I've even felt (dare I say it) like I could actualy be a competent nurse one day - something you never feel on a ward. So, guess what I'll be aiming for once I qualify?
Sassy
- Thursday, December 06, 2001 at 18:14:53 (GMT)
Missing placements
I know the feeling we are just finishing a 12 week stint in community you know the one were they send you to a different places so you can get a feel of the range of jobs you can do after qulafiing. Mine has been so bad I have spent 4 of the weeks in uni with projects to do. which means that about a third of my compatencys will have to be marked not available. Not to mention the amount of study day the placements keeps giving me cause their is nothing to do for them never mind me.
Beth
- Thursday, December 06, 2001 at 16:06:43 (GMT)
HELP
can anyone think of any blood-bourne diseases other than HIV, Hep B & C and any useful web sites
Sylv
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 18:46:29 (GMT)
Frozen in Canada
Try catching the 0530 bus in -30C weather to go to a placement. We work for free, pay all our expenses, and tuition, work part time, have student loans for our education, and still have to find an employer when we graduate. Agh.
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 17:50:41 (GMT)
Know what you mean, why are we doing this??? We are mad, it is unbelievable how we are expected to put the hours in full time as well as all the academic work we have to do. I am just branching and am looking forward to my critical care placements but we have been put into groups where some of us have to do our research assignment on the 4 week study leave before actually setting foot in these areas, how odd, apparantly the assignment can be done without attending the placement!! huh!!! time will tell. They tell us that it is not possible to put us on the placement and give us study days as we go along, we have to have them all at once, first!
Anita
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 17:45:01 (GMT)
Expenses
Do you think that they make our placement expenses form so complex just so we give up half way through and dont bother to clam the money back. I'm getting my head in a twist trying to fill this in.
Beth
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 16:46:48 (GMT)
health promotion teacher
It's been run jointly by Waynetta Slob, George Best and Geri Halliwell......that ashtanga yoga is awkward to do in the confines of an overcrowded classroom.
Flo of Nightingale
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 14:30:11 (GMT)
so your 2nd year? sometimes its a pain in the ass isn't it getting up at 5.30 to walk in the freezing cold to the bus stop. which teacher do u have for health promotion?
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 14:19:09 (GMT)
hi where r the students gone
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 14:14:17 (GMT)
Naffed off
Have just gone into our 2nd year, and can write on the back of a postage stamp all the clinical skills we have learnt. Could add to the doomsday book the amount of psychology & sociology we have had to endure....placements so far are poo (literally most days)and boring and not remotely interested in students or our wealth of psycho-socio-babble. All practical learning outcomes have been related to aforementioned babble - the fact that you are able to make beds/make tea/'do the obs'/be dragged in to 'give us a lift' for every incontinent patient etc etc. doesn't seem to be relevant - which is strange cos it's all I do. Morale in our whole cohort is so low it's actually underground and depression becomes infectious. We could talk to our college about how we feel, but really feel as if they don't give a toss - after all, we're 'old-hat' now, and it's more important to keep starting more students with huge intakes than take care of the students already going through the system. Really beginning to question myself and wondering if I'm in the right place - trouble is, I love the patients (not in an immoral way)and care so much about them - it's just the hassle from uninterested college staff and placement staff (and getting up at 5.30am in bloody awful weather, for bloody awful money) that drags me down. Also working at least 15 hours a week in a part-time job, so when on placement (no study days for us when we're out)am really struggling. Strangely, our impending assignment is on 'health promotion' which is a joke when I live an extremely unhealthy lifestyle myself - eat crap and irregularly, have sleep deprivation, don't smoke (couldn't afford it if I wanted to) but have started having wine regularly to 'wind-down'. Anyone able to offer me some sane tips to get me through??
Flo of Nightingale
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 14:13:19 (GMT)
mentor?
so do you actually have a mentor on placement? or are you just left with HCA responsibilities? or even on your own?
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 14:07:43 (GMT)
Drug use
Hi - I am a nursing lecturer at Bradford (not a response to Helen, sorry but good luck with the interview). I am doing a session in Spring on nurses and substance use and thought it would be good to be able to the views of other students over: I wondered what your views were, I have a few thoughts on these questions: should being a nurse make a difference to the decision to use?; does the stress of nursing have a role in substance use?; are drug using nurses dangerous / more dangerous than those who use alcohol?; what has been your experience of how people are treated when their using comes to light, be they students or not? I hope to hear from you by email to n.b.bowles@bradford.ac.uk or mail to me at School of Health Studies, University of Bradford, BD5 0BB, all responses will be treated with confidentiality of course, but of course no names is best if you say something I would have to act on if I knew public safety is likely to be compromised. Thanks and bye for now. Nick
Nick Bowles <n.b.bowles@bradford.ac.uk>
- Wednesday, December 05, 2001 at 13:47:37 (GMT)
That last message made me chuckle!!! I am glad I am single
Anita
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 21:36:32 (GMT)
Dear Knackered
She's a lucky woman. My first year, my husband sulked and whined. Not enough sex, I actually gave him take away for supper one night, not enough sex, I studied too long, not enough sex, my shifts started too early and he wouldn't give me a ride, had to catch the first bus, not enough sex, the house was untidy, not enough sex.... And he wonders why his marriage is nearly toast
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 21:34:36 (GMT)
nursing student
wife is nursing student, I'm knackered
Neil
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 21:27:01 (GMT)
You mean I have I have a mentor!!!!!!! Is that what that name beside my offduty is for.
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 17:16:04 (GMT)
views on mentorship
hi I'm a final year nursing student doing some research on students views on mentorship in clinical placement. any good, bad experiences, comments, ideas please contact me thanks
kam <kkam_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 12:26:07 (GMT)
NHS
I would be prepared to pay extra tax if it went to the NHS, but where would the money go? It needs to be spent on the wards not on giving trust HQ a new lick of paint.
Hobbes
- Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 01:32:10 (GMT)
News flash
I see that two taliban soldiers were found dead floating in Michael Barrimores swimming pool. Apparently they were suicide bummers.
Emma <funkygal@femail.co.uk>
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 22:08:58 (GMT)
I hope your dad is better now Matt! Tell him this joke to cheer him up. Two oranges go into a pub. One turns to the other and says "your round" hehehe. Kind regards.
Miles
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 22:02:26 (GMT)
Interview
Hiya everyone! Ive applied for the nursing diploma this year, the adult branch. Anyway ive got an interview at Bradford uni and wondered if anyone had any tips, what kind of questions they ask etc.... Thanks!!!
Helen
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 21:30:52 (GMT)
wages
I agree Sassy, but it's like Nat said in a previous posting, the NHS is the biggest employer in the UK, so isn't it quite likely that the money could be spent on better wages? After all, the government will get more tax from us that way to put back into the NHS.
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 21:18:55 (GMT)
More money for what?
Yes, more money for the NHS - but can't they be a bit more specific? They can find the money to build new hospitals - two in my region, and yet, to save money (I presume) they insist on cutting the staffing levels. And the ol' chestnut - better wages for nurses, why the hell not? And David Blunkett reckons Policemen who stay on the beat should get £3000 pa more for an incentive to keep them there. Bet if they paid nurses £3000 pa to stay on the wards the vacancy rate in England would soon decrease. What gets me is the hoops we have to jump through to earn a professional's wage. We have to be academically qualified with a certain amount of hours practical experience as well. Apparently, you only have to turn up for your first day as a policeman/woman to start earning £16,500 (approx). If the best resource the NHS has is it's staff - then why not pay them a proper bloody wage?
Sassy
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 18:42:26 (GMT)
over sea's nurses
HI! my name is rohini i would like to know what exams nurses need to take if they comming from india (asia)
rohini a mehta <mehtar@stterhealth.org>
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 17:10:29 (GMT)
Exunctly
I couldn't agree more with Miles. If paying a few more quid every month in tax means that patients will receive better care, then bring it on. I don't mind paying tax at all as long as it's for the good of the nation etc. My dad's been in hospital three times this year and has been cared for by the staff at Scarborough General excellently and very professionally, but I feel if they had more resources then there is no way he would have been in three times.
Matt <renton@breathe.com>
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 16:11:16 (GMT)
I'm all for it!
I think we should pay more tax to make the NHS better. However i do not want to pay out more in tax,only to find that it just stays the same as it is now. When the CONservatives were in power they brought in the private firms who in turn brought in car parking fees and all the rest of it. What good did it do? Nothing. We were conned then.I don't want to be conned again.
Miles
- Monday, December 03, 2001 at 16:02:39 (GMT)
Year one over and done with
Is there anyone goin in2 year 2 soon, are u lookin forward 2 it.
Tracie Cunningham
- Sunday, December 02, 2001 at 12:57:27 (GMT)
off to a good start?
Very good point Helen, BUT I am also a 1st year student and have been told by the sister on my 1st placement to 'stop asking questions, stand in a corner and watch' consequently im not very popular with my ward sister but the rest of the staff are right behind me
Sylv <sylv91uk@yahoo.co.uk>
- Sunday, December 02, 2001 at 11:55:56 (GMT)
Where abouts do you work Hobbes? Sounds like a bit change for you. Hope it is what you want and good luck
claire
- Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 22:43:11 (GMT)
Good Luck Hobbes
Hope you enjoy NZ. A word to your wife though. Home is never what you remember it to be. I did that to my husband. Took a long time for the adjustment. I just wanted to go home so badly, that I forgot the bad things and only remembered the good. Got to go shovel the driveway only got 6 inches of snow and its -15C.
Amanda
- Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 20:32:09 (GMT)
OH NO!!!
I dropped my contract mobile phone down the toilet!!! It is like losing a limb!!! 12 months ago I lost my other one and had to wait for 2 months to get another through the insurance - oh will have to starve all month and buy a pay as you go!! Cannot live without it.
Anita
- Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 15:58:45 (GMT)
hobbes
thanks dad
- Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 13:55:22 (GMT)
The wife's homeland
Off to New Zealand, the wifes' a kiwi and wants to go back. Should be gone by the end of feburary. I'll stay in touch, particularly with these bitter, unprofessional and cynical old nurses typing all these posts they make me laugh. I want to see the rest of you guys finish nursing.
Hobbes
- Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 11:03:27 (GMT)