I've been following this story intermittently, and I thought it was quite telling that it took so much effort to get to the bottom of it.
Sometimes it's very frustrating to see things happen for ego stroking and for money.
Scary...
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Let's be blunt...
Okay, sometimes as a rehab nurse, you have to do it.Using grandiose medical terms like micturition and defecation just don't cut it.
We have to ask "Did you pee lately? " (due to a variety of reasons) and "Did you have a bowel movement?" Yes, nursing students, if you can't observe it, you have to get reports from your patients, and like those videos, you have to ask questions: color, consistency, etc.
We sometimes even resort to the old standby, especially for the really deaf hard-of-hearing folks, "SO-AND-SO (insert name here) DID YOU POOP LATELY?" This is always especially fun when the soundproofing is not so good in the exam room.
So, needless to say, since I have some of those old characters (many of whom don't hear well) as patients, I really enjoyed reading the headline below (which wouldn't surprise me if I heard it out of our folks..)
Michael Douglas: Oral sex caused my throat cancer (from the UK Guardian)
While Michael still needs some patient education, he may have already inferred something from the literature from the comments he made.
I just wonder how Catherine Zeta-Jones took it all when she picked up the paper.
More later...
We have to ask "Did you pee lately? " (due to a variety of reasons) and "Did you have a bowel movement?" Yes, nursing students, if you can't observe it, you have to get reports from your patients, and like those videos, you have to ask questions: color, consistency, etc.
We sometimes even resort to the old standby, especially for the really deaf hard-of-hearing folks, "SO-AND-SO (insert name here) DID YOU POOP LATELY?" This is always especially fun when the soundproofing is not so good in the exam room.
So, needless to say, since I have some of those old characters (many of whom don't hear well) as patients, I really enjoyed reading the headline below (which wouldn't surprise me if I heard it out of our folks..)
Michael Douglas: Oral sex caused my throat cancer (from the UK Guardian)
While Michael still needs some patient education, he may have already inferred something from the literature from the comments he made.
I just wonder how Catherine Zeta-Jones took it all when she picked up the paper.
More later...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Nursing the nation
Molly Case in the UK reads her poem at the RCN Congress.
"See our world/See what we see!"
Makes me proud to be a nurse! Bravo!
"See our world/See what we see!"
Makes me proud to be a nurse! Bravo!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Nuggets for March 5
Here a few goodies I've encountered lately that I just have to share, because I'm that kind of gal.
If you think your day was bad category:
The Laws of Nature have been temporarily suspended... (from head-nurse.blogspot.com)
There's always something interesting going on with head-nurse, so check this out.
A minor tragedy in two acts (from gentlemansc.blogspot.com)
It's not nursing related, but some of you nursing students can appreciate this.
In the same vein, if you'd like to know what those instructors are really thinking, check out Rate Your Students, which is a snappier retort to http://www.rateyourprofessors.com/.
The trolls are on the loose at GuitarGirlRN when she discusses methadone users who try to score in the ED.
Finally, I found this article about seductive nurses from the Times online in the UK when I read this post at Nurse Ratcheds. They're both worth a read, but I really was ROFL when I saw this comment in the online story from the Times:
Oh good! I'm going in for a hip operation on my 86th birthday. I might get laid at last.
David, London, UK
If you think your day was bad category:
The Laws of Nature have been temporarily suspended... (from head-nurse.blogspot.com)
There's always something interesting going on with head-nurse, so check this out.
A minor tragedy in two acts (from gentlemansc.blogspot.com)
It's not nursing related, but some of you nursing students can appreciate this.
In the same vein, if you'd like to know what those instructors are really thinking, check out Rate Your Students, which is a snappier retort to http://www.rateyourprofessors.com/.
The trolls are on the loose at GuitarGirlRN when she discusses methadone users who try to score in the ED.
Finally, I found this article about seductive nurses from the Times online in the UK when I read this post at Nurse Ratcheds. They're both worth a read, but I really was ROFL when I saw this comment in the online story from the Times:
Oh good! I'm going in for a hip operation on my 86th birthday. I might get laid at last.
David, London, UK
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