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You dont do honour...A 2 year BN exists in Scotland. You dont do honours but it is only open to science and social science graduates. Its the path I have chosen to go into nursing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-2908766561765863582010-08-01T20:53:35.429-07:002010-08-01T20:53:35.429-07:00I would like to exchange links with your site www....I would like to exchange links with your site www.blogger.com<br />Is this possible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-69423584435181888012010-07-18T03:12:59.263-07:002010-07-18T03:12:59.263-07:00Dame Davina Pancake,
I've just read your acco...Dame Davina Pancake,<br /><br />I've just read your account of your experience and i am equally horrified! If accurate, what you describe is unacceptable, (along the lines of Mid Staffs...?) This picture is certainly not one that I have ever witnessed in my career...<br /><br />....although perceptions of what patients/relatives see can sometimes be quite decieving...<br /><br />I've had patients and relatives describe 'Ward X's" care to me...as pretty similar to your experience. Yet, having worked there, with the most amazing but downtrodden and under-staffed team, I know that Ward X is nothing like that in reality. The nurses there do their very best, against the odds.<br /><br />I don't deny poor care exists, and I certainly don't doubt what you say..but i also see how appearances can be deceptive. <br /><br />uknurseuknursenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-89096569394186808282010-07-12T06:50:52.612-07:002010-07-12T06:50:52.612-07:00Nurse Anne - I regularly read your blog, but as a ...Nurse Anne - I regularly read your blog, but as a "civvy" I rarely comment. You are clearly one of the professional, good RNs who work hard and give a damn about patient care. <br /><br />I have to say however, that watching my Gran's treatment in a large Surrey hospital geriatric ward (she was 90 and had cancer) was ghastly. There were about 24 patients on the ward and unfortunately, the nurses and other ward staff just sat on their butts round the nurses' station chatting unless a Consultant came on the ward, when it was all action. There were two particular things that drove me mad - the fact that the only person who would provide my Gran with ice/water was the cleaner (that was the "family's responsibility" although we lived 200 miles away) and the old woman who was literally screaming for two hours with NO attention until I complained to the Matron (this patient was unknown to me). I also wasn't impressed with the rolling waste-bags full of blood and used dressings that sat around for hours either. FAR too much demarcation and lack of care for human suffering. <br /><br />I think that the rosey picture you paint of nurses in the UK is patchy at best!<br /><br />Davina xDame Davina Pancakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-77070914269037360912010-07-11T11:22:46.760-07:002010-07-11T11:22:46.760-07:00Quite true Anne. The NMC could learn a lot by look...Quite true Anne. The NMC could learn a lot by looking at why the US nursing schools are so highly respected. If you trained in the UK during the 70s and 80s the US hospitals would bend over backwards to get you to emigrate. Not so anymore. When the US went down the science route, the UK chose the soft option and a wishy washy style of training that fits in with our wishy washy schooling system. I have taught university level science to nursing and medical students both here and in the US and I can honestly say that something has gone very wrong with education in general in the UK. Even those who get A* grades seem unable to add up or demonstrate simple problem solving skills. Just last week I was asked to proof read an essay for an RN (UK born and bred, schooled during the 90s) who is doing a Masters. Red pen anyone? Basic English language was bad enough BEFORE I have even started with the actual content. Gah...Dino-nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032700219601293612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-82936799473226408972010-07-06T22:03:05.897-07:002010-07-06T22:03:05.897-07:00Thorton's (like most euro chocolate) is gross....Thorton's (like most euro chocolate) is gross. Currently living on washington state red delicious apples when you can get them here.Nurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-43893276026912246742010-07-06T14:19:37.318-07:002010-07-06T14:19:37.318-07:00Oh petal! There's a box of Thorntons in the cl...Oh petal! There's a box of Thorntons in the clinical room :) Hurry before the good ones go XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-62952913223663170222010-07-05T15:57:09.513-07:002010-07-05T15:57:09.513-07:00You poor thing!! My stuff gets stolen all the tim...You poor thing!! My stuff gets stolen all the time. We don't have a staff room or lockers or anything. I blame the doctors. ;)Nurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-15862985932694195962010-07-05T14:48:23.430-07:002010-07-05T14:48:23.430-07:00For my helping out, my cheese and onion got stolen...For my helping out, my cheese and onion got stolen. <br /><br />GAH. :(UCL Med Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11477754380371065107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-35079614116294631632010-07-04T12:37:28.134-07:002010-07-04T12:37:28.134-07:00http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/academic_programs/http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/academic_programs/Nurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-22510771310150612162010-07-04T12:36:22.689-07:002010-07-04T12:36:22.689-07:00http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/about/Pages/default.a...http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/about/Pages/default.aspx<br /><br />And if you come out of there with a BSc or whatever in nursing you have been prepared to be a bedside nurse. And it is also one of the top graduate schools in the nation.<br /><br />Most of their nursing students will have been straight A overachievers in high school and I don't think they would appreciate your attitude.Nurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-44619344494449294272010-07-04T12:32:06.709-07:002010-07-04T12:32:06.709-07:00Getting into this place is hell:
http://www.nursi...Getting into this place is hell:<br /><br />http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/admissions/undergraduate/Pages/default.aspxNurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-66548538904574740122010-07-04T12:24:25.144-07:002010-07-04T12:24:25.144-07:00They have a 3 year wait to even get into the crapp...They have a 3 year wait to even get into the crappy associate degree nurse training programs over there. And that is if you are a good student who got your pre-req university chemistry and anatomy completed with good grades.Nurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-5480206360732586252010-07-04T12:23:18.702-07:002010-07-04T12:23:18.702-07:00That's how it is in the USA anonymous.
Very h...That's how it is in the USA anonymous.<br /><br />Very high grades and standards needed to get into the nursing program over there. Nursing is less schooling than medicine and also can make lots of $$$$$$. I have heard of places where the nursing schools have higher entry standards simply because so many people want to do it. Who would want to do medicine? It's like 8 years of school and then a residency. I wanted babies not 16 hour days and then on call.<br /><br /> You have to be very academic and competitive to get into nursing school over there anymore. And we were held to higher standards than other university students. <br /><br />I could have got into med school with the grades I had in high school but there is no way I wanted the hours or the responsibility that a physician has. A nice $90,000 a year job as a staff nurse in the new york area was fine for me.<br /><br />Look at the years and years and years of school doctors have to put in and the hours they have to work during residency!!! No way. Not for a million dollars a year.<br /><br />Nursing school over there was 4 years and medical school was at least 8. Not worth it. I'd rather care for the patient than diagnose and prescribe anyway. I was in the top 5% of my high school class. Not to brag or anything but I'm a nerd.<br /><br />But in the UK it is a whole different kettle of fish. Blew me away when I came back here as an adult. I expected pay and respect for being an RN. LOL.<br /><br />I realised that I wasn't in Kansas anymore when my brother in law in England told me he didn't realise that I went to university because he thought I was a nurse.Nurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-72924671406570316292010-07-04T11:59:04.818-07:002010-07-04T11:59:04.818-07:00Nursing's focus, and what sets it apart from m...Nursing's focus, and what sets it apart from medicine, is the whole person, not just the specific, presenting health problem<br /><br />many specialites are very much involved in holistic care and I disagree with your assertion. Furthermore, do you believe that if two students both had AAA and could get into medical school that one would choose nursing? if this were so, grades needed to become a nurse would be much higher due to more intense pressure for places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-84295432121162325882010-07-04T10:14:21.744-07:002010-07-04T10:14:21.744-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-8763238682506357402010-07-04T10:13:35.457-07:002010-07-04T10:13:35.457-07:00"Who needs an RN to care for elderly, frail p..."Who needs an RN to care for elderly, frail people afterall...any old fool can feed a patient and keep them clean. Thats what our fearless leaders believe."<br /><br />Exactly. That is why the 12 bed short stay surgery ward (young healthy people/easy patients)across the hall has 3 staff nurses that never get floated. <br /><br />And our 28 bed medical ward with highly dependent acute patients with multiple drugs, diseases, sudden changes in condition etc gets 2 RN's per shift.Nurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-13410082138385443582010-07-04T10:10:27.662-07:002010-07-04T10:10:27.662-07:00Very true Anne. Surgery is a money spinner, medici...Very true Anne. Surgery is a money spinner, medicine and rehab are not (they are money pits). As for elderly care.....This is the true sadness of the situation. The elderly and vulnerable end up neglected on admissions units whilst the hospital tries to cheapen their care. Who needs an RN to care for elderly, frail people afterall...any old fool can feed a patient and keep them clean. Thats what our fearless leaders believe. Young people dying from mistakes on elective/post op wards make for badpress. Another old person dying is just that...another old person dying. No one gives a c***Dino-nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032700219601293612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-68155435388564649772010-07-04T09:46:30.585-07:002010-07-04T09:46:30.585-07:00Ah that response was to your other comment on anot...Ah that response was to your other comment on another post.<br /><br />You will never hear horror stories coming out of surgical wards for generally well people (as you were a patient on). That is because they are well staffed with real nurses.<br /><br />I have made it clear on this blog that the problems we are describing are primarily on general medical wards, MAU's, elderly wards, and rehab wards. These are the areas they do not fund nor staff.<br /><br />Even in my hellhole trust we have a nice little well staffed post op ward for people like you.Nurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-21781344096623586992010-07-04T09:44:04.586-07:002010-07-04T09:44:04.586-07:00UCL med student,
I do not believe that the women ...UCL med student,<br /><br />I do not believe that the women you are describing are nursing students.<br /><br />I know the interview process to get into nursing school. It's rough, even for a lass with perfect english diction. There is no way that the women you describe (grunting at patients because they cannot speak english) would get into the nursing program.<br /><br />Once again I think you are confusing nursing students with cadets/hca's.Nurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-9481710746793062022010-07-04T08:40:56.989-07:002010-07-04T08:40:56.989-07:00Do you reckon it depends on the hospital/ward, Ann...Do you reckon it depends on the hospital/ward, Anne?<br /><br />I recently underwent an operation in central London, the care I received was great.<br /><br />I felt awful, but was quickly attended to, given PRN meds whenever I asked for them. <br /><br />And an amazing old school sister managed to stop some bleeding I had that just wouldn't stop before hand.<br /><br />I never felt ignored, and didn't once have to use my bell (I don't like to impose).UCL Med Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11477754380371065107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-34632714441200435192010-07-04T04:20:24.997-07:002010-07-04T04:20:24.997-07:00You are right and that is the reason 100% why nurs...You are right and that is the reason 100% why nursing care on the wards is so terrible.Nurse Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400048448105519082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277229251527832949.post-53890492945694538122010-07-04T03:16:12.875-07:002010-07-04T03:16:12.875-07:00What is this, huh, huh? You'll soon be sugge...What is this, huh, huh? You'll soon be suggesting that instead of gazing adoringly into my eyes, mopping my fevered brow, bringing me tea and biscuits (the better, chocolate ones) whilst decked out in something skimpy with stilettoes, you should instead be in practical shoes, dashing to attend to patients' needs and delivering clinical care?<br /><br />Lots of nurses helping patients, as valued, autonomous practitioners?<br /><br />Within the NHS or media I fear this is still a work of fiction worthy of the Booker prize, sadly . . .The Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009039342346247138noreply@blogger.com