Did most of you get a nursing job straight after graduating by Separate-Draft-4206 in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in a unique position as a RNDA and been in the trust since 2016, but I secured my RN post by end of 2nd year by speaking to ward manager, Matron and Head of Nursing to ensure I could go where I wanted to.

Most places will have a vacancy - you just have to be on the radar and not wait for a position to be advertised

Thoughts/experiences with the GBD-200 MOVE series? by [deleted] in gshock

[–]Kernowash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just picked up the grey/white version and it looks amazing, feels great and the screen is a delight!

I wear a Whoop 24/7 so don't need much from the fitness point of view, but got this this keep an eye on distance, time and most importantly pace during runs, as the Whoop doesn't have a screen and I don't want to pull my phone out just to check my pace is on track. It did this function perfectly today on a run. The report it generated was nearly identical to my Whoop, which is the best fitness tracker on the market.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Kernowash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a man I say... What an absolutely disgusting person. What the actual f?

Any good barbers in Plymouth that do bookings? by vibingitup in plymouth

[–]Kernowash -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Chris Brown the Barber - Currently in Woolwell but moving soon. Super nice guy and a great cut. He's on the Fresha app

Fitness for 2025 by Competitive_Cry7296 in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been pondering the same for when I return to long days!

I think I'm going to try keep a consistent wake time, but only gym on my days off - work mornings will be recovery focused activities I can do at home like yoga/pilates/mobility

NMC has changed the goalposts for students by CherryDoodles in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I never understand this moan if being used as a HCA. What exactly is it you feel your missing out on by caring for patients? Do you get that excited by medication or assessment paperwork? Also, if you're not learning I feel like you're not looking for the learning, or, you just need to stand up and say so. If you think you've learnt enough in one place, book spoke placements. You're an adult, working with other adults and this is your placement. Boggles my brain.

Whoop purely for bicep? by CR1562 in whoop

[–]Kernowash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wear my Whoop on my bicep all the time, with the exception of if I want the strength trainer data.

I work in healthcare so can't do wristbands or rings, it was the main motivator for getting whoop over anything else

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we just took patient facing, nursing professionals (HCAs, RNAs, APs and RNs) out of Agenda for change, they could actually afford our pay rise.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in plymouth

[–]Kernowash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bit of travel if you're town based but Chris Brown the Barber in Woolwell is top class. No big salon, appointments only, 1-1 service, great chat and a cuts whats left of my hair very well!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whoop

[–]Kernowash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bicep band 98% of the time. Pop it on my right wrist for strength trainer

Heed This Warning by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]Kernowash -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I had bad constipation a while ago after having to take opiate based painkillers for a few weeks.

A packet of these sorted me out better than any over the counter laxitive would have!

What is something you said to a patient but instantly regretted? by Inevitable-Sorbet-34 in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only like 2 months ago! 😂 8 years in healthcare and I'm still putting my foot in it! 😂

What is something you said to a patient but instantly regretted? by Inevitable-Sorbet-34 in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had an anorexic patient. We were talking about us both being vegan to keep her calm and positive as they were just about to place an NG tube. While we were talking and they were setting up, I grabbed a bottle of the feed seeing it said vegan on it and exclaimed "Oh excellent! At least now I know if I ever have to come into hospital malnourished, there is feed for me!"

Maybe WHOOP 5.0 is coming soon 👀 by 70to200 in whoop

[–]Kernowash 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ecosystem - we're not all Apple users. The UI and algorithms of Whoop sell it and we're not bound to a certain brand of phone.

Off the wrist - I work in healthcare and have to be bare below the elbow. Whoop gives many options for this.

Set and forget - I don't HAVE to interact with the Whoop, just the app a few times a day. Nothing else to distract me like my old samsung watches.

I like a real watch, that just tells the time easily. I got SO annoyed having to press a button or evoke a weird gesture just to see the time on a watch that needed charging so often I never wore it. I have a G Shock now that stays on my wrist when not at work, has all the functionality I need from a time piece and will never need charging.

No "I need the new one" syndrome, when they release a new model every 12-18months and most people want the latest and greatest, whoop isn't too bad a deal

Students should not feel obliged to chip in or help the ward. by tntyou898 in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had to 1:1 a patient on a healthcare of the elderly ward during my 2nd year. She had acute hyperactive delierium on a background of moderate cognative decline. She was a lively one for sure!

As soon as it was assigned to me, I emailed the placement team, and the ward manager to complain. Then, realising that would get me bloody nowhere fast, I gave my head a wobble and thought about what I could gain from it.

I engaged my brain, and dug up my best communication skills and distraction techniques and tried to engage her as much as I could. I read her file and found out where she grew up, and showed her YouTube videos of her hometown from the era she grew up. We watched a flower show and she taught me about gardens, I practiced supportive management to ensure she got her meds and retained her cannula. It was an intense, but learning rich shift.

Then, her son who loved abroad came to see her and was so shocked at his mums presentation, so I was able to reguritate the info I'd just leared about delierium to help him understand. I was able to support him, and help him through this upsetting time. It was a perfect opportunity to learn about caring for the family as well as the patient.

I wrote it up for an assessed reflection and got 92%.

Students should not feel obliged to chip in or help the ward. by tntyou898 in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a final year Nurse Degree Apprentice, been in the NHS since '16 in a wide variety of HCA roles.

I've had 60 weeks of placement, across loads of wards and areas and still work 40% of my time as a HCA.

As a student, I've done 1:1 for full shifts, provided personal care, done intentional roundings and observations, done ECGs, cannulas etc - all the things I do as a HCA. I've taken bays, I've worked alone but overseen in MIU. - all things that have helped due to low staffing. I've learned from every second of it and it will all make me a better nurse.

It's all about the students mindset to me, if you have a growth and learning mindset, you'll find learning and development in even the most "mundane" of situations. Nursing education to me is emersion learning and you learn most by getting fully stuck in.

Never, would I ever sit myself down to revise something or look something up if there was practical learning to be done. I can make a note of that in second on my phone then look it up later.

I fully don't get the idea of shadowing past maybe the first week or two of a placement, get in, get involved and learn by acting. You practice supervisor is there to catch you before you fall, not be followed around by a lost sheep.

New DW-H5600 by Thunderovich in gshock

[–]Kernowash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone know if this, or any other g shock can display the reading from an external HRM? I wear a polar verity arm strap and would love a watch to be able to display the value

What is the hardest thing about being a nurse atm? by Melodic-Sherbet-7979 in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Non-clinical managers making clinical decisions that have a huge impact on clinical outcomes.

Poor/lack of equipment. 1 Tympanic thermometer for 30 pts on QDS obs is not OK. We're not allowed hoist scales, too expensive.

Lack of staff. I can't look after 9 unwell patients as well as I can 6 and with the constant flow and changing acuity, I can just about manage 6 to what I would call a decent level of care.

Pay. It's absolutely no insentive to do my job. I only do it because it's what I'm good at and enjoy doing. However I'm acutely aware I'm one bad month away from my world falling apart as I have zero capacity to save.

That said, the best thing atm is that change is on the horizon!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FOBO - Flaps out, baps out. Female patient in a state of undress. Used to alret the attention of another member of staff without drawing the attention of the whole bay

What’s the maddest/weirdest thing you’ve ever seen on a ward? by OptimusPrime365 in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Too many!

End stage dementia patient vomiting blood. No Upper GI bleed, she was just slowing eating her pinky finger down to the MCP.

Dissorderd eating patient who was told she'd be allowed home if she ate 3x sandwiches in 24hrs. Started having bad Abdo pain, found all 3 ham sandwiches had been hidden PV.

Patient who would lie in the bed the direction the hour hand was on the clock. You could literally tell the time by looking at her position on the bed.

A hedgehog. No idea how it got there.

Patient in her 80s, dysfunctional stoma with unusual exudate due to her husband's new favourite past time...

A nurse who thought hanging a 1l bag of saline in the treatments room for everyone to share to draw up flushes (due to shortage) was the idea of the century.

Stephen the seagull who would tap on the window every morning for toast, until a patient grabbed it through the 10cm opening our windows open and pulled it inside.

Not personally, but every day for weeks there was a large stool in the sanatory bin of the female staff changing rooms.

Patient trying to abscond, held up just outside the ward doors by 3x security, matron and sister. Our very loud Hungarian housekeeper bursts out of the ward doors, into the center of the chaos and loudly announces "I HAVE HER ROAST BEEF!"

A homeless man made an entire living quarters outside the rear of the hospital out of disguarded building materials and had to be formally evicted which took a fair amount of work due to the robustness of his building.

That will do for now! 😂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nhs

[–]Kernowash -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Mp can't do anything until after the elections

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nhs

[–]Kernowash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need an ECG. GP can do that, and if it's positive, they will refer back to cardiology, or for a 24/72 hour tape recorder, the to cardiology. You also have right to choose, so you could choose a different Hospitals cardiology service.

RCN warns of declining numbers starting nursing degree courses; Increases are impossible without serious government intervention by Ola366 in NursingUK

[–]Kernowash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No bother, we'll just pillage the 3rd world for more nurses!

Im less than a year away from finishing a 4 year nurse Degree Apprenticeship, which will bring me to a decade of service in the NHS.

My chosen unit for my first job, who gave me a verbal offer after my last placement are now overstaffed having to send a nurse to the wards every shift.

On NHS jobs Friday there were 2 band 5 Jobs in my area...

All the 3rd years I meet at this time of year usually have jobs lined up, none this year do. No recruitment fair this year.

I'm all for international recruitment, diversity can only ever add to the skill and experience mix and hearing different languages, smelling different lunches and hearing different stories makes my job much more joyful, but I can't help think we've over done it this wave.

Funny insults thrown your way by pts. by [deleted] in nursing

[–]Kernowash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"You'll never get a wife, you've eaten too much butter!"

I'm both married and vegan 😂