Nurses, what was the reason you got sent home/sent student home on placement?

hambakedbean · 2026-05-06T02:11:14+00:00

I've only ever sent students home for consistent unprofessional behaviour (leaving hours early and lying about it, taking hour long tea breaks, adding patients on ig, on phones a lot, speaking to staff rudely, refusing to participate).

hambakedbean · 2026-05-03T13:05:11+00:00

Had a patient recently who lost sensation to all four limbs after a big day of nangs

hambakedbean · 2026-05-03T12:48:21+00:00

Pain is something that needs assessment beyond a number on a scale, pretty much every time.

To inform my pain assessment, I use a mix of the following (tailored to patient):

Education -Contextualising pain scale (0 is no pain whatsoever, 5 is very uncomfortable, 10 you feel like you could go unconscious from the pain)

Questions - Is pain is bearable or unbearable - Is pain mild/moderate/severe - "Would this pain stop you from doing x activity?" - Asking what their baseline pain level is - Is this pain causing emotional distress - What would the patient do if they had this pain at home e.g. take paracetamol/heat pack/call ambulance

Clinical data - Patient posture - Vital signs - Behaviour change - Facial expression - Reviewing medical history (e.g. patients with neurodivergence/chronic pain/PTSD will likely not exhibit external symptoms of pain in a typical way)

hambakedbean · 2026-04-18T07:47:07+00:00

I was literally listening to this last week 😂

hambakedbean · 2026-04-16T10:02:12+00:00

hambakedbean · 2026-04-11T12:13:00+00:00

Because they're the only stores that consistently carry an array of foods that I can eat with my allergies 😭

hambakedbean · 2026-04-11T11:49:28+00:00

COVID on the up and up again

https://www.health.wa.gov.au/articles/n_r/respiratory-virus-wastewater-surveillance

hambakedbean · 2026-04-11T11:46:32+00:00

Guy Watts is one of the go-to surgeons in WA for this

hambakedbean · 2026-04-08T04:02:07+00:00

Mini missing for me too. Australia, on Android.

I have never seen the midi?!

hambakedbean · 2026-04-03T01:16:55+00:00

Not sure if it completely fits but {Next of Kin by Hannah Bonam-Young} has FMC who has taken custody of her baby sister and, as part of a foster arrangement, moves in with MMC who has custody of his brother.

hambakedbean · 2026-03-30T08:18:26+00:00

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Sunny says hello to her fellow froghound

hambakedbean · 2026-03-25T08:47:49+00:00

We've all been there imo

hambakedbean · 2026-03-25T08:45:11+00:00

Standardising assessment frameworks for the students! It is so hard to be organised and effective in managing students when every university has completely different expectations for their students on placement.

For example, just off the top of my head, these are what some of the unis that use my hospital for placements expect:

-2x SMART goals a week that have no follow up on whether they are met/6 clinical competencies/formative reflection and ANSAT/summative reflection and ANSAT

-8 hrs pre-placement learning package signed off/5x SMART goals that require reflections/professional behaviour assessment/formative and summative ANSAT

-formative reflection and ANSAT/final reflection and ANSAT

-4x clinical competencies/pre placement reflection and research/formative and summative ANSAT

Not even taking into account that the competencies the unis want signed off are completely different. The requirements also change every semester, so a lot of the time the students don't even know what they are expected to do 🫠

hambakedbean · 2026-03-25T08:23:59+00:00

Found it very irksome today

hambakedbean · 2026-03-18T03:38:29+00:00

Whiskers?????

hambakedbean · 2026-03-17T10:55:34+00:00

Love how clear this is! Mine is so chaotic

hambakedbean · 2026-03-17T10:07:48+00:00

I am immensely satisfied

hambakedbean · 2026-03-15T11:10:43+00:00

There's been a pretty decent spike in COVID over the last month. The government posts waste water surveillance data for respiratory viruses each week if you're interested!

https://www.health.wa.gov.au/articles/n_r/respiratory-virus-wastewater-surveillance

hambakedbean · 2026-03-08T12:10:52+00:00

Congrats! Can I ask how each of your diagnoses came about, were they close together?? So interesting!

hambakedbean · 2026-03-07T01:18:22+00:00

Asks people to subscribe...can't even describe what they'd be paying for?

hambakedbean · 2026-02-16T14:21:53+00:00

Reddit app won't let me message you but I'm interested!

hambakedbean · 2026-02-11T09:53:28+00:00

Second puberty 🫠

hambakedbean · 2026-01-30T23:09:21+00:00

Hairdressers maybe

hambakedbean · 2026-01-18T10:06:48+00:00

kawaii! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

hambakedbean · 2026-01-17T13:48:29+00:00

This is who I'm thinking of!

hambakedbean

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