Maintain pressure on reforms to protect NHS
carley vaudrey
cadishead, manchester
i used to be a support worker in orthopaedics, but decided to develop my career further. I love nursing!!
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Comment on: 'Give us better wages and more staff, then we'll see better results' - Nurses attack the PM's commission
i am a student nurse and i completely agree with the above comment from 20-Feb-2010 9:27 am, nurses should not have to take part in a 'pledge' we adhere to the NMC code of conduct. Yes there are lazy and uncaring nurses but this is merely a few and the rest are hard-working and kind and caring and i am sick of the government making it out overwise. Maybe these leaders who seem to know so much about nursing care should actually spend some time on a real ward where the nurses are rushed off their feet because they are understaffed before making any judgements on them.
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Comment on: Long days come with a high price for staff and patients
Having worked 14 hour shifts as a support worker and now as a student, i feel i benefit more from these than short shifts. Working long days means you have more time in the day to get through your mountain of tasks, you have more time to spend on each patient and its also an opportunity to get to know your patients better, as you have spent so much time with them, where as on short shifts your running around like a headless chicken getting things done for the next shift to start. And because you have 4 days off, you feel like you are not constantly at work, and with me, i look forward to my shift as i have had time to relax on my days off.
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Comment on: Are student nurses too posh to wash?
I am so annoyed at this article! I am a second year student and find it insulting that we are viewed as doing nothing except get drunk. I work very hard on my placements and i always provide the best personal care i can for my patients. I have never refused to do anything such as clean up faeces or make tea, as in my opinion, these are basic nursing care duties. What i do say though is we are there to learn and should not be seen as 'another pair of hands', although with this in mind i help all members of staff whenever i can.
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Comment on: Poor observation skills are risking patients' lives
I am a 2nd year student nurse and we are only taught how to use sphigometers in university, but when we are out in practice we are not encouraged to or given the chance to use anything other than a dynamap. This is mainly because there is a shortage of them on the wards. Perhaps the trusts should make sure there is adeqaute equipment available in order for the staff to use appropiately before us student nurses lose our basic skills.
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Comment on: Trust apologises after nurses refuse to lift 15-stone patient
i think the trusts decision to apologise without investigating the matter is appalling!! Im sure that if the nurses in question did lift this patient and then they dropped her, the family would be straight onto the trust complaining, and if the nurses hurt their backs and had time off, they would not get any sympathy when they needed time off, and im sure they would be getting into trouble for time they had off. These nurses were within their rights to refuse to lift this patient, and i know that i would have.
