Nursing Times - Practice blog http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.nursingtimes.net Time for the NHS to hit back against fraudulent claims? http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/time-for-the-nhs-to-hit-back-against-fraudulent-claims/5048675.blog http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/time-for-the-nhs-to-hit-back-against-fraudulent-claims/5048675.blog She mentioned how she had been subpoenaed to appear in court as a witness in a false claim for work-related injury brought by a nurse on her ward. 24 August, 2012 Maybe it's time for Cinderella to go to the ball http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/maybe-its-time-for-cinderella-to-go-to-the-ball/5048415.blog http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/maybe-its-time-for-cinderella-to-go-to-the-ball/5048415.blog It’s a long time since I worked as a care assistant in a home for older women with dementia, and back then older people’s nursing (or geriatric nursing as it was known) was called the Cinderella service. It was seen as a backwater where nurses went if they had either no talent or no aspirations. 17 August, 2012 Does anyone remember when patients made the hot drinks? http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/does-anyone-remember-when-patients-made-the-hot-drinks/5048170.blog http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/does-anyone-remember-when-patients-made-the-hot-drinks/5048170.blog When I was a student we used to ask patients to do the milky drinks rounds in the evenings. 10 August, 2012 'Patients who put nurses before themselves need putting straight' http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/patients-who-put-nurses-before-themselves-need-putting-straight/5047896.blog http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/patients-who-put-nurses-before-themselves-need-putting-straight/5047896.blog An elderly woman said to me recently that she wore incontinence pads because it was easier for the nurses. 3 August, 2012