Archive for June, 2007
Crippen you love us…
That Moaning old git has been at it again – nurse practitioner bashing. It was Mental Nurse who got him started again.
On June 25th he started NP bashing again….boring. Just this once I am going to lower myself – because I feel passionately?
No, thought it might be fun.
I know Dr Crippens hides a secret passion for Nurse Practitioners, he just [...]
At what point would you like me to start banging my head on the desk…
Some people in jobs like mine say “I thought I’d heard it all…” I will never say this. I am aware that every single person is diverse, and as such there is an infinite amount of “stuff” they will do, say or have happen to them.
Infinite Diversity
The elderly are great, and determind to stay young, [...]
How to start a consultation (part one)…
Part one….looks at the quiet patient…
Big bird gives Max the creeps…
Wise practitioners will tell you, that after introducing yourself to your patient you should sit and allow your patient to talk….without interuption, until they have devulged their burning issues, at which point the practitioner can proceed with open questions and lead into the more specific closed [...]
Name games.
In staff-nursitis I looked at tricks to play on arrogant or bored staff within the A&E. Well it occurred to me I forgot something significant, and we used to do this to newbies, but also try to catch each other out.
The name game. The basic idea is that you give your co-worker a piece of paper with [...]
