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How did I get here? | grumbling appendix
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Write for Grumbling Appendix. Health Care Support Workers. How did I get here? August 13, 2015. A couple of recent posts here (thank you Florian and GA) made me try a different tack to my usual, more politicised, management-critical one. I didn’t take a usual path into nursing: attended a state grammar school in the ’60s and ’70s; did as ordered and went to university, emerging with a science degree. My mum swore my first word was Why? And that my first phrase was How does it work? Then the light dawned:...
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Write for Grumbling Appendix. August 3, 2015. Another Brick in the Wall. A guest blog by Florian Nightingale. So, almost twelve months have passed since I first pulled on my blues and started grafting. It’s been an entertaining (for which read tumultuous) year. I’ve learned a lot and have developed beyond what I ever thought possible, both as a nurse and a person. I will echo some thoughts I had in an earlier blog for. If not me then who? Reinforcing my personal integrity to ensure things get done;.
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The light at the end of the funnel | grumbling appendix
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Write for Grumbling Appendix. The light at the end of the funnel. July 17, 2015. I wonder if Jeremy Hunt tuned in to. Who wants to be a nurse? BBC Radio 4’s new two-part investigation of the inner workings of the profession. ‘Aha! 8217; he might have rationalised it to himself. ‘One of the contestants might phone a friend, and the friend might come up with the solution to the whole nursing recruitment crisis thingy! I cannot afford to miss! What’s their role? Who wants to be a nurse? It was disappointing...
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Do not adjust your (mind)set | grumbling appendix
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Write for Grumbling Appendix. Do not adjust your (mind)set. July 25, 2015. The type of nurse I am said Caroline – a ward manager who combined exceptional academic achievement with exceptionally compassionate care – is because of the person I am . Caroline, it should be noted, is the possessor of what episode two of. Who Wants to be a Nurse? Nursing needs to challenge these preconceptions. Why on earth shouldn’t an educated person assess that anxiety about a much-loved pet was putting a patient ...Who Wan...
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Grief – five months on | grumbling appendix
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Write for Grumbling Appendix. Grief – five months on. July 28, 2015. I think it was somewhere around week thirteen that I stopped counting. It wasn’t conscious. But at some point I noticed that although it was a Thursday, I no longer knew, without looking at the calendar, exactly how many Thursdays had passed since that fateful one when he died. Does it mean I’m moving on? Or starting to forget? How for granted we took it! 8217; is just code for ‘are you back to normal? On the shelf, his. They accompanie...
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You keep using that word… | grumbling appendix
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Write for Grumbling Appendix. You keep using that word…. August 5, 2015. Ho hum…Another day, another piece of official advice in which. David Bennett, the chief executive of Monitor, tells foundation trusts to ensure that staff vacancies are filled only where essential , but without offering any advice as to what essential actually means…. Phase One consists of those staff who carry out the core function of the organisation. In the NHS this means clinicians, nurses, doctors, physios, psychologists, O...
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Another Brick in the Wall | grumbling appendix
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Write for Grumbling Appendix. Another Brick in the Wall. August 3, 2015. A guest blog by Florian Nightingale. So, almost twelve months have passed since I first pulled on my blues and started grafting. It’s been an entertaining (for which read tumultuous) year. I’ve learned a lot and have developed beyond what I ever thought possible, both as a nurse and a person. I will echo some thoughts I had in an earlier blog for. If not me then who? Reinforcing my personal integrity to ensure things get done;.
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Hello and Welcome… | grumbling appendix
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Write for Grumbling Appendix. Hello and Welcome…. August 10, 2015. Hello and welcome to the new NHS fun games show ‘. How Essential Is Your Job. Leaving aside the obvious caveat that if you’ve got time to play it, your job probably isn’t essential, let’s have a peek at some sample questions! Now tot up your scores! Mostly A’s, B’s or C’s sorry, your job is not essential. You are advised to contact your nearest Job Centre. Mostly D’s congratulations! To the extent of issuing a statement saying that ‘...
