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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 10,253 Send Message	CATHKIN	Report	12 May 2008 18:58
	Going by the other thread quite a few, Ros xx
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 911 Send Message	gemqueen	Report	12 May 2008 19:01
	Me Di
	Researching: Stanford (Richmond -Surrey & Buckinghamshire) Pill (Berkshire / Wilts) Longstaff (Co Durham) Crawley (Hertfordshire)
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25,620 Send Message	Jane	Report	12 May 2008 19:13
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25,620 Send Message	s.e.n but haven't worked for years.I don't think i would want to work in the NHS again.It started going downhill in the early 80's .(thats my view anyway)OH is GP and he's not impressed .
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 4,621 Send Message	Harpstrings	Report	12 May 2008 19:18
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 4,621 Send Message	Not a nurse but work in the local PCT as a secretary. Yes I would say they have gone down hill and too many chiefs and not enough indians!
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 456 Send Message	Joanna	Report	12 May 2008 19:23
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 456 Send Message	Many happy returns of today, Florence! (Sorry; Miss Nightingale!) Countless British servicemen have reason to bless you.
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 918 Send Message	~~ Mad Moo ~~	Report	12 May 2008 19:29
	once upon a time but I too gave it up as there are too many chiefs & not enuff injuns. An too much bleddy paperwork no time fer the patients. I trained to be a nurse not a bleedin pen pusher.
	Researching: ENGLAND Devon / Monmouthshire. STEVENS Cornwall / Monmouthshire. JACOB Pembrokeshire. GRIFFITHS Pembrokeshire. BRITTON Yorkshire / Pembrokeshire
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25,620 Send Message	Jane	Report	12 May 2008 19:49
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25,620 Send Message	Quite right Mad Moo,No time for any kind of personal time with patients. Don't get me started on patients incapable of feeding themselves.Food is put down in front of them and if they can't do it it's cleared away.When my mum was in hospital with dementia i fed three women as there no staff available.,and the food just sat on the trays!!!!! I think they have volunteers just to go in and help the patients eat!!!!!!!!!!! I'm on my high horse now ,it just makes me so mad. There got that off my chest.
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 3,907 Send Message	Jean (Monmouth)	Report	12 May 2008 19:54
	S.E.N me. Have not been in the job for 20yrs, spent most of the rest being a patient and trying to teach young nurses at the same time as there seems to be a lot they are not taught now. Shortage of staff to feed patients is not new, can remember sitting between two and feeding them both, trying to remember that I might be hungry but not to feed myself. Jean
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25,620 Send Message	Jane	Report	12 May 2008 20:25
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25,620 Send Message	Nothing's changed then!!!!!!!!
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 285 Send Message	angelseyez	Report	12 May 2008 20:29
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 285 Send Message	am a student nurse if that counts lol
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 3,663 Send Message	Suzanne	Report	12 May 2008 20:31
	me.x
	Researching: price,lambert,goodlass,mcdonald
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25,620 Send Message	Jane	Report	12 May 2008 20:37
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 25,620 Send Message	Anyone remember the night Sisters.They used to put the fear of God into us.Scary .They all had nicknames where i worked.
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 1,258 Send Message	Ophelia.taking a break..	Report	12 May 2008 21:58
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 1,258 Send Message	me too..qualified since 92..am a sister now.was last to qualify before project 2000..and was last batch of RGN...there are alot of nurses on here!!!
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 1,258 Send Message	Ophelia.taking a break..	Report	12 May 2008 22:13
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 1,258 Send Message	read the past comments...As I started nursing in 89..as a student I have seen many changes throughout that time (if I knew it would change that much and with the politics..I wouldnt have joined)..I work in a busy A.,E department..and love it..unfortunately we are governed by politics..namely the 4 hr waits and likewise..takes u away from patient care..We as an NHS service have added pressures..an aging population..people coming into the country and using the service as a "free for all"..people ringing an ambulance for a broken toe..its Crazy..that said..I love my job..(on the most part!)..and it has made me the person I am today..I do agree there are still too many chiefs and not enough Indians..Though Im a Sister I still go out there and deliver patient care..Its why I went into nursing in the first place..I will not go up the ladder..because I will be just pen pushing..I would hate it!
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 1,262 Send Message	Bren from Oldham	Report	12 May 2008 22:23
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 1,262 Send Message	I trained in the 70's I was a mature entrant and had 4 kids I qualified as a RMN and became a ward sister I took early retirement in 1988 due to a low back injury
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 15,399 Send Message	Websterbfc	Report	12 May 2008 22:29
	i am not a nurse, but do work for PCT
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 1,258 Send Message	Ophelia.taking a break..	Report	12 May 2008 22:44
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 1,258 Send Message	...? what is PCT short for? patient..care...
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 10,253 Send Message	CATHKIN	Report	12 May 2008 22:45
	PRIMARY CARE TRUST I`m a qualified nurse and midwife , though don`t practice midwifery now , I work as a Practice Nurse Ros xx
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 1,258 Send Message	Ophelia.taking a break..	Report	12 May 2008 22:51
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 1,258 Send Message	that must be nice in ways be ur own boss as such...ur duel qualified..so many midwifes have left the profession..how long u been qualified?..Ros.x
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 10,253 Send Message	CATHKIN	Report	12 May 2008 22:53
	General since 1974 Midwifery --1976

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