"Philosophical rhetoric when not grounded in reality is nowt but sophistry of the most facile variety." - DeeDee Ramona
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In a bizarre and unprecedented feat of organisation, my university has put up a timetable for the first term of the second year. So, on the 14th November, the university is going to teach me how to give an intramuscular (IM) injection. I assume by this they are going to teach us the correct technique, as opposed to those we have been observing and ignorantly emulating on the wards thus far. But it has got me thinking and possibly even, dare I say it, reflecting…
When I started uni, I had no real idea what to expect from the people I would be spending three years of my life alongside. So, after careful research, I present a brief but completely accurate portrayal of the major brands of future mental health nurses for anyone considering doing their nurse training.
The Cyber Disorders section includes disorders that have a dependency upon cyber existence as the predominant feature. The section is divided into three parts. The first part describes e-mail episodes that serve as the building blocks for the disorder diagnoses. The second part describes the Cyber Disorders themselves. The criteria sets for most of the Cyber Disorders require the presence or absence of the e-mail episodes described in the first part of the section. The third part includes the specifiers that describe either the most recent e-mail episode, or the course of recurrent episodes.
The DoH has a current consultation:
The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2008 was made on 11 June. It makes a number of changes to the constitutional arrangements for the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Instead of the constitutional details of the NMC being set out the in the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, these details must now be set out in a separate Constitution Order made by the Privy Council.
You see, there’s been some shenanigans down at the Old Bailey for Nurses & Midwives and now parliament is taking the NMC’s ball away until they learn to play nicely.
A top London hospital has been asked “what the fuck” after it was thought that a new species of giant rat had been discovered by government ministers visiting the hospital. What was thought to be a giant rodent was spotted by Health ministers Ben Bradshaw and Lord Dazi during a recent visit to the hospital’s A&E dept.
You may want to join a well known new religious movement. By new religious movement I mean cult. Then you will be told what to think and how to argue very badly. You will also probably become very poor very rapidly.
There you go, you have nothing to lose but your mind itself the one step plan to becoming an antipsychiatrist.
So it is somewhat shocking and revealing to find this article that provides a new and significant departure from what might be considered traditional medicine.
In this article it is clearly stated:
People who have more birthdays live longer
What implications is this astonishing fact going to have on healthcare for now and the future?
I wanted to share it even further and decided to post the link here as well.
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness in a quiet American suburb
Garfield is one of my favourite cartoon strips and I find this idea fascinating. It works so well, it’s often very moving.
The Grand Old Duke of York was unusual in that he was neither up nor down. Most people often get down and then need a bit of help to cheer up. Doing nice things for people is a way of cheering them up, but be careful: when someone is struggling to hold themselves together, an act of gratuitous niceness can instantly reduce them to tears.
Do not attempt to cheer someone up by telling them you’re suffering more. This will not make them happier; it will just add an icing of irritation on their cake of sadness. Saying that worse things happen at sea is not a good idea, either, especially if you are on an expensive cruise at the time.
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He thought it was a titillating idea. In an effort to make his calf tattoo of a buxom cowgirl more shapely, Lane Jensen gave the tattoo silicone breast implants. But after two weeks, the Edmonton tattoo artist’s body rejected them
In the meantime, it’s Christmas, so let’s talk about something fun. Let’s talk about nursing superstitions.
If we’re talking about superstition and mental health nurses, there’s one that everyone will have heard at some point, which is that on a locked psychiatric ward, the patients become more agitated and aggressive at the full moon.
Having an awareness of anit-disciminatory laws and the such, I am amazed at the information that employment agencies still ask of you and the types of things you need to put into a resume.
In my bid to provide equal opportunities for all, I have constructed a non-discriminatory letter others may wish to use when they apply for their next job.
One of the recurring themes in these e-mails is “You know you’re [blank] when…” This got me thinking, what would a list of “You know you’re an RMN when…” look like? Let’s create that list, so that we can then e-mail it to everyone we know, and our friends will curse us for cluttering up their inbox and wish a slow, painful death upon us. Fun, eh?
A few from me to get the ball rolling:
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These things are apparently called Crocs. People keep telling me how comfy they are, and that they’re practical because you can lob them in the washing machine, thus cutting risk of hospital-acquired infections.
I refuse to wear them myself because, well…because they look bloody ridiculous, that’s why. I don’t care how comfy they are. I’m not walking around looking like I’ve just stepped into a child’s Duplo set and can’t get them off my feet.
And now, apparently they’re a safety risk. It seems they cause electrical equipment to explode. Ha! Take that, We-Love-Our-Crocs Brigade! You cause stuff to explode! Mwahahahahah!
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