I think ( and as a qualified nurse I think I can say this) that nurses should do a 3 year programme, This should be practice based. They need to learn the basics and they need to learn them well.
They need to learn how to run a ward and how to manage a group of patients. They need to learn how to spot potential problems and how to deal with them,.

In short they need to learn what it is to be a nurse.
They need good knowledge and teaching of A and P and they need to know how to form a rationale for practice.
They need to learn how disease affects the body - physically and mentally,

Then, when they qualify, THAT is the time to hone their craft.
That is the time to do the degrees and the courses.
THAT is how we will get nursing back on parr.

IMO of course.

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I particularly object to the ones that ask what I want to see the doctor about...    nowt like a bit of patient confidentiality is there

I only ever ask if they are asking for an emergency appointment cos we have to judge whether it is or not...(and more often than not it isn't).

I also get all the out of hours reports and A & E reports....half of them stuff people consider worthy of turning up to Grabadoc or the A&E for I wouldn't even bother making a Dr's appointment for!

My doctors receptionists are great.

I so do not want to move,
I am dreading it

In fact I may leave it until after the White Paper becomes law cos then I won't have to,
I will just use the hospital drop in GP for urgent stuff

Croc
 
I love my doctor's receptionists - they always get me an appointment. Though, to be fair - I am a good patient, if it isn't urgent I always tell them, and fit in with them.

You are appreciated by patients

Mine asks me that every time - I don't care

The worst ones though Rexi are the ones that say...'I need an urgent appointment bl;ah blah blah...its urgent blah blah blah...'

Me 'ok, i can fit you in at 10.30'

'Oh I can't some then'

Me 'Well in that case I'll book you for next monday!'

'but its urgent!'

NOT URGENT ENOUGH TO GET IN FOR THE EMERGENCY SLOT YOU ARE ASKING FOR!

yes.. and I understand the need for that....    but some take it to the point where what they are actually doing is triage... 



yeah... I know.     20:80 rule..    20% of patients make 80% of appointments.    I don't get it..  the last place I want to be is at the doctors (all those germs!!!)..  or in A&E  (even more germs.)

I agree with that.

I hear you Croc

My doctor's surgery now open one day a week till 9pm. And, when I needed to go, it was my doctor's turn to do the late shift. How lucky is that??

Although, he was in a different room to his usual one and I had to get the printer working for him, so that he could print out my prescription

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had to get the printer working for him, so that he could print out my prescription

That sounds about right!!

sounds about right

OOh JINX!!

Nothing was going to stand between me and my painkillers

I nearly posted that too!    I decided to refresh first to avoid a double jinx

I bloody love our walk in centre (since it was contracted out of the PCT)..   its excellent!

I was at my Doctor's this week... jab booster for a trip.... anyway there is a scrolling LED screen telling you that using your mobile phone at the surgery will lay waste to half of mankind interspersed with the statistics of booked but missed appointments nand how much that costs...mostly wasted on the people there on the basis that they have to have turned up to read the message


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how quaint.    Ours has a big plasma tv with a load of billy basic info adverts presented in crap cartoon form on a continuous loop.   

It gets exciting when it gets to the "meet your surgery staff" bit though...    A quick profile on all the doctors, & the nurses, & the pharmacy staff, and the practise manager...   then a subliminal blip where they have squeezed all the admin staff onto one page... and shown it onscreen for .02 of a second! 

Quality IT at my Doctors Ditty

I think they spent the rest of the budget on one of those huge pictures of seemingly random dots that you have to stare at for ages for before  an image starts to appear.. that period is slightly less than the time you spend in the waiting room so no one has ever seen the hidden picture


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so no one has ever seen the hidden picture

It's probably a message saying 'piss off timewasters'

Mine has lesbian art..  

I kid you not..     I assume it changes... and they exhibit a selection of paintings by various local artists..   but when I was there it was a few very abstract paintings (dots... & lines... ) and the little bit of white card underneath them said "Lesbian Art"  by local lesbian artist doobery wotsit!

It made me want to have a conversation with somebody about it...     but I thought best not to!

*wonders whether I need to put a disclaimer explaining I have no problem with art producted by a lesbian... but by the need for it to be labelled as such*

your surgery is so posh - mine is still using A3 paper notices with blue tack 

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I only ever ask if they are asking for an emergency appointment cos we have to judge whether it is or not...(and more often than not it isn't).

I wouldn't have minded so much if I was phoning for an emergency appointment, but it was just a book in with this doc when they have a slot after work hours type appointment

On the plus side I was able to read what to serve at a 1994 dinner party... so my time was not entirely wasted.. my Dentist however.. is private .. and in the waiting room they have the future week's papers.. but the lottery results are always pixellated ... buggers!!!



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So's mine 

We should just play healthcare top trumps and be done with it

Yeah ,, but you win coz your's is in the smoke and mine is in the sticks


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