Things I liked today:
1) Getting an easy OSCE question.
2) Getting a glowing written report from my mentor.
Things I didn't like today:
1) Smelly people on the bus.
2) People walking slowly, aimlessly down the middle of the pavement leaving no room for the puropseful striders to overtake.
Things I learned today:
1) A TenderFoot does exactly what it says on the packet. It gives you a tender foot... or a tender finger in my case. I'd heard they were pretty brutal so I thought to try one out, and yes I can confirm it, they hurt.
2) Microwaving a Kosher soup for 5 minutes makes it explode a little bit.
We've had a child on the ward recently with Prader-Willi Syndrome, one I've not come across before and quite interesting to care for. I was going to discuss this a little but had a pang of confidetiality conscience.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
A new day, a new blog
I've considered this for a while, and decided to restart a blog. My life as a student nurse can be interesting, or terribly dull, but it often provides me with something I'd like to write about, failing that, there's always the Metro... Which brings me onto today's topic.
Reading the Metro on my way into work on thursday I came across this little snippet. A survey conducted by Hasbro (makers of the board game The Big Taboo) found that nudity was still rated the greatest modern taboo, 37%. Wearing Hoodies came in at 12%... How ridiculous! But the bit that really got me was that 9% voted for breast feeding and only 2% were upset by farting.
Where have we gone so wrong? The breast has become a sexual object, I've often heard that cited as a reason that women dislike the idea of breast feeding, but it's a natural thing, it's been around for years, and is far better for the baby than formula feeding. I understand it's a personal choice but this country has got a really strange attitude towards it; we should be encouraging mothers not shunning those who choose to.
The other Metro article that interested me that day was the idea that doctors would be banned from wearing novelty socks and ties etc. How long before we ban a sense of humour? It also said that nurses are on the hitlist for see-through clothing, clothing too loose or too tight. See-through clothing? What kind of "nurse" have they been visiting?
Final thought for today, can a person change? Are our personalities innate, unchangeable? And if we do change, are we denying ourself?
For those of you who read this far, well done, pat yourself on the back
Reading the Metro on my way into work on thursday I came across this little snippet. A survey conducted by Hasbro (makers of the board game The Big Taboo) found that nudity was still rated the greatest modern taboo, 37%. Wearing Hoodies came in at 12%... How ridiculous! But the bit that really got me was that 9% voted for breast feeding and only 2% were upset by farting.
Where have we gone so wrong? The breast has become a sexual object, I've often heard that cited as a reason that women dislike the idea of breast feeding, but it's a natural thing, it's been around for years, and is far better for the baby than formula feeding. I understand it's a personal choice but this country has got a really strange attitude towards it; we should be encouraging mothers not shunning those who choose to.
The other Metro article that interested me that day was the idea that doctors would be banned from wearing novelty socks and ties etc. How long before we ban a sense of humour? It also said that nurses are on the hitlist for see-through clothing, clothing too loose or too tight. See-through clothing? What kind of "nurse" have they been visiting?
Final thought for today, can a person change? Are our personalities innate, unchangeable? And if we do change, are we denying ourself?
For those of you who read this far, well done, pat yourself on the back
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