This year marks the 10th anniversary year for WeNurses ….10 years … yes I know …wow ! Looking back and reflecting there have been many changes over those 10 years. Over the last two years in particular the pandemic has caused a rapid acceleration in the uptake and use of social media and this has…
Author: Teresa Chinn
Pain – believe, evidence, act, escalate!
How many times have you heard someone say “pain is what the patient says it is”? I have heard this a lot of late, so much so that I am beginning to question it’s credibility. It was in 1968, over 50 years ago, that McCaffrey defined pain as “it’s whatever the experiencing person says it…
Lunch ?
Nurses ….. it’s about time we talked about lunch ! Not what’s in your lunch box, or your sandwich preference but actually taking a lunch break. I don’t mean grabbing a salad at your desk or eating whilst writing notes … I mean a real actual lunch break! What’s stopping us? Why is it that a…
Open doors
If I had a penny for every time that a someone said to me “we have an open door policy here” … well you know the rest, suffice to say I would be richer than Midas ! Having an “open door” has not only become a buzzword but also a buzzthing (if there is such…
What next?
This blog is part of the WeNurses Social Media May focus month – find out more about how to get involved here I have been doing this social media and nursing lark for a good few years now … and I have to say that it has had a huge impact on me, both in terms of my nursing career and my…
7% of people don’t trust nurses ?
I have a huge passion for nurses, nursing and the nursing voice …. Yep, 100% … and I would never deny that as a long time nurse who believes that nurses can make a valuable impact on the people we care for nursing is something that I unashamedly and proactively advocate. However sometimes I forget that others may…
Abbr.
Years and years ago, at some point in the 1990s I was a very quiet student nurse, mostly scared of everything and everyone and the bane of my life were abbreviations! I recall one handover when the entire time all the qualified nurses talked about were cabbages, I came out very bewildered but eventually plucked…
When the wrong time is the right time
It’s been a year since we first locked down in England – what a year ! As nurses we have been through so much and as the covid tidal wave recedes and advances in a continuous cycle we are finding times to breathe and reflect. I have been managing to do a little breathing and…
Meeting online people offline – something we used to do!
Years ago when the internet first began in a big way (I’m talking around 1990-ish) and we all had bing bongy dial up connections, meeting people online became a “thing” And it became a weird thing … people who met online, and by met I don’t just mean romantically but I also include friendships, were…
2020 – A year for us (take 2!)
This time last year I wrote a blog called “2020 .. a year for us!” in which I shared my hopes for the year of the nurse and midwife, I wrote: “What a time and opportunity to reset and think again …. 2020 year of the nurse. What better time for me as a nurse…
