So I'm sitting here drinking tea from a cup with the handle off, it's raining and I'm feeling strangely optimistic ( Read more... )

Ugh, I desperately need a new header. I love Pepper, but I think I'm over it.

Who am I kidding? I need a holiday is what I need. Two weeks to the day and counting. Just two more weeks of intermittent electricity, exams and assignments. A mere fourteen days.

Another glass of red will see me through ...

I GOT MY FIRST PREFERENCE FOR GRADUATE PLACEMENT!!I'll be working at a different hospital to the one I did my training at, which is brilliant. They actually called me prior to the internet release of computer match details, which I thought was really nice. Of course, I answered the phone with a cup of tea and a crumpet in my hand ... wasn't ( Read more... )

OH, SCREW THIS ASSIGNMENT TO A WALL WITH CHEAP PLASTIC THUMBTACKS, SET IT ON FIRE AND DOUSE IT WITH MAYONNAISE!

Yes, I'm still alive.
Sorry I'm not about much - I'm neck deep in my final semester of uni and they're not being very nice about it. If something dramatic has happened to you and I haven't commented, I do care, I really do - I'm just not here to read it.

Forgive me.

Had issues at work tonight switching off my brain, as Ewan can testify ... or could, if he had a blog ( Read more... )

We were talking today in a uni tut how wrong it is that PCAs are legally exempt from litigation if they give medications to patients, where DIV2 nurses can be sued in instances of adverse reaction. Basically what the government is saying is that DIV2s should know better, so they get the stick ... whereas PCAs don't know anything so we can't hold ( Read more... )

The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology reports findings of a recent study indicate that consuming just 200mg of caffeine daily during pregnancy can increase your rate of miscarriage from 12% to 25%This is roughly the amount of caffeine found in two cups of coffee or five cans of coca-cola/pepsi. It's important to remember that smaller ( Read more... )

I have absolutely no right to be this confident about my midwifery exam tomorrow. I've reached the point where I figure if I didn't learn it while I was doing it for a month solid on clinical, then I've got bigger problems cos I've treated dozens of people incorrectly ( Read more... )

Ack! What masochistic impulse drove me to enroll in Perioperative Nursing as opposed to Child and Adolescent Health ( Read more... )