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Post by HURLOCK on Feb 3, 2008 12:34:18 GMT -1
hello mate, no worries. I don't think AC is on the geriatrics ward ;D
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Post by T C on Feb 3, 2008 12:35:29 GMT -1
a nurse... how interesting. what do you specialise in ? I thought most people on here knew what I did?? I look after the little people!! sorry but i'm not most people....i'm ancient and have alzheimers dwarfs or paediatrics ?
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Post by ArgyleChick on Feb 3, 2008 12:42:59 GMT -1
Paediatrics... I can't really help you if you are ancient and have alzheimers - I wouldn't have a clue where to start!!! Sorry xx
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Post by T C on Feb 3, 2008 12:52:14 GMT -1
Paediatrics... I can't really help you if you are ancient and have alzheimers - I wouldn't have a clue where to start!!! Sorry xx LOL...actually I was a Medic in the RAF for 23 years and like you have seen some shitty things. Take my hat off to you tho for looking after kiddies....takes special person to do that. Know i can't stand to see kids suffer
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Feb 3, 2008 12:53:31 GMT -1
your custom title should now be
"I Dont Believe It!!" Tel ;D
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Post by T C on Feb 3, 2008 12:55:05 GMT -1
your custom title should now be "I Dont Believe It!!" Tel ;D yeah did think of that ! ! can you change it for me ?
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Feb 3, 2008 12:55:48 GMT -1
have to be a mod
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Post by ArgyleChick on Feb 3, 2008 12:58:11 GMT -1
Paediatrics... I can't really help you if you are ancient and have alzheimers - I wouldn't have a clue where to start!!! Sorry xx LOL...actually I was a Medic in the RAF for 23 years and like you have seen some shitty things. Take my hat off to you tho for looking after kiddies....takes special person to do that. Know i can't stand to see kids suffer Thanks xx I guess I have done it for about 12 years now, just get on and do it I suppose. I sometimes wonder why I do it and then this little kid comes up with a picture full of glue and glitter for me and I think, maybe thats why then... People think they are scary when they are poorly, the ambulance crews at the local station laugh at me as I am petrified of the "big people patients" .... guess thats their comfort zone and the little people are mine!!
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Post by T C on Feb 3, 2008 13:21:32 GMT -1
LOL...actually I was a Medic in the RAF for 23 years and like you have seen some shitty things. Take my hat off to you tho for looking after kiddies....takes special person to do that. Know i can't stand to see kids suffer Thanks xx I guess I have done it for about 12 years now, just get on and do it I suppose. I sometimes wonder why I do it and then this little kid comes up with a picture full of glue and glitter for me and I think, maybe thats why then... People think they are scary when they are poorly, the ambulance crews at the local station laugh at me as I am petrified of the "big people patients" .... guess thats their comfort zone and the little people are mine!! you like glue and glitter then ! ! keeps you on a high i suppose. I stand by what i say that anyone who can nurse little kids with a low prognosis is very special. . will exalt you when loaded !
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Post by ArgyleChick on Feb 3, 2008 15:31:24 GMT -1
Thing is though not every child that comes in to hospital are seriously ill, alot of the children I nurse are there as their GPs haven't got time to observe or treat them, the majority of them are sent home within 2 hours of arrival!!! Its amazing wahat Calpol and Nurofen can do for a kid!!! Thanks for the exalt though
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Feb 3, 2008 17:36:51 GMT -1
Calpol, what a godsend
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Post by ArgyleChick on Feb 3, 2008 17:58:59 GMT -1
All it is is paracetamol - people spend about £4 on a bottle when they could buy Boots' own for half the price!!
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Feb 3, 2008 18:14:52 GMT -1
didnt realise that, when my son was old enough to take it t helped soo much, for him and us. I think it is one of the few products out there that actually works
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Post by ArgyleChick on Feb 3, 2008 18:16:33 GMT -1
Don't worry there are alot of people out there who don't realise that Calpol is just Paracetamol!!!
It does work doesn't it!!
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Feb 3, 2008 18:19:18 GMT -1
it certainly does, first sign of fever or cold out came the Calpol and normally he got a good nights sleep and so did we
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Post by ArgyleChick on Feb 3, 2008 18:25:21 GMT -1
Yep indeedy, mind you the Calpol people are bringing out so much at the moment, we haven't got a clue what's being given!!
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Feb 3, 2008 19:52:17 GMT -1
we are always really careful with how much we give
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Post by ArgyleChick on Feb 3, 2008 20:36:39 GMT -1
Good lad glad to hear it!!!
Mind you half of these kids still seem to get into bottles better than us adults and help themselves!!! If in doubt give a 2 year old a bottle to get into and into it they will get!!!
The other favourite in the paediatric world is sticking stuff into ears and up nostrils - the big favourite being beads and those polystyrene balls in bean bags!!
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Feb 3, 2008 21:17:45 GMT -1
luckily none of that has befallen us yet, but hes only 6 so plenty of time to go ;D
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Post by ArgyleChick on Feb 4, 2008 8:04:53 GMT -1
Ohhh bless him, 6 year olds are probably just the cutest age ever. I love looking after them as they are right little characters!!
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