Having an excellent knowledge of paediatrics is all well and good, but sometimes I like to be able to forget about it altogether. And that’s because ‘All work and no play makes Angie a dull girl’. So how exactly do I get my jollies I hear you ask… well, by shopping of course! After all, you can put the girl into paediatrics, but you cannot remove her love of retail therapy (or something along those lines…).
I have been taking a great class this term about bed side manner and how to make children’s hospitals better environments for patients and their families. I am working on a really difficult assignment where we are supposed to figure out how to do interactive story time on a ward where the kids are confined to their beds. It is not an easy one, but I have come up with some great ideas.
If you’re also a nursing student like me you would also be sometimes wondering about the market situations, life after graduation, job prospects and unanticipated set of responsibilities. These thoughts sometimes become reason to feel nervous and sometimes, give you a lead to think more about it until you get some significant clue. I have also been thinking about the job prospects as a nurse and tried finding out the nursing jobs that offer you the comfort of working from home.
All I hear these days is gloom and doom about how bad things are in London and the UK. The TV and radio seem intent on reminding us all about how we’re teetering on the edge of a very large cliff and could drop into a pit of bankruptcy at any moment. Worse still comes the news that the government’s plans to ring fence the NHS budget wise haven’t quite lived up to the promise they held before the election last year. That said the services they are cutting seem limited to the administrative departments, so perhaps there is hope for me after I graduate.
To be honest I don’t know why everyone in the UK is so glum. All you need to do is take a look at the rest of Europe to feel better about things here. If we’re in a bad state, then Europe is a total disaster next to us. Greece is about to default on its second bail out and may withdraw from the Euro. As for my native Spain, well the problems they are having over there far outweigh the job losses we have here. Virtually most of my family and friends who live in Catalonia and Southern Spain have all been made redundant or are looking for work. Right now, I’m glad I live in the UK. It might not have the best weather, but it certainly beats Spain and the rest of Europe for living conditions.
A lot of my fellow students and friends on my course have been getting worried about the chances of actually finding a job once they graduate. We’re all training to be nurses of some description or other, but have been told there are very few nurses jobs available within the NHS at the moment. I find that odd considering I’ve been doing some random online searches and have found more then a dozen jobs being advertised in London in the past week alone. In addition there are loads of rgn jobs available up and down the country. I may not have thought about moving to Wales to be honest, but if I get a job there after I graduate then I’m not going to turn it down.
The cuts to the NHS that everyone on the news keeps talking about seems limited to back office staff as far as I can tell. Whether this is a good or bad thing I couldn’t comment on without doing further research. I do know that when I’ve been on placement at hospitals, the amount of administrative staff has often outnumbered the medical staff on duty at any one time. If this reduction creates more NHS nurse jobs for people like myself then I for one am not going to complain. If it also means that I have to take on extra administrative tasks as part of my job, then again I’m not going to complain. I have a feeling that half the paperwork medical staff are required to complete will be phased out soon anyway. Most of it is completely redundant in my opinion.
I remain hopeful for my future and have decided not to listen to the news anymore. It seems designed to keep us all miserable and in our place.
Are you one of those people who just can’t stop themselves from getting into a massive argument? Hm, hard, isn’t it? Being someone like that, I mean. Or perhaps you’re someone who struggles with keeping yourself cool and your temper from exploding when someone doesn’t see your point of view? Whatever the scenario – and let’s face it, we’re all different and everyone has a different tolerance to things that annoy and irritate them – there are a few things which you can do to stop yourself from losing it.
Such as follows:
By the time you’ve counted to 10 you can see the world clearly again
1) Recognise when it is about to happen: we all blow our tops from time to time. But the difference between people who do so in a controlled manner and those who do so and embarrass themselves enormously is MASSIVE. If you can learn to detect when a spate of angry words are about to come rushing out of your mouth then that’s better for both you and everyone who happens to be in your company at the time!
2) Learn to pick your fights: sometimes it’s worth losing your temper. Other times it isn’t. If you lose your temper too often and end up regretting it, then maybe you need to devise a way of working out if it’s worth getting het-up over?
3) Learn to count to 10 when you think you are going to lose it: this may sound ridiculous, but in fact it works a treat with me, and sometimes I can be really bad! By the time you’ve counted to 10 you can see the world clearly again and usually you can see that it’s best to keep that mouth of yours shut.
4) Don’t say the first thing that comes into your mind under your breath – learn to keep it inside your head until it has been properly vetted and you have calmed down: this way, you won’t end up making someone near you angry, and making them ask “did you say something?” This will lead to you not getting into a fight and walking away with your head held high. And you know what? You’ll feel pretty good that you’ve managed to leave an argument without ripping your Cotton Fabrics !
5) Do you need professional help? Maybe you do. Don’t feel ashamed about that — there is absolutely no need to. Lots of people get help with their anger management issues and for good reason: in order to live a full and productive life it helps a lot if you don’t irritate everyone around you!
Are you one of those people who just can’t stop themselves from getting into a massive argument? Hm, hard, isn’t it? Being someone like that, I mean. Or perhaps you’re someone who struggles with keeping yourself cool and your temper from exploding when someone doesn’t see your point of view? Whatever the scenario – and let’s face it, we’re all different and everyone has a different tolerance to things that annoy and irritate them – there are a few things which you can do to stop yourself from losing it.
Such as follows:
By the time you’ve counted to 10 you can see the world clearly again
1) Recognise when it is about to happen: we all blow our tops from time to time. But the difference between people who do so in a controlled manner and those who do so and embarrass themselves enormously is MASSIVE. If you can learn to detect when a spate of angry words are about to come rushing out of your mouth then that’s better for both you and everyone who happens to be in your company at the time!
2) Learn to pick your fights: sometimes it’s worth losing your temper. Other times it isn’t. If you lose your temper too often and end up regretting it, then maybe you need to devise a way of working out if it’s worth getting het-up over?
3) Learn to count to 10 when you think you are going to lose it: this may sound ridiculous, but in fact it works a treat with me, and sometimes I can be really bad! By the time you’ve counted to 10 you can see the world clearly again and usually you can see that it’s best to keep that mouth of yours shut.
4) Don’t say the first thing that comes into your mind under your breath – learn to keep it inside your head until it has been properly vetted and you have calmed down: this way, you won’t end up making someone near you angry, and making them ask “did you say something?” This will lead to you not getting into a fight and walking away with your head held high. And you know what? You’ll feel pretty good that you’ve managed to leave an argument without ripping your Cotton Fabrics !
5) Do you need professional help? Maybe you do. Don’t feel ashamed about that — there is absolutely no need to. Lots of people get help with their anger management issues and for good reason: in order to live a full and productive life it helps a lot if you don’t irritate everyone around you!
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1. Smile frequently
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So I was at home one day last week seeking it support in London when one of my best friends called to ask me advice on how to remove paint form their basement floor. I don’t know why she thought I would know this but I did some research and called her back.
If you want to remove your basement floor paint then you need to get a pain stripper for the job. Choose a paint stripper that is appropriate More
Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. - Claude Debussy
