Bob and all
Yes, i am watching the series 'Thoroughly Modern
Matron'. When i trained i was given the choice, P2K or
'proper nurse, as my group were the first year of the
P2K. i went for Project 2000 - as i quite liked the
flat cap and cape at the end......
The programme 'Thoroughly Modern Matrons' has me
hooked. I watch it,i laugh,i cringe and at moments i
have cried. What a bunch there!!! However, i do wish
they had picked a mature student to take part also. I
believe they would have looked at the tasks of time
keeping, dicipline and respect completely differently.
It would have been interesting to see how a mature
student managed to get through the week.
Alot of what i was taught was the same as the 50's (or
near enough). We used mercury thermomenters, mercury
syphs, and I too was taught to make a bed with the
opening of the pillow case facing the opposite end of
the ward to that of the entrance, etc etc. i was
taught respect (which i had already so i passed on
that one easy peasy), discipline, clinical techniques,
note taking, history taking, nasal gastric tube and
also the Latin abbreviations (not only the letters,
but the meaning of them too!!) etc.
How do folks think that a mature student would have
coped with the week? What are your comments on the
programme? For those of you who have not yet seen it,
it is on BBC2 at 3.30pm.
Maybe you would like to comment on the fact that i am
a sad anorack watching such a programme.............
however, i do find it very interesting - and both
young and mataure students would benefit from watching
it - in order to be thankful that times change!!!
Becky :)
An 'antiquated' P2K nurse with the respect &
discipline which matches that of a 'proper nurse'.
(and many other skills also ..........)
--- Robert Dunn
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wrote:
> Hi Car, good to know that not all the useful things
> were thrown out with the
> modern teaching methods :0)
>
> Anyone watching the series 'Thoroughly Modern
> Matron' on BBC2 this
> week..........??
>
> Regards, Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Car Barnes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 16 November 2005 13:48
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Please tell me what PRN stands for.
>
> Hello Bob,
>
> As one of the dreaded "recent generation" "P2000"
> RNs I'd like to point
> out that we do venture onto the wards occasionally
> during training and have
> contact with patients and drug charts, and learn
> phrases like "bd, tds, qds"
> and "od" so it's not just the old style antiquated
> SRN training that taught
> such things ;-)
>
> Car :-D
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Dunn
>
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>
> Sent: 16 November 2005 13:37
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Please tell me what PRN stands for.
>
>
> Hi Tracey,
>
> You are obviously from a recent nursing generation
> of RN's.
>
> Those of us who trained as SRN's had to learn all
> the prescribing
> abbreviations. PRN is abbreviated Latin for: pro re
> nata (as the situation
> demands; as needed).
>
> Regards, Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracie McKelvie
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 16 November 2005 13:32
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Please tell me what PRN stands for.
>
> Please tell me what PRN stands for.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tracie Mckelvie
> Occupational Health Nurse / Adviser
> Pembrokeshire College
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