In her book, she said she wanted Omar’s face to be the last she sees before she died. Omar felt it was his life’s work to make her life happy, to want go on living and having adventures. I hope that Debbie and Omar got their wishes. Debbie, rest in peace. Omar, grieve and live until you feel alive again. Louise Boole, Derby
AGENCIES CAN HELP OVERSEAS NURSES FIND JOBS IN HOSPITALS Polish nurse Agnieszka Wroblewska is having difficulty getting a job in a hospital (Letters January 21) and asks are nurses from the European Union only permitted to fill the gaps in nursing homes in the UK? I am a Polish nurse and have been living in the UK since 2004. I worked as a healthcare assistant for a year until I received my PIN number. I applied for hundreds of jobs, without success. Joining a nursing agency was the turning point. I started working shifts in different hospitals, was soon offered a full-time job and my nursing career started moving forward. There are many nurses from Europe working in UK hospitals. We are highly skilled and highly regarded. But we all had to start from scratch. There are tremendous opportunities for training and education in the UK. I work as a band 6 oncology nurse and would never be able to achieve that in Poland. Hospitals in south west London are crying out for nurses, and in the hospital where I work there are many vacancies. Elzbieta Nestorowicz, by email
EBOLA TRACKER APP PANDERS TO THE ‘PARANOID WELL’ IN THE WEST I was disappointed that you gave a ‘very good’ rating of four stars to the Ebola Tracker app (Reviews January 21). It is clear that promoting the hysteria associated with Ebola virus disease makes for lucrative business.
But it is less clear why you would appear to endorse this app with such a positive review. The app is of no use to the health professionals in Africa supporting people with Ebola. It panders to the ‘paranoid well’ who live elsewhere. The app’s preview on iTunes describes the Ebola outbreak as ‘currently spreading throughout the world’. This is an absurd claim. The app allows users to input their location in the West and receive updates on their ‘distance to the nearest Ebola case’. Rather than actually working to combat the outbreak in Africa, the app serves to add to western hysteria – and all for $2.99 (£2.29).
TWEETS OF THE WEEK Speaking as an ex cardiothoracic scrub nurse, I’ve never known surgeons to walk away from the table cos they ‘need a break’! #holbycity @cheekynurse11
The only way to change negative behaviours by doctors, nurses or anyone else is to give feedback. If you don’t, then it becomes a habit @DrUmeshPrabhu
If you’re going to lead nurses, do you have to think like a nurse? @MrsGracePoole
Daniel Lynch, Boston, Massachusetts
BROADLAND JUNE 1985 SET TO CELEBRATE 30-YEAR ANNIVERSARY I am helping to organise a 30-year reunion for the June 1985 nursing students and pupil nurses who trained at the Broadland School of Nursing in Norfolk. The reunion will take place on Saturday May 30 in Norwich, and it will be great for us all to meet up again. Please email me at c.sargisson@ mdx.ac.uk for further details.
Certainly to think like a leader and a nurse IMO but most importantly think what the experience is like for our #patients @maggiedavies
Arrived at ward: ‘Yes?’ is the greeting from nurse. Oh dear. ‘Go and sit over there.’ Not going well so far #Hellomynameis not happening here
Caroline Sargisson, by email
@lucyjmarsters
REUNIONS Are you planning a reunion or trying to trace former colleagues? Email [email protected] with the details and we will post them at www.nursing-standard.co.uk
I have a student nurse volunteer with me and #SalfordDadz action research on dad wellbeing. He asked me. I said yes. Simples. #WeNurses
CORRECTION Dame June Clark, emeritus professor of community nursing at Swansea University, is funding a travel scholarship for nurses in Wales. In ‘Broadening horizons’ (Careers January 21), it incorrectly states that application forms are available from RCN Wales. All scholarship application requests should be emailed to Professor Clark at [email protected]
Being a nurse – the proudest achievement of my life. Preparing the next generation of nurses – my greatest responsibility and enduring passion
@HeatherHenry4
@Bartontd
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AGENCIES CAN HELP OVERSEAS NURSES FIND JOBS IN HOSPITALS Polish nurse Agnieszka Wroblewska is having difficulty getting a job in a hospital (Letters January 21) and asks are nurses from the European Union only permitted to fill the gaps in nursing homes in the UK? I am a Polish nurse and have been living in the UK since 2004. I worked as a healthcare assistant for a year until I received my PIN number. I applied for hundreds of jobs, without success. Joining a nursing agency was the turning point. I started working shifts in different hospitals, was soon offered a full-time job and my nursing career started moving forward. There are many nurses from Europe working in UK hospitals. We are highly skilled and highly regarded. But we all had to start from scratch. There are tremendous opportunities for training and education in the UK. I work as a band 6 oncology nurse and would never be able to achieve that in Poland. Hospitals in south west London are crying out for nurses, and in the hospital where I work there are many vacancies. Elzbieta Nestorowicz, by email
EBOLA TRACKER APP PANDERS TO THE ‘PARANOID WELL’ IN THE WEST I was disappointed that you gave a ‘very good’ rating of four stars to the Ebola Tracker app (Reviews January 21). It is clear that promoting the hysteria associated with Ebola virus disease makes for lucrative business.
But it is less clear why you would appear to endorse this app with such a positive review. The app is of no use to the health professionals in Africa supporting people with Ebola. It panders to the ‘paranoid well’ who live elsewhere. The app’s preview on iTunes describes the Ebola outbreak as ‘currently spreading throughout the world’. This is an absurd claim. The app allows users to input their location in the West and receive updates on their ‘distance to the nearest Ebola case’. Rather than actually working to combat the outbreak in Africa, the app serves to add to western hysteria – and all for $2.99 (£2.29).
TWEETS OF THE WEEK Speaking as an ex cardiothoracic scrub nurse, I’ve never known surgeons to walk away from the table cos they ‘need a break’! #holbycity @cheekynurse11
The only way to change negative behaviours by doctors, nurses or anyone else is to give feedback. If you don’t, then it becomes a habit @DrUmeshPrabhu
If you’re going to lead nurses, do you have to think like a nurse? @MrsGracePoole
Daniel Lynch, Boston, Massachusetts
BROADLAND JUNE 1985 SET TO CELEBRATE 30-YEAR ANNIVERSARY I am helping to organise a 30-year reunion for the June 1985 nursing students and pupil nurses who trained at the Broadland School of Nursing in Norfolk. The reunion will take place on Saturday May 30 in Norwich, and it will be great for us all to meet up again. Please email me at c.sargisson@ mdx.ac.uk for further details.
Certainly to think like a leader and a nurse IMO but most importantly think what the experience is like for our #patients @maggiedavies
Arrived at ward: ‘Yes?’ is the greeting from nurse. Oh dear. ‘Go and sit over there.’ Not going well so far #Hellomynameis not happening here
Caroline Sargisson, by email
@lucyjmarsters
REUNIONS Are you planning a reunion or trying to trace former colleagues? Email [email protected] with the details and we will post them at www.nursing-standard.co.uk
I have a student nurse volunteer with me and #SalfordDadz action research on dad wellbeing. He asked me. I said yes. Simples. #WeNurses
CORRECTION Dame June Clark, emeritus professor of community nursing at Swansea University, is funding a travel scholarship for nurses in Wales. In ‘Broadening horizons’ (Careers January 21), it incorrectly states that application forms are available from RCN Wales. All scholarship application requests should be emailed to Professor Clark at [email protected]
Being a nurse – the proudest achievement of my life. Preparing the next generation of nurses – my greatest responsibility and enduring passion
@HeatherHenry4
@Bartontd
Follow Nursing Standard @NurseStandard and join the #NScomment chat on Thursdays at 12.30pm
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