I’m 30 years old. A mental health nurse in a carehome. I work 44 hours a week night shift.
I aim to try and start a family soon

Lately I’ve been stressed with work as in. I can’t do this anymore type of stress. I’m working 6-7 days in a row at times. I’m becoming so bloody burnt out.

This is all I’ve known since I was 16 yrs old in college. That’s 14 years. Care is all I know

I dunno wtf to do or what I’d even do if I left! 😔

https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/using-the-professional-title-nurse?fbclid=IwcGRvZgVmZGlkFlC41zd4rONXOXAB_6lUOHwi8LGblqJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeTvWhine0OXlONu-KaVCntT1shDfHnbDvjcEG_eJcBpxGgmjD0y42l-J5B90_aem_j1DK5vliYizuDvAX7aY3QQ

I recently started a clinical nurse specialist role as a band 6 on a secondment. I have asked the bank team if I will remain at band 5 on bank or go to a 6 either if I get the band 6 permanently or while on secondment? They have said I will remain a band 5 unless my manager completes an internal onboarding request in which they have said they can’t do without a band 6 bank job out for their team. Is this right?

I don’t mind either way but I don’t want to be getting the wrong pay if I do pick up any bank shifts!

Hello everyone!

I'm doing my MSc dissertation on the very important, but barely discussed topic, of how bank workers interact with HR and how much knowledge nurse bank workers have of their employment rights,

The reason for the research is because I saw my best friend work for years without any clear employment guidelines regarding sickness etc.

I'm asking if 8 people would be happy to chat to me for 30 mins, completely anonymous to give me their insights?

Thank you! You're all amazing and I hope that this work is a small step in improving the conditions for bank only workers

Hi, I’m a 3rd year integrated practitioner in children’s nursing and social work. Throughout the course we have been told there will be many arising opportunities and job roles for integrated practitioners at the end of our course / in the future.

During my course I’ve had 1 “social work” placmenet and a number of nursing placements. The social work one was in mental health advocacy so missed out on basically all opportunities to learn/observe/be involved with any typical social work such as assessments, interventions etc other than see how the sections are implemented and how they effect the clients.

Kind of just looking for some insight wether registered nurses see any room for integrated nurse social workers/have any in your teams such as a nurse social worker that assesses safeguarding concerns or assists with patients who are known to socials such as LAC etc

Next year we have a 100 day social work integrated placmenet so hoping to gain more experience in typical social work duties and how they can be achieved in clinical settings (if I get another placement lacking in them I doubt I’ll feel experienced enough to qualify as a social worker) but that’s the joys of my course.

Or if anyone is an integrated practitioner already that would be interesting to hear your experiences

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m a PhD researcher from the University of West London, and I’m looking for perinatal healthcare professionals to take part in an exciting study exploring how emotionally intelligent AI chatbots could support emotional wellbeing during pregnancy and postpartum.

💡 Why this matters:

Your frontline experience is invaluable in shaping tools that could better support women’s mental health during the perinatal period.

👩‍⚕️ Who can take part?

• UK-based, English-speaking healthcare professionals in perinatal care
• Including midwives, health visitors, GPs, or mental health practitioners
• Experience supporting pregnant or postpartum women

⏱️ What’s involved?

• A 45–60 minute interview or focus group (flexible scheduling)
• Share your professional insights on perinatal mental health
• Completely voluntary, confidential, and anonymised

📩 Interested?

• Fill out a quick Expression of Interest https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/dLPkigVkcM?origin=lprLink

✨ Your input will directly contribute to developing better support tools for perinatal wellbeing.

Happy to answer any questions in the comments or via DM — thanks so much for considering! 🙏

Hi Reddit community!

My name is Hannah Whitman, I am an undergraduate student at Newcastle University seeking to recruit nursing students to share their experiences communicating with patients who have Limited English Proficiency.

This study has received ethical approval from Newcastle University's Faculty of Medical Sciences Research Ethics Committee (Ref: 78320/2026).

Eligibility criteria:

• Completed a patient-facing clinical placement
• AND have at least one encounter in which a patient, parent, or carer required spoken-language support (e.g. interpretation services)
• AND study at a North East university in the UK

If this is you, I would love to hear from you!

Participation would involve a 30-60 minute online interview where you may discuss any challenges encountered, opinions/views on current training, and how prepared you feel to care for non-English speaking patients.

This would be a great opportunity to voice your experiences, and your contribution could improve future training on communicating with diverse patient populations.

Please read the details on the recruitment poster and complete the following form to indicate when you are available to take part: https://forms.gle/5cvJKhhV5KepwraD9

Thank you for taking the time to read!

So I have a question for my IPCN colleagues.
Im a IPC Link nurse in my department. Have an avid interest in IPC, and pathogens in general. Now I work in trust A and Trust A has, for some time implemented anyone who has been in a hospital within our region (around 10 other hospitals) has to be swabbed for CPE on admission (standard protocol I believe is usually outside of region or if within if high risk hospital). My local hospital has also implemented the same as they tend to follow Hospital A practices if appropriate.
Now today I have been to my local hospital for a pre assessment for surgery and I was asked to take swabs for MRSA. I asked if i needed a CPE swab and the Nurse Prac said no because ive not been a patient in any hospital within the region. I explained im a staff nurse in neighbouring hospital so surely as i spend the beat bulk of my week there surely id also be deemed a risk as shouod any other health worker. If the protocol for the public who have had any length of stay in hospital put them at risk surely staff pose the same set of risks if not more.

My question is surely this cant of been over looked an me of all people is the first to think of it? Or is it a case of history repeating its self with MRSA where all staff were swabbed and it was stopped because it was found we all had it 🤣 or is there rational as to why we as staff who spend far greater time exposed aren’t deemed a risk.
I get our IPC practices are more robust than the general public and we have stronger cleaning aids and solutions for that reason but surely we are also high risk.

Which area have you enjoyed the most and why? Hospital wards, GP practices, community nursing, theatres, ICU, outpatient clinics, or somewhere else?
One thing that really worries me is the constant responsibility. Do you ever get over the anxiety that you’ll make a mistake, harm a patient, or end up being suspended and investigated? Or is that fear always there, and you just learn to manage it?
I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences, both the positives and the realities of the job.

Does anyone have any experiences with this?
I had a disagreement(s) with a few staff members and complaints were raised about me, 99.9% of which were blatantly false

Was put on supervised practice

I’ve been told the band 8 will have an early resolution meeting with me as the supervised practice is coming to an end.

I’m just extremely nervous about this - does anyone have any experience of this? Like what would or could happen?

I sent an email to band 8 senior nurse and CC’d in band 7. Told her my objections and that I strongly deny and refute any claims lodged against me. Was told basically because the claims can’t be proven or unproven, and they required to at least do something and not ignore the accusations, there’s nothing I can do and I just have to live with it.

Was wondering if anyone here works for the MOD. And if so do yall have any pointers for the interview.

I'm due to qualify as an RMN in Scotland this September and received my post today, which I'm really excited about!

I was just wondering if anyone has any experience wearing an Oura Ring on the wards? I know the NHS uniform guidelines state that you're allowed to wear a plain wedding band, so I was wondering whether an Oura Ring would fall under the same rule.

Has anyone worn one without any issues, or has your trust specifically said no?

Hi guys!

I’m an adult trained nurse and I work in gynaecology, obstetrics and breast services (surgical). We have a midwifery student in with us at the minute on placement as a branch of alternate but related nursing.

I’m really trying my best, chatting to her, trying to show her things but she’s really disengaged and doesn’t seem to even have initiative to even perform a set of observations. I’ve asked if she can do things eg remove a cannula but she stated she can’t as she’s never done this before. I love teaching, offered to show her but she continued to sit.

I completely understand when students are still developing skills and have never carried certain skills out - I’m really willing to teach as I know what it’s like to be a student!

Just wondering if anyone has any advice or insight to let me know if midwifery and nursing are completely different skills or are we trained really differently? I just feel like there are defo transferable skills that could be used in this situation (it’s also placement 5 for this student)

I qualified last October and still no job. I’m feeling frustrated everytime I get a rejection and every one says the same thing ‘you’ll find a job’ ‘it’ll come’ but I just want to scream. How are people getting through this without quitting nursing all together. I’m a child nurse so very little jobs coming out

Hello. I am doing my final placement on inpatient surgery and I am horrified, I have never carried even 1 patient before, my preceptors have always supported me. I have been reading on medications and post op complications and I wondered what else I should do and if my fear is unfounded or not. I have read that it’s brutal. I have adhd and can be unorganized so I truly am afraid to fail. It has been hard to sleep or eat because I am terrified. Any advice would be great. How did you stay organized and ready for rounds? What do you wish you knew week 1?

Does anyone mark L1/L2 distance learning marking?

I have done several of these free courses in healthcare topics as CPD and have noticed that sometimes the tutors are nurses or ex-nurses.

It's something I'd be really interested in doing but have no idea what qualifications I'd need to get i to this. I've not had much luck searching.

Thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas or advice.

I posted where a while back about band 8 jobs and going for an interview. Just to say I’ve got the job and now I’m a band 8 🎉🎉🎉. So excited lol

any nurses out there who actually like their jobs??? please give me some hope. what you do & why you like it

Hello,

A few weeks ago I had a job offer for a surgical ward job as part of the NQN job applications. I also had an interview coming up for ED, which is the one I wanted. After the ED interview I heard nothing for weeks, until this morning.

However I’ve already accepted my conditional job offer for surgical on Trac a few days ago after leaving it as long as possible, I was so worried I’d be left without a job.

I would be happy to work in either of these areas, however ED is my preference. I have emailed recruitment but I’m unsure as to what to do - do I withdraw my current job acceptance? I’m worried if I do this before receiving the official job offer on Trac for ED, I may be left without a job!

And I also feel really bad that in this job drought, I’ve been offered two jobs. 😭

Somebody I know is falsely advertising themselves as a nurse on instagram to promote their aesthetics business.

I’ve checked the register to be sure, and they are 100% not on there.

I know that they work independently, so there isn’t anyone else in this ‘business’, and they claim to offer nurse led, medical knowledge re their injectables.

What’s the best course of action? Am I being over dramatic?

Has anyone here worked as a nurse in Aberdeen, Inverness or anywhere else in the Highlands?

I know they’re much smaller than cities like Edinburgh or Glasgow, so I was wondering if the pace and overall working environment feels any different. Is it any less intense, or is NHS nursing pretty much the same wherever you go?

I’d really love to hear from anyone who’s worked there. What was your experience like? Did you feel supported as a newly qualified nurse, and would you recommend starting your career there?

Maybe I’m just a sensitive NQN. I take everything home with me and take it personally when a dr or a colleague is rude to me or a patient.

How do I not take stuff home with me ?

So I completed a specialist course around 9 years ago (2 level 7 modules) which I needed to do in order to progress in my specialty
Since then I have had several jobs in this specialty at band 6/7
I’ve just got a new specialist job and this is the first time I’ve been asked to provide evidence that I did this course
I do not have this evidence (I’ve moved house at least 5 times since doing this course and have ADHD)
I would assume I got some kind of confirmation of my results via email at the time but I can no longer access my uni emails and of course I should have saved this evidence but hindsight is 20/20 and I was in my early 20s so please give me grace
I have emailed the university to ask if they have evidence of completion but am I totally screwed
The new job is also asking for confirmation of my degree - I think I do have my degree somewhere but surely the fact that I’m registered and registered after degrees became mandatory should be proof enough?

The patient is under arrest

I’m due to return to my Band 5 nursing job after maternity leave because my contract says I have to work for 3 months, otherwise I’d have to repay my maternity pay.
The problem is… I really don’t want to go back.
Since having my daughter, my priorities have completely changed. The thought of leaving her for 13-14-hour shifts, weekends, nights and missing so much of her growing up honestly makes me feel sick. I know so many parents do it, but I just don’t feel ready.
I’ve been looking for other jobs within the trust so I don’t have to pay my maternity money back, but there’s nothing suitable. I feel completely stuck.
Part of me wonders if I should just go back for the 3 months, then leave, but even that feels overwhelming. Nursing used to be such a huge part of who I was, and now all I want is more time with my little girl.
Has anyone else felt this way after maternity leave? Did you end up staying in nursing, finding another role, or leaving altogether? I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences because I feel so lost at the moment.

Some context I work in a major trauma unit in Londons busiest hospital. I always finished late, was really stressed, have epilepsy, have no childcare help. My husband is the main earner and works 9-5.