u/AcrobaticConstant567

What do you do when you really want to go camping and explore an area but the forecast is a mixed bag of rain and sun like it is next week? Do you still go or is it miserable?

I started camping seriously this year and it's been dry so I don't really know what it's like to camp on a rainy day apart from one morning when we were packing up. I have a 9 year old daughter too.

Thank you 😊

My daughter (9 years old) complains most of the time when we go outdoors and walk through woodlands for example or I suggest going camping somewhere. She warms up and enjoys it when she's there after a while but it's still a struggle to get her out of the house and outdoors in nature.

Were any of you reluctant to go out into nature or camping as children and now as adults you're glad you did those things during your childhood, or do you feel like it was a chore of sorts and wish you'd been left to relax at home?

We spend on average a couple of hours for 4 to 5 days a week in nature on my days off.

Thank you 😊

If you underwent IVF, how did the cycle go for you? How many eggs did you have collected and did you have any embryos? Many thanks

What is a typical day like in a stroke and rehab ward? What are the skills you've learned and what do you like most about the job?

I've got an interview next week so just curious about other's viewpoints. Thank you.

I donated eggs five times to different recipients and I often think about how they as a family are doing. The children range from 3 to 6 years old.

One day I wonder if I will get to know any of them. Donor conceived adults, how do you feel about the woman who donated her eggs to your parents, and would you ever like to meet or have an ongoing relationship with her?

Recipients, would you ever like to do the same? Or do you prefer to just leave that part in the past and move on?

Many thanks.

My main aim is to be a well rounded nurse where I have a permanent job but can work in most ward areas on bank (I would like to work on bank for the flexibility and experience).

For my statutory job, which ward areas in your opinion give a well rounded baseline capability?

My current job is temporary contract so have been applying to different areas and going to interviews. I have an upcoming one for a stroke ward.

Thank you in advance.

If you put out a vacancy and a bank nurse applies, are they less likely to be selected for interview and to get the position?

Is it offputting in any way that a nurse has been just bank nursing?

Also for references, would you accept the bank nurse manager reference?

I'm on a temporary contract so due to the job market I might be bank only by the time the temporary contract ends and I'm still applying for a statutory post.

Thank you 😊

I have been qualified for 18 months and the first year I was working in a non clinical area. Then I moved to a much higher pressure clinical area working half of full time hours, and have had to learn a lot of things from scratch. I have been falling behind on my shifts and I saw on my allocate that I have been made supernumary. I am so devastated and have been crying all afternoon. Apart from falling behind and prioritisation (feedback given) I don't know what other concerns there are.

Thanks for any advice anyone can offer me.

I've been qualified for 18 months and spent the first year of that was in a non-clinical area.

I do a couple of RCNi modules a month but feel that there are so many gaps in my knowledge. For example I can follow protocols like ACS or hypoglycaemia, fluid resuscitation etc, but my knowledge is patchy on many things.

I don't find Nice that great to navigate around so tend to use RCNi and ESR for modules.

How does everyone else improve their clinical knowledge?

Thank you.

I have an average level of clinical skills and competency for a newly qualified nurse (6 months) and would love to work bank shifts in a few different wards, but the thing that is holding me back are things that are different from my area like different pumps, different electronic medication prescribing system, different routines.

How do other nurses who do bank manage the unknown such as the things I mentioned?

Or am I overthinking things? I tend to be cautious.

Thank you

If a band 5 vacancy is internal and someone who works on bank for the organisation (but also has a statutory job in a different trust) applies for the post, is that candidate still up for consideration for the job or would they likely be rejected?

For those who do 30 hours a week on a standard hospital shift format, what do your shifts look like each week?

I assumed it would be 2 long and 1 short shift, but they might do it differently. Just trying to see what my week would look like.

Thank you

I have been covering maternity leave and have another 4 months remaining. I'm wondering if there are any pathways to finding another job such as redeployment within the trust/healthboard or is it entirely independent and up to the nurse to find another job before the current one ends?

Thank you

Are there women who you don't see as either attractive or unattractive?

Up until recently I saw a single father I know as just that - my child's friend's father. However recently I have been seeing him as an attractive man, and I would love for him to also feel some attraction but don't want him to feel awkward or creeped out if he senses I like him in that way.

Do men often feel creeped out by a woman who they suspect is attracted to them? Or do they just ignore it?

How can a woman plant some attraction in your mind?

I'm so shy. I act normal around him, but my heart beats so fast.

Hi, I’d appreciate some perspective on a situation.

I’ve got to know another parent over the last few months because our children are friends. Lately I’ve realised I am so attracted to him, but I really don’t want to make things awkward and don't want him to realise that I'm attracted to him.

I’ve been friendly, chatting, smiling, making an effort with my dresses etc. How likely is he to pick up on this attraction? I want to encourage him but not make him feel uncomfortable. If a man feels that a woman is attracted to him, does it sometimes make him avoid her or feel uncomfortable?

I have suddenly found myself atttacted to a single dad and have started to wear dresses more often and put a little more makeup on than before, just a subtle bit more effort. We've known each other about 3 months.

However, as I know him because our children are friends I don't want him to think I'm attracted to him in case it makes him feel uncomfortable, but at the same time I can't help wanting him to also feel something.

How can I tell if he could be similarly attracted to me and if you were in that situation as a single father, what would you do or think? I don't want him to feel creeped out anyway.

Thank you for reading.