Category Archives: District Nursing

Slow but sure, or in fits and starts?

Posted on 09/05/2012 by

The snail which ended up in the boot of my car travelled far further than most snails would travel in a whole lifetime. It must have fallen off the greenery I took to the tip yesterday  though it was in … Continue reading →

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Monkeying around

Posted on 14/03/2012 by

Monkey was a ‘give away’ associated with a popular brand of tea (CORRECTION INSERTED: on the TV ad, any fule kno that Johnny Vegas is the straight man to Monkey who is actually voiced by Ben Miller – the one … Continue reading →

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River of Stones XX

Posted on 20/01/2012 by

Today at the end of a visit the husband came out to the car to speak out of his wife’s hearing. Reassurance, information, advice, and understanding was what I tried to offer, what I felt he may feel in need … Continue reading →

Posted in District Nursing, Prose, Small stones | 17 Comments

Weekending

Posted on 04/12/2011 by

The week ended with tension. Friday friction. I’m working in an environment, for the first time in my life, where there is serious back biting, with development of cliques and bitchiness between and within two teams. I can see why, … Continue reading →

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“Thistle do?”

Posted on 01/08/2011 by

I have decided I need another job. By that I mean an additional job – one that’ll take up my current days off. But I don’t want to nurse on these days, I want to try something else. (I am … Continue reading →

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Red, white and blue: observations (27th July Small Stones)

Posted on 27/07/2011 by

This afternoon after work I wondered around the garden. I noticed that spontaneous deep breaths escaped me intermittently.  I left work (and the sadness it brings sometimes) behind me and started to see the garden properly. I noticed that nearly … Continue reading →

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Learning on the job

Posted on 12/05/2011 by

I had been told that there will be no more money for me to go on a particular course I wish to attend, at least until September. Not wishing to let that deter me I asked if I could visit … Continue reading →

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Unsent letters

Posted on 31/12/2010 by

Sometimes, when something’s really bothering me I’ll get up in the night and write a letter, to whomsoever it may concern. This usually means a series of versions being written out in neater and neater script, maybe in a more … Continue reading →

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Work Rules

Posted on 09/11/2010 by

Another of my rants about District Nursing, and the way the service is being ground into the ground. (The last being here http://pseu1.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/crisis-what-crisis/ ) Today I worked 9 am-4.30 pm, in a team that has been struggling by on one and … Continue reading →

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Crisis what crisis?

Posted on 20/10/2010 by

“There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.” Henry Kissinger US (German-born) diplomat & scholar (1923 – ) Things are feeling rather fraught at work at the moment. As I’m sure is the case country-wide, layers … Continue reading →

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