The Seamans Dispensary
Memoirs of an ICU Nurse with 47 years experience.
Liverpool, London, Edinburgh, Saudi Arabia, Dublin and Sligo!
The Seamans Dispensary
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The Robots have arrived
Improvements in technology have advanced Nursing.From manual methods of taking blood pressures, manual CVP readings etc to digital displays on the monitoring system.Developments in urinalysis to the Clinical Information Systems be...
Mistletoe, Wine and Miracles
Christmas time in the Hospitals 1970s and 80s.The Christmas Nativity scenes.The Christmas " tours" of the wards by the Student Nurses and the encouragement of alcohol intake!The Christmas party / disco!!!Mistletoe an...
The Staff Nurse
Role of Staff Nurse 1981 to 2026The failure of the Nurse education system.4 year degree in Nursing has become similar to Social Work degree due to Educationalists attempting to divorce Nursing from Medicine.Nursing is both ...