Kat Suffolk

Advocate for peer support, debrief & forming healthy wellbeing habits💙 ITU RN | interest in #humanfactors & simulation |@RCNNRN curator | Views mine…all mine!

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@Erin_Dean_ I would like my own stethoscope but am put off. Don’t know why though. I work in ITU&listen to chests all the time but can’t bring myself to get one. I just use the one in the bedspace. Sometimes it’s a Littman, sometimes it’s one that looks & feels like it’s from a toy set.

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@timricketts_ Donate them to a health library? Or offer them to nurse-y people where you work?
Everything is behind a paywall.
Nurses don’t even get the publications as part of their RCN membership, we have to pay extra. Can’t afford it.

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@BrianWebster18 Whenever I read these I think how hard it is for nurses to achieve a “healthy lifestyle” due to constraints of the job.
And how much advice we offer that we can’t follow ourselves 🤣

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@RCNNRN Debrief isn’t just for big incidents. It’s important to debrief about stressful situations, near misses, all kinds of things. This is the hill that I will die on. It’s how we learn, make senses of things and move on.

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@RNMHCG my husband is a counsellor and currently doing a course in counselling for children and young people in a school setting.
So it’s not necessarily teachers or clinicians, but qualified CYP psychotherapists.
This is currently provided by charities.

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@Jemma_Louise_86 @RCNNRN @RCNStudents CV - overview

Covering letter/personal statement - detailed information about you, how you fit the role etc

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@credland_nicki @Carol_Cannon1 Manual Kit isn’t available in practice.
I like doing a manual BP, and in community setting did them all the time as a student.
In a hospital no easy access to a manual BP kit. I’m finding it frustrating that lots of people saying NQNs don’t have the skills. We do. But no kit.

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@RCNNRN A lot of the international nurses have brought family members who now work in care.
So those “dependents” are filling vital roles in care themselves once they have moved here.
So even removing the human element of caring for those who care, it’s very short sighted.

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@duffett_claire @Dr_BellaR I read through the standards and I thought the clinical time was similar to a nursing degree and was mandatory? Health Careers England states 1,600 hours clinical time, 350 in hospital.
Nurses MUST do 2,600 hours clinical placement over 3 years and 2,600 uni for registration.

[RCN Newly Registered Nurses @RCNNRN]

Today we thought we'd talk about raising concerns. It's really important that as nurses we can raise concerns but it can be difficult. What sort of things do you think hold people back? #RCNNRN

[RCN Newly Registered Nurses @RCNNRN]

As an NRN or final year STN how are you feeling about your decision to become a nurse now?
How much of a barrier is the student loan? Did your opinion change?
Is it in relation to pay&responsibility after qualification?
What else do you think would help boost applications?

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@Medic_Russell The M&S Blueberry is the only one that contains *only* blueberry. The other brands have raisins and blueberry which is a no from me.

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@ChloeERodger @PatLynch93 It’s always 16 if you only count for 15 seconds then times by 4…. 🤦‍♀️

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@CasualtySurgeon @PatLynch93 You win! 🤣

[RCN Newly Registered Nurses @RCNNRN]

I work in elderly care, we have a lot of confused patients (delirium, dementia). Do you know any techniques or tools which can help in this area? #RCNNRN

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@RCNNRN I’ve done stuff for myself all morning. I need to get up and get stuff done. But sure, if you insist I take a few more minutes I guess I’ll have to do what I’m told

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@KateBurkeNHS I was confused as to how the dogs being hot was helping to re-capture a raccoon 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@DrEilidhMaria Do they mean “Bay”? poor literacy around hospital based care provision by politicians & media is doing a lot of damage here & creating unnecessary panic. A mixed sex ward is normal. A mixed sex bay/boarding area is a breach. Imagine the bed crisis if all wards were single sex 🤣

[Kat Suffolk @KatSuffolkRN]

@helen_barnowl Is this the debilitating voice of rejection sensitivity dysphoria? Or do you hate public speaking? Or both. If it’s the RSD, then I hope you know that there is huge value in your sharing your experience. But if you will find it draining then weigh up the cost/benefit and decide x