WorldClassNurse

Professional Career Coach for Nurses: From Clear Direction to Confident Action

[WorldClassNurse @getrudeorodo]

After what seems like an eternity, I started having the itch to write again some weeks back.

Here we go again!

https://t.co/HHEaRqO4SX

[WorldClassNurse @getrudeorodo]

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[𝑵𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝑴𝑱™️ @proudnursemj]

Majority of the questions I have in my dm is “Can you help me with securing a Nursing job with visa sponsorship in UK” 🇬🇧

While this is a good question, I also see it as a question that could lead to exploitation. This is exactly how the whole COS drama started.

Anyone promising to hand you a job will definitely have a price tag to it, and could be dishonest because most jobs here in the UK are merit-based… it means you earned it!

So it’s either they own the company, they know the owner of the company, or in partnership with the owner of the company to sell you COS..

Which is something I do not do. I value my PIN more than your money.

[Ngalula @NgalulaDonald]

You need to learn,
There is no patient owned by a Nurse, MO, CO and etc.

We all work collaboratively in a care team to meet specific patient care goals.

While at it, you stick to your scope of practice. Don’t sneak into another’s. You feel insufficient retrain and review scope.

[Jen k 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Jenny_1884]

We pay up to 40% PAYE Tax
We pay 10% NI
We pay an average £1500+ Council Tax
We pay Car Tax
Stamp Duty when buying home
Inheritance Tax on our homes
Fuel Tax
We pay 20% VAT when we buy products

We have to pay insurance to go on holiday, to drive our cars & insure our homes.

We are being robbed of our hard earned money.

[Ngalula @NgalulaDonald]

Fraud Alert!

There’s a board that calls itself KENYA NURSING ASSISTANTS AND CAREGIVERS CERTIFICATION BOARD
(KNACCB) that regulates CNA & Caregivers.

From simple research, it does not exist.

Such regulatory boards are formed by an Act of Parliament. @DCI_Kenya @MOH_Kenya

[Hip Hop Dr @DoctorReign]

We must also agitate for clinical officer interns and nurse interns pay as per their CBA. A doctor in Kenya can’t operate without them!

[Dr Ruth Oshikanlu MBE RN RM RHV QN FRCN FAAN FRSPH @RuthOshikanlu]

Oh my days!
I'm excited!

It's a long post!

It's been a long gestation!

Almost 20 years!

This time 20 years ago, I was pregnant and in hospital. I had been there for several months.

A routine pregnancy scan on July 21, 2004 began a long period of hospitalisation, full of fear; fear I would lose my baby in pregnancy.

Eventually, I left hospital with my baby after 159 days of hospitalisation in pregnancy and postnally

It was long!
It was hard!
It was full of fear, I was even terrified to sneeze for fear I would sneeze my baby out.

Thankfully, I didn’t.

In fact, I can't believe the baby I almost lost, is in his last month as a teenager.

Every day, I pinch myself!
I am full of gratitude.

I can't fault the physical care I received in hospital.
My blood pressure was checked regularly.
My baby's heart beat was listened to.
I got all my prescribed medication, scans and investigations.

But the emotional care was not great.

There was a fear I noticed in the professionals who provided care, especially on the days I felt really down - "I can see you're not feeling great but I don't have capacity today, so I won't ask how you are feeling as I can't do anything about it." They never said it, but I felt it!

So I soldered on, with Big Ben reminding me about every hour I spent confined in my hospital room on a hospital bed.

Hour by hour
Day by day
Month by month....

We both made it, my unborn son and I.
We survived despite how intensely challenging it was.

I became a mum despite the profound fear I would lose my baby.

I took time out to heal. A year!

Then I became a health visitor and supported many women whose experience was similar to mine.

Full of fear! Crippled with anxiety!

I wrote my first book to support these women - Tune In To Your Baby: Because Babies Don’t Come With an Instruction Manual.

Yet, I felt a need to do more...

I focused my Master's dissertation on the role of midwives and health visitors in promoting parental-foetal attachment in expectant parents.

I still wanted to do more...

I developed the Tune In To Your Baby 'Pregnancy without Fear' programme for women (and their partners) who were terrified of losing their baby(ies) in pregnancy, to enjoy their pregnancy without fear.

But I still wanted to do more...

So about a year ago, I had an Aha moment!

I've been supporting all these women and their partners. But there is no name for this condition.

There is tokophobia - fear of childbirth.

But this fear is different!

This is a fear of pregnancy loss (miscarriage).
An intense fear only those who live it, truly know it.

I started working on a name and ran it past a colleague, a very experienced obstetrician, gynaecologist and fertility specialist @TundeGbolade

We wrote a piece proposing a name.

On Monday, a week after #babylossawarenessweek
#BLAW2024 our article was published in @TheBJPsych
Thanks to the Editor in Chief, the two editors and the reviewers.

Now the work begins for the name to be embraced by healthcare professionals who provide care in the perinatal period, and for adequate support to be given to women (and their partners/families) who live with this fear.
@MidwivesRCM @rcpsych @RCObsGyn
@theRCN @world_midwives

APOTYCHIAPHOBIA - Fear of pregnancy loss (miscarriage).
#midwives #obstetricians
#fertilityspecialists
#perinatalpsychiatrists
#bereavementmidwives

#PregnancyWithoutFear

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[WorldClassNurse @getrudeorodo]

Congratulations Cate. Well deserved.
Wishing you all the best. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[Cate Mimi @catemimi1772]

I have spent the past few days trying to grasp the full extent of something dear to my heart. I have been awarded a Master's Scholarship to advance in my nursing career courtesy of @BurdettTrust . It has been a surreal moment for me (thread)

[Craig Davidson RN (Adult) (he/they) @CraigDavidson85]

Junior doctors (who deserve it) receive a pay offer of 22.3%. Meanwhile, nurses and Agenda for Change staff who have experienced the same pay erosion are offered 5.5%. Something doesn’t add up.
https://t.co/z9CVvgoZFt

@theRCN @RCNScot @UKLabour @wesstreeting @theSNP @neilcgray

[Njeri Wa Migwi™ @NjeriWaMigwi]

Nairobi Governor @SakajaJohnson

Your speech yesterday was quite alarming and tbh not aligned with climate justice. Let me bring you up to speed

What Kenyans do NOT want in Uhuru Park

A NIGHTCLUB

We want a free & accessible green space to enjoy

Day 2 #LeaveUhuruParkalone

[ASHLEIGH LOUISE @axhleighlouise]

I don't know who needs to hear this but, duty free is not cheaper.

[Laura Kelly @laurakaykelly]

It seemed everything was getting better last week. My brilliant husband was recovering from the cardiac arrest that very nearly killed him. He’d finally got home from hospital.

Then his heart stopped again.

We were in bed. I was the only one there.

All he had.

[Ngalula @NgalulaDonald]

The gospel of Nursing as told by Yasmin:

We are not asking for any increment on interns pay. It's simple timely posting & appropriate remuneration by the wisdom of the Scheme of Service and PSC Guidelines.

We refuse to believe the GoK is broke to implement this.

#NursesMarchKE

[Kenya Student and Novice Nurses @KESNNUR]

Make sure to join the discourse.

[Ngalula @NgalulaDonald]

Amkeni ndugu zetu,
Tufanye sote bidii,
Nasii tujitoe kwa nguvu,
Nchi yetu ya Kenya,
Tunayoipenda,
Tuwe tayari kuilinda!

#PostBScnInterns

[Ngalula @NgalulaDonald]

Tomorrow we gather as Sacred Assembly of nurses.

We will make our supplications of #PostBScNInterns known to the high and might. We understand our terms, and we remind them about the Scheme of Service.

See you tomorrow

[Kenya Student and Novice Nurses @KESNNUR]

Calling the nursing fraternity to action, our dedication knows no bounds but our voices must be heard. In solidarity we are an indomitable force of healing and justice. #IamReadyfortuesday

[Ken Kunde, BScN 🇰🇪🇦🇹 @kenkunde1]

In the wake of impunity that supercedes a country's people, we've decided to wake up on Tuesday to redeem ourselves
Demands;
Adherence to Nursing Scheme of Service
Timely posting of interns
Absorption post internship, among others
#AyamReadyForTuesday
#FollowNursingServiceScheme

[Alfred Obengo @AlfredObengo]

Henry Morton Stanley With His Slave 1877..
the nurse is the small guy(slave) with a gun. The master is Kuka Panyako. The nurse will always help Kuka to pursue his political ambitions and errands which have no iota of relevance to the profession.
THIS MUST END!

PANYAKO TAWE!

[WorldClassNurse @getrudeorodo]

@salimmrashid @Ramwaka_ Congratulations Rashid. Wishing you good health and happiness in your union 🥂