We all do have profiles, and it says nurse so I would have thought that would be enough. No need to go looking through old posts, unless that is she has said something that made you not belive her.

Like I said Stormey, I was only interested in finding a thread about her nursing experiences, not because I didn't believe her (why wouldn't I??)but for the reasons I've just added to my previous post that's all.

I have just seen what you have added, there was no need to.

What I will say and I have said it before, I will fight anyones corner if I think what has been said is wrong. I have done in the past and will in the future. It can be a new member, old member, someone I have not had "heated" moments with in the past or someone I have, just ask borderdawn on that one.

Well, I hope she doesn't take offence, a caring, hard working nurse is the last person I would want to cause any further grief to than they already have going about their daily work that's for sure! I just found it interesting that in a previous thread she has stated exactly what we are going on about throughout the whole of this thread, i.e. it's all a big shambles, not enough cash, not enough time etc. all resulting in patient neglect, and not only that, but they must feel so despondent in the job that they love doing!

No there is a nationwide "no lift" policy in Hospitals now (mainly to prevent compensation claims though, not for our benefit!), but at the end of the day we have to get patients sat up in bed using slide sheets/kylie's and sat out in their chair using stand aids somehow and a lot of the time patients will suddenly decide they can't support their own weight and/or don't want to help you help them up the bed and you will end up taking most of their weight or have bruises as a result of them changing their mind and digging their fingers into your arm.

I don't quite understand the relevance of the link posted and this thread?

More importantly though, I have to say I am quite shocked that you'd question my profile!
How long have I been a member on this site H? I very much doubt I'm a troll considering my input on the site and the amount of posts I have under my belt! To question my honesty about being a fully qualified Nurse is a big deal for me and tbh it has annoyed me big time, I worked bl**dy hard to qualify from Uni, especially considering my illness!

And just to update anyone else questioning my illness and the fact I've managed to qualify as a Nurse I'll give a re cap....

I started my Nurse training in Jan 2004. Come May 2004 I had gone slightly deaf in my left ear, accompanied with a mild ringing noise. On attening my GP I was told it was Glue Ear (I'd had Grommits fitted twice as a child as a result of suffering from Glue Ear previously). After several visits for more nasal sprays and a lot of fobbing off from my GP I decided I could live with the deafness and left it at that.

In Feb 2005 I awoke at approx 6am with a very loud ringing noise in the same ear and profound deafness. I attended my GP that morning and was referred to an ENT specialist.

In June that year I attended my appointment expecting to be told I had Glue Ear etc. Instead I was told I probably had a Brain tumour and an MRI scan was arranged.

I attened my MRI in approx July/August 2005 and went back to my ENT consultant a few weeks later to be told it was a Brain Tumour/Cyst and I was to be referred to Mr. Nath - a Neurosurgeon. On that day I was told I would be unilaterally deaf for life and as such my life, as I knew it, effectively ended. It was, to date, the worst day of my life.

All the while I was continuing my training and having to contend with severe headaches, nausea and chronic fatique. During the Winter of 2005 I also took a part time job to enable me to pay for Xmas presents. I was working 50 hours a week. How I did it I don't know, but I do know it nearly killed me.

At my appointment with Mr. Nath, Jan 2006, I was given options, which basically consisted of - wait and see how fast it grows or have it removed as soon as waiting lists would allow. I choose the latter. I gave my consent for a cancellation appointment should one arise.

In the third week of April 2006 I got a call saying they'd had a cancellation. I rang Uni and the next day I was at James Cook University Hospital awaiting surgery.

I went to theatre at 09:30 on the Thursday and 4 hours later I was in recovery. Following a disastrous recovery I was moved to the High Dependency Unit for 24 hours and then back on to the ward.

I arrived at the hospital on the Wednesday and was discharged the following Monday - only a few days before my 27th birthday. I was due to have 3 months off to recover, but Uni gave me the option of having 3 weeks off or taking a whole 6 months out. Being in my third year the last thing I was going to do was delay my Graduation - so I went back to my GP and was back at Uni 3 weeks following Brain Surgery.

As a result I finished my course in Feb 2007, started work in Harrogate in March and officially Graduated in Nov 2007. I also gained the Elaine Juliet Lythe Award for Best Student in 2007 for my efforts.

I now work in the Friarage Hospital in Northalleton.

I hope that clears it up for those who questioned my qualification. Anyone that isn't satisfied can go to the NMC and search the register using my full name: Emma Heslop or my PIN: 06K0083E.


As I said we use slide sheets/kylie for helping patients up the bed. The only ones left with bruises are the staff, due to grabbing hands.