Speaking of catheterisations, it's interesting that in the UK female nurses are usually qualified to do women (but not not men), while for male nurses it's the reverse.
In Oz when I trained both male & female student nurses had to get a tick in the box for both genders.
Damned if I can work out the UK logic for not including the other gender in normal nursing training.
Slightly off topic, but the first time I worked in a UK hospital I thought I'd stepped into a Jack the Ripper set.
Suffice to say I'm not terribly impressed with the NHS. I've told my family that if I get anything seriously wrong with me I'll be on the first jet back to Oz. If I'm too ill for that I'll crawl onto whatever plane is heading for Scandinavia or Germany...
Last edited by Tinstaafl; 30th Dec 2002 at 14:16.