Author Archives: Ruth Guevarra

On Profile: Community Health Nursing Manager

Ruth, one of our nurse bloggers interviewed a Community Health Nursing Manager, Azilda Fernandez. Find out more about her and her perspective as a Nursing Manager. How long have you been a nurse? I started my nursing career in 1990 … Continue reading

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10 Things About Ruth Gueverra

As part of our “getting to know you” efforts here at Nurse Uncut, we’ve interviewed some of our resident writers. Here’s how our conversation with Ruth Gueverra went… 1. In true microblogging fashion, can you please describe yourself in 140 … Continue reading

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Dealing with needlephobic patients

I started this thread in the forum a few months ago and I got a lot of interesting comments from members. So, I thought I’d make an article about it. But first, what is ‘needlephobia’? According to Google, Needlephobia  can … Continue reading

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Helpful Relatives In Health Care

This is the last of my 4 night shifts… woohoo! I must admit, I’m not a night person at all but nothing much I can do about not working the night shifts I’m afraid. I’m just whinging a little, but … Continue reading

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Good things come when you least expect it (Why I love my union!)

I can still remember when I first joined the NSWNA. I was in RPA Hospital for the Trainee Enrolled Nurse (TEN) orientation day when the NSWNA team spoke and handed out pamphlets to us encouraging us to join the union. … Continue reading

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