Water, Do You Drink Enough? in Association with the NHS North East FIGHTING FITByline: STEVEN SWANSONEvening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Mr Impatience started shouting again. “Nurse get me a drink now.” So I got out of bed and poured him a cup of water and took it to him. He said, “At least someone cares, thank you. You should do this job.” I said, “I did – I was a nurse until I became disabled.” ...
Really early in the morning Alan got a visit from a doctor, and he was immediately on intravenous antibiotics. He was still restless early on during the day, but by the end of Saturday he was in much better spirits (he went through three bags of antibiotic liquid). During the day, the...
The belief that coffee is dehydrating is not true for habitual coffee drinkers. If your body is used to drinking coffee the effect on urine output should be minimal (unless your bladder is sensitive to caffeine – see previous point). Obviously if you drink a lot ofanyfluid you are going ...
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The next new operational procedure was to ask me if I wanted a cold drink. I politely declined, having just had a cup of coffee before I left the house. But then it turns out it is not optional, I was told I really should have a drink even if it was only water. Hackles up, hee...