froghair

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1. Victorian nurses unprotected industrial action

   froghair replied to BRAGGY's topic in International

   there taking action here were i work and docking peoples pay 100%. it sucks big time. if they dock my pay ill be resigning and moving up north. that will be my big finger to management

2. work and your partner

   froghair replied to froghair's topic in Men

   yeah i hear you with the above comment. theres one major snag, she is from the city and im from the country. im willing to move i just dont know how i would go in the city. ( i have lived there before for 9 months and didnt like it) i am thinking of ...

3. work and your partner

   froghair posted a topic in Men

   for those of you that are married to a nurse or your partner is a nurse how do you guys work so that you both get to spend time togeather but give each other space to sleep and recharge the batteries. being single for the last 8 yrs all ive had to th...

4. Help with Private Health Insurance

   froghair replied to Spanish Nurse's topic in International

   ive never heard of the ones you mention either. im with GMHBA and im happy with it

5. How do you get on with foreign nurses?

   froghair replied to letina's topic in General Nursing

   i have no problem working with nurses from elsewhere...... if they are female and scottish i hope there into talking lots as i could listen to them talk all day long. other terms for those "things" you dont want to say out aloud...... drop the kids o...

6. how do you program yourself to sleep.....

   froghair replied to froghair's topic in General Nursing

   ive also just brought a new bed and pillows but that hasnt even helped. i know i need to loose weight and my girlfriend says i snore like a bastard.....alot of the times though i am awake when she says im snoring. i prbably need some sleep studies do...

7. how do you program yourself to sleep.....

   froghair posted a topic in General Nursing

   ive been working night duty for around 6 years now and i find im sleeping less and less as time goes by. i work full time 10 shifts a fortnight and im lucky if i get 4hrs sleep a day. i live by myself and you would think i would have no problems but ...

8. You know you work nights when.......

   froghair replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

   your ready to party and everyone else is asleep

9. You know you work nights when.......

   froghair replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

   you can no longer sleep in a completly dark room and you sort of get used to surviving on 4hrs sleep a day

10. Need some moral/ethical (?) input

    froghair replied to momdebo's topic in General Nursing

    you are going to be the meat in the sandwich that cops all the heat when they are finally told. management who have made that decision will drop you like a hot potatoe to cop it all. you'll not only have her dispise you but any friends she has that w...

11. What is the biggest challenge facing nurses??

    froghair replied to EmileeMc's topic in General Students

    the biggest problem in nursing i see is management. anywhere i have ever worked over the last 14years management has always been the problem. and dr's that dont know there head from there arse, but thats another problem alltogeather

12. Do You take your patients out for smoke breaks?

    froghair replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    never, i work night duty and the place is locked down so every door alarms when a door is left unlocked. the pager going off drives me crazy so they soon learnt that when im on there not going out untill lockdown finishes at 0600. when i worked in ED...

13. Family in or out during procedures???

    froghair replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    family out especially the mother if its a child your putting an iv in. and not just outside the curtain but out of ear shot.......for there sanity and mine

14. Male Nurses/female Patients

    froghair replied to ern91's topic in Men

    as a male nurse i have washed countless female patients and inserted more female catheters than i care to remember. when working in emergency i felt uncomfortable if a young female patient was needing to be assessed. when doing things like ecg's i wo...

15. Nursing and tattoos

    froghair replied to MelRN13's topic in General Nursing

    i have 3 but would love to get more. id really like to get a back piece and have an idea of what i want. i just need someone to put my idea into color.......well.......black/grey. i would also like a lower arm piece but am concerned how it would be p...