OnTheShoales

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1. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

   OnTheShoales replied to gwenith's topic in Australia

   You must be working at a public hospital in Victoria, then. Other states do not have a ratio law. And Vic's ratios do not apply to private hospitals. Sometimes I will not even be allocated four -- I've had shifts with only three to look after, and no...

2. how will the new IR laws effect nurse's.......

   OnTheShoales replied to froghair's topic in International

   You have that right, Nambour. Holidays aren't forbidden, just harder to come by. I have put in a request. I don't like to be confronting, and with the new IR regime, I am less likely to push. The NUM is working on recruitment, so perhaps the holiday ...

3. how will the new IR laws effect nurse's.......

   OnTheShoales replied to froghair's topic in International

   I know on my ward at Royal Melbourne, the DON just posted a notice that "due to staff shortages, holiday availability will be curtailed after June, until further notice." My wife had her heart set on going to Europe in late September/early October (t...

4. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

   OnTheShoales replied to gwenith's topic in Australia

   I'm waiting for handover on how IR protests in your cities were! In Melbourne, I'd estimate there were 50,000 people in the CBD tops. On the platform, they said 150K, but the speakers always exaggerate. Mostly tradies, to judge from the flags and ban...

5. 'ello! want to move from UK to Aussie

   OnTheShoales replied to bleep073's topic in International

   Not entirely silly. At my hospital, night duty shifts are 10 hours: 2100 to 0730. (Day shift is 0700 to 1530, and arvo is 1300 to 2130. The 2-hour overlap is used for education, paperwork, etc.) Some night people close their eyes during their break, ...

6. 'ello! want to move from UK to Aussie

   OnTheShoales replied to bleep073's topic in International

   Melbourne is the best, because the state of Victoria is the only one in Oz to have mandatory patient-to-nurse ratios. If you work in a public hospital, that is. Take home pay, after the Treasurer takes home your taxes, will be $1,500-$1,900 a week on...

7. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

   OnTheShoales replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality

   I am SO glad to be in Australia! The subject of religion almost never comes up here. It seems to be behind everything in the U.S. Here, we don't have people referring to "God bless this" or "I'll pray for you" that. People are people here, not member...

8. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

   OnTheShoales replied to gwenith's topic in Australia

   The question is, what did you learn from this? One thing should be "Never leave a drug unattended." Better yet, "Never trust a patient." Bless their hearts, but I regard patients similar to sheep (not that I've ever been a pastoralist.) They're usual...

9. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

   OnTheShoales replied to gwenith's topic in Australia

   there was a story in the age a few months ago that kraft, the american corporation that makes vegemite, was moving production to china and closing the factory in south melbourne. maybe they should call it sinomite instead...

10. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

    OnTheShoales replied to gwenith's topic in Australia

    where the bloody football are you?!?