emmalou*

emmalou* has 14 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg; aged care; OH&S.

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1. The culture of nursing - Professional behaviour & conduct

   emmalou* replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

   ^ this. If you listen to nothing else on here, listen to this. Most of us have concentrated on the 'doing' tasks, which are important obviously, but qualities which are as important are empathy, kindness and active listening. Nursing students and ...

2. The culture of nursing - Professional behaviour & conduct

   emmalou* replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I replied to your post last year. Congratulations on making it to 2nd year! Good for you. Did you receive any feedback on your last 2 clinical placements? It would be a good place to start, by thinking about what you need to work on still and wor...

3. What to say to the parents of special needs children

   emmalou* replied to thetaterelate's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah I have to agree with some of the other posters here. The OP wrote an excellent, well thought out, realistic article but in response to the 'special children born to special parents' argument from a couple of people - I have an uncle (Dad's broth...

4. Why should I be a nurse if it's so awful?

   emmalou* replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

   It's not that nursing has a higher incidence of awful people - I honestly don't think that. All professions have their challenges, bad people, unhappy people, etc. The corporate sector, for example, can have a very bad workplace culture in that peopl...

5. Does allnurses.com make you a better nurse?

   emmalou* replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Being ex RN of a couple of years, but having visited here over the past 10 years (I lost my account so had to make a new one in 2006) Allnurses didn't make my physical skills better but improved my knowledge. It also helps knowing there are other pe...

6. Is It Just Me...

   emmalou* replied to kbm318's topic in General Nursing

   I guess the reason nursing is so scrutinised is because, a) the perception by so many people of nursing being altruistic; and b) the fact that nurses see their clients more than any other health professional. To deal with people 8-12 hours a day, go...

7. Is It Just Me...

   emmalou* replied to kbm318's topic in General Nursing

   I can see where the OP is coming from actually .. I mean I don't think everyone necessarily needs to say they want to help people in regard to their career, and certainly, being attracted to a job for security and decent pay is fair enough ... The fa...

8. Told to clean room

   emmalou* replied to cargalrn's topic in General Nursing

   The OP was obviously placed in a difficult situation - it had to be done by someone and there was nobody else around. Some of my thoughts on cleaning tasks ... Nurses should not be cleaning, full stop unless there's danger to a patient or anybody el...

9. Your Worst Mistake

   emmalou* replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

   I really felt for you reading that. It's very difficult to do your job well, particularly a task like administering medications, when you're anxious or stressed out with too high a workload. Anxiety is crippling. Even with day to day activities, much...

10. Would you marry a doctor?

    emmalou* replied to QTpie86's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a joke? I thought this type of thing happened in the 50s or something ... way to set the women's movement back 40 years?! I probably wouldn't marry a doctor because of the incredibly long hours they put in and the fact that I'd never see the...

11. Enjoyable Depression

    emmalou* replied to markuskristian's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't see your previous question unfortunately - it sounds interesting. I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but I've observed a certain type of person with depression (and in fact chronic illness, psychological and physical overall), who use th...

12. Teaching time management

    emmalou* replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    I was terrible at time management when I was a new grad nurse - and yet time management hasn't been a problem in other non-clinical, healthcare jobs; in fact I've been dropped in the deep end in senior jobs and did quite well. My guess is, the pressu...

13. I love nursing.. not sure if nursing loves me

    emmalou* replied to tdms's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above. You made a mistake, and it wasn't a terrible mistake on the scheme of things. You will make mistakes over your nursing career and you will sometimes feel stupid . That is a reality of nursing. I can understand how you feel - t...

14. sweaty hands- please help!!

    emmalou* replied to NICURN22's topic in General Nursing

    I tend to get sweaty hands when I'm nervous - I do have a general anxiety issue though. I don't know why, but it didn't pose much of a problem once I started nursing because you're so busy with getting all your work done, washing your hands between p...

15. Ten Things I Love About Nursing

    emmalou* replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Love this, sums up everything I've believed on those good, positive days