krusey

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1. Once more NURSE in headlines.

   krusey replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I must have been naive. I have been nursing for 15years. I have heard of pethidine subsitution, but never the taking of fentanyl patches, bit sad to be taking them from the elderly. I must be working too hard to heard what the media has to say, eh...

2. How small is your small rural hospital?

   krusey replied to Ted's topic in General Nursing

   Great guys! to have a hospital that had only one patient to care for. In the dim dark ages, had happened one Christmas day for 2 hours. However, have a 39 bed rural base hospital, who caters to the remote hospitals up to 10 beds. Very busy, AE, Me...

3. i am new

   krusey replied to SandyJohn's topic in General Students

   Hi Sandy, I am very new also to the boards. Am a student (3rd year) doing part time external study in Australia and work full time as an enrolled nurse. Best of luck with your studies.

4. Lunch breaks

   krusey replied to moonshadeau's topic in Safety

   We must be a bit lucky, we have a Nurse's union that is fighting on the nurses behalf, if we do not get our 1/2 hour break (uninterrupted I might add) we get paid time and a half. Occasionally if the ward is extremely busy we might miss out, but whe...

5. Top Ten Signs Your Hospital Is In Trouble

   krusey replied to betts's topic in Safety

   It is good to have a laugh, but these little titbits are nearing reality. Ouch!