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  1. Touching blood without gloves

    there are a couple of issues here.... and common sense will solve them all. To wear gloves provides a level of protection for both patient and carer. A level of protection which is enhanced by what in my day were called universal precautions... no to...
  2. Reclaiming our Profession

    It's many years since I began my career as a RN here in Australia and much has changed but one thing from the past still resonates with me. In the 1970's there was a very bitter industrial dispute regarding wages and working conditions (which we even...
  3. Outback Nursing - Aus ... whats good/bad

    I spent many years in rural districts and some time as the sole nurse at a bush nursing centre. I loved the autonomy but sometimes found the lack of professional support tough. If you have the skills and confidence it is a fantastic experience and I ...
  4. Advice. Support. Anything!!!

    As the voice of sad experience ... get some legal advice sooner rather than later. Either via the union or ask about. I found one who worked pro bono, also my first consultation was free... arranged by a trade union I had links with thru my past care...
  5. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    GLASS IV bottles............ I remember glass underwater sealed drainage bottles for intercostal tubes and on suction units too, (to go with the stainless steel sucker nossles) which came apart for cleaning ... I specially remember cleaning sucker ...
  6. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    Rats to that... the notion of kids wearing tee shirts which advertise colostomy bags is so much more fun.
  7. I've noticed something on these boards...

    happily so are these ones. i guess part of the learning experience is sorting the diamonds from the smeary glass, or in australia the true opals from the triplets. the best answer to them all is laugh... or go into the sluice room and polish stainl...
  8. I've noticed something on these boards...

    what a fascinating thread, as a, retired from nursing, 50 year old female who has worked across this wide brown land in many settings i would have to say that i've met all sorts including some who should be fed to their own..or someone else's young. ...
  9. Recognition of registration interstate.

    i am currently out of the nursing work force.. and planning to stay that way, but a national register is well overdue ....speaking as a rn who at one stage was registered in three states as a consequence of a working holiday and the old ... never get...
  10. OPTIONS..could ya help me all you kind people?

    Its probably a silly question but... do you actually have an employer to sponsor you ? If so then that is probably the way to go. the rules are very strict tho..you cannot just wing it you must have an employer before you file... Immigration should ...
  11. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

  12. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

    :balloons:what a hoot... we will nearly be neighbors.I looked very hard at Carlton when I moved out of town... finally decided to come out a bit further to buy a place one house back from the crown reserve and the water. Working at Port Arthur Histor...
  13. Nursing Crisis

    watching the news tonight, with horror, this idiot intervention into rural services in Tasmania. I have worked in two of the three hospitals under examination at present. There are not enough nurses to fill the b***** rosters, and there haven't been...
  14. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

    Hi from a retired Tasmanian still here. Living now at Murdunna, just past Dunalley on the Tasman Peninsular. Real Estate is almost affordable so hope you get your house of dreams. Where are you coming home too? Health remains chaotic... gotta love po...
  15. happy hunting, the tas health dept has a casual register, access it via the state gov web site...follow the links to jobs.tas.gov.org...i think. there is a system where health workers can get three month appointments too, i'm not sure how it works. ...