taeran

taeran has 10 years experience and specializes in Emergency / Critical Care.

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1. Help! I am stressed out and need advice.

   taeran replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

   wow, that would drive me NUTS working that gig! The good news is, there's plenty of other places to work in nursing... many of them are semi-enjoyable even at times, especially if you work with a great crew. Don't give up looking for other work, you...

2. Apparently we LOVE night duty?!

   taeran replied to taeran's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Miranda, The gist of what is frustrating is that despite evidence to the contrary, NSW health seems to think that working night shifts doesn't have many adverse effects on your body, sleep patterns or your life, and in fact we all enjoy it! Regard...

3. Apparently we LOVE night duty?!

   taeran posted a topic in General Nursing

   On a recent blog post where I was ranting about how night duty sucks, I came across an "interesting" ongoing dispute on the pros and cons of night duty for nurses... Basically the New South Wales (Australia) Nursing Association is trying to increase ...

4. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   taeran replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I had an AMBULANCE bring in a lady with a cat scratch on her arm - 'just to be sure!' Don't even think the skin was broken, from what I can recall - it was difficult to see the scratch!! Of course she had no ride home......

5. RNs / Student nurses slapped in the face

   taeran replied to sofia*26's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, thanks for stumbling my site! :) It's still rather new.... The funny thing about this slappage etc is that you don't really find out about it or how prevalent it is until you work as a nurse, or have long clinical blocks etc as a student.... Ah ...