Bringonthenight

Bringonthenight

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  1. USA RN to Melbourne!!!

  2. Patients who love their sick role

    Omg yes to this whole post! I wish we worked together!
  3. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    Please get up and help me when you see me running around like a mad person and all my call lights are going off at once. I know you think work is more of a social meet up with friends but I have patients that need help and I only have 1 set of hands....
  4. Late patients

    Yes yes yes
  5. Australian nurse practitioners

    Did you find the transition from Aus ICU to US ICU nursing difficult? I'd imagine it's quite different.
  6. Australian nurse practitioners

    Wow, did you complete your entire nursing education in the US? Or did you become an RN in Australia then become an NP in the US? It seems impossible to get to the US an a nurse these days.
  7. does this sound extremely unsafe or is this typical??

    There are no monitor techs where I'm from. No CNAs. No transporters at night either. You'll learn to adapt. Unfortunately is all about the money. Nurses don't generate revenue- they just generate care.
  8. Team nursing?

    Agree with the above posters. Team nursing can be great but your only as strong as your weakest member! I've worked in areas where it was fantastic and everyone worked hard and helped each other out, and I've worked in areas where someone in the tea...
  9. In Australia, NPs are very experienced RNs who have worked in their specialty area for years as well as completing post grad certificates and diplomas in the same specialty. In fact if a new grad nurse would like to pursue NP right out of university...
  10. A feeling of impending doom

    OMG me too! Loveeee cardiac
  11. So I'm a cat lady...

    I just loved your title for this thread- cracked me up
  12. First time crying during orientation...

    Bed alarms don't stop falls. Your doing fine, chin up
  13. Fitness and nursing

    The situation!! Good job
  14. New grads shouldn't work in ICU?

    It depends on the grad. Some people are born to be critical care nurses and thrive- others struggle and take a long time to learn how to critically think. Bottom line if my loved one were critically ill id feel more comfortable with an experienced I...
  15. New to critcal care

    The big picture will come only with time and experience.