lisa74

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1. helpful review links

   lisa74 replied to RN-joy's topic in NCLEX

   RN-joy, thank you SO much! I've had a look at most of them and they are really helpful. I'm in Australia, I'm an EEN (endorsed enrolled nurse) which I think may be the equivalent of your LPNs? As an EEN I can pretty much do everything a RN does exce...

2. Where O' Where are the wise ones?

   lisa74 replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

   As a nursing student doing my registered nursing degree, it makes those of us who actually work hard look bad when students post their questions on here, basically expecting fellow nurses to do their homework for them. If I was to seek help on this ...

3. Observation of the day

   lisa74 replied to R!XTER's topic in Relations

   I must say, I have to agree with you R!XTER. It's the patients who have patient airways, nil problems breathing and are ambulant who are the most demanding. Yet the really sick ones are the ones who reluctantly use the call bell because "you're so ...

4. Length of orientation

   lisa74 replied to funkyRN's topic in Med-Surg

   I'm constantly amazed how long the orientation periods are in the US - when I say amazed, I'm not being facetious, I'm just so envious!!! In Australia, public system hospitals provide two days orientation where a massive group of people get orientate...

5. Orientation for new employees to the ER

   lisa74 replied to lisa74's topic in Emergency

   Sorry, I forgot to add that I can count on one hand the number of times this "educator" has given me guidance and those few times she has actually come out to the floor when I've been working, she has gone through my charts and criticised me, loudly,...

6. Orientation for new employees to the ER

   lisa74 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hello everybody, long time reader but first time poster :-) From all that I have read here on Allnurses, the majority of you seem to be in the US. From the many posts I have read, orientation periods in the ER over in the US seem to be quite lengthy...