octopus

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1. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

   octopus replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

   I constantly see nurses carrying around sharps without a sharps container - just a syringe in their hand. Not handwashing properly. Not checking expiry dates on medications. Not checking patient ID bands before giving meds to them. Preparing medicati...

2. My first few days, as a new RN

   octopus replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

   If you've never worked as a nurse, then you have no idea. We do it, not because we think it's right or safe, but because we care about the patients and can't bring ourselves to say 'no' to caring for somebody if that means they may not receive the c...

3. Do you have to make care plans once you are a working nurse?

   octopus replied to jlhalloween's topic in General Students

   In my hospital in Australia, every patient must either have a clinical pathway (which outlines a set pathway of care they must follow) or a care plan if no pathway is available (these care plans do not list nursing diagnosis and interventions and rat...

4. Is 26 too old to go back to school?

   octopus replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

   I'm 31 and about to study another course! Plus, in Australia, many of our nursing students are in their 40s and some are even in their 50s. I wouldn't worry about what other people say. If it's right for you right now - hold your head high and study...

5. Transfer came through!

   octopus replied to wonderbee's topic in New Nurse

   Crazy how much we care what others think of us. Crazy what we consider to be a failure! Sounds like you aren't a failure, but you've been successful at identifying who you are, what you like and doing something about it! You go girl.

6. Grad Nurse Stress

   octopus replied to juicyfruit06's topic in New Nurse

   I work with graduate nurses, providing clinical support to them as part of a graduate nurse development program. A few issues here: 10 patients is way too many - but you can't control that! With your level of experience you are probably outside of ...

7. generation gap among nurses

   octopus replied to angelcharm's topic in General Nursing

   I'm young (31 I believe still counts as young!) and I notice more differences with the Gen Y than the Baby Boomers. OK, so the Boomers are a bit stuck in the mud in the majority (at least here), but some of them are out there keeping up with new dev...

8. scope of practice for new grads

   octopus posted a topic in New Nurse

   i provide clinical support to new graduates on three surgical wards. this fri we are meeting for formal reflection and discussion. i would like to structure the session around scope of practice - have the grads been asked to work outside of their sco...