skyburp27

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1. Who do you report to?

   skyburp27 replied to livingonadream's topic in Occupational

   Same here, I also report to our safety manager who doesn't have any medical background. Because of that, health has been taken for granted. They focus more on the safety issues and leaves behind the health related ones.

2. lossing interest with my current OHN career

   skyburp27 posted a topic in Occupational

   I want to get insights/ advise from my fellow OHN on my experience. I'm actually in the verge of resigning. I've been working as an occupational health nurse in a construction industry in UAE for more than 2 years now. The thing is, the longer I stay...

3. I never, ever went to ER when I was a kid

   skyburp27 replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

   good thing we now have a triage system that sort cases out. patients with minor case are lucky if they can be seen by an ER doctor in less than an hour. Though, even if it's not that busy, ER personel tend to make it also on purpose to delay them. On...

4. Scope of Practice

   skyburp27 replied to strivingformore's topic in Occupational

   In my experience, since our company doesn't have our own MD, the decision whether to send the ee or not, is always up to me. So far our company haven't questioned my decisions. When it comes to work related injuries and perceived a need for further e...

5. Average wait time from interview to offer?

   skyburp27 replied to mnnurse29's topic in Job Hunt

   guess I shouldn't be frustrated of myself. i'm currently working as a company nurse and is planning to pursue my career in hospital setting. I've been applying for more than a month now, however reading your story enlightens me. I guess i just need t...

6. Non-licensed staff providing medical treatment

   skyburp27 replied to dawn71c's topic in Occupational

   for me i'll just have my manager deal with her. It's enough that you have told him already how your screening specialist handled such cases. On the otherhand I can also send an email to my manager just to remind him of the issue.