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Hello! I was invited to get back and chat - that is great! Been nursing for nearly 40 years and after beating some major surgery am back again - nursing. I am at The Park and work on Rehab and I must...

Wow! tweety you are a gem. I have been away for some time and now though older still enjoy nursing. I was originally trained as a surveyor in the building industry but circumstances (recession in...

I am a member of a very dynamic rehab team that all work together - as a team! Our situation is a medium secure psychiatric setting with many different types of cases, but our clients are not...

Hello dijmart, my heart goes out to you - the answer is yes and no! I have to tell you a little story for you to understand my loose remarks. I started Psychiatric nursing many years ago and one of...

OK! So I was an out of work surveyor in the middle of a building slump in the out of city areas of west of England UK. No work, a divorce in process - I was 30 years old and realy down. As I had some...

With all my years working in "aged-care" (having nursed since the late sixties), the business of showering on night duty has always caused some challenges (trying to be polite) with staff, not to...

I have worked in Psych nursing on and off since my training in psych in 1969 in UK and have found that the job usually is no more dangerous than being in a general hospital medical ward with so...

P.S. Thank you at allnurses.com for sending me a sweet email saying that you had missed me. I'll try to drop a line a little more often now I'm back in the work force. Mister Chris RMN CN ...

Hello. I have ben forced to have a break - three surgical sessions over the last two and a half years. Appendix, CA prostate and finaly a hernia repair. How was it in hospital (where I had worked...

Yes do Psych. nursing first as a separate unit, ie. to become a psych RN is a great way to go.:uhoh3: It certainly prepares you for the other areas of nursing and life in general! It prepares you...

I remember once being asked when I phoned in, "well! What is wrong?" and giving them the answer I am in hospital having my appendix out in about one hours time. (And that was the truth.) And they...

Agree withn you all. a "take down" should be only used in extreme circumstances with known Psychiatric patients. I have nursed a lot in that particular area - LTC and psychogeriatrics as well as...

Yes I agree - look out for the "green-eyed" ones. Sad but true some people (not just in nursing) have to have a go at you because they cannot stand you making a success of your new position! Stick...

I am 64 and still in there shifts aroung the clock! Probably die on duty. Think young. Mister Chris:specs:

Working in a large nursing home for the first time and on nights I got taken in by a very large old (85yrs) lady who kept buzzing for attention once she found out that the nursing sister in charge...

[QUOTE=Mister Chris]I have been in a similar situation but now work for myself as an independent nurse. I make it quite clear that the hours I work are the hours I will get paid! Sounds a bit bossy...

I have been in a similar situation but now work for myself as an independent nurse. I make it quite clear that the hours I work are the hours I will get paid! Sounds a bit bossy but it works and I do...

Working Nights is in the view of some, a lower order of life! Something that you do in absolute desperation for extra money. I have been told working nights is specially for ugly nurses. I don't...

Working Nights..............Why? So that we do not have to put up with all the administration B..S...! Joking aside working at nights can be (1) very rewarding as you can spend more time on real...

All of the above, also the nurse who feels if she can put down a fellow workmate in front of others, then she is pacing herself more superior! Jealousy plays a big part in bullying and so does fear....

Yes to all the above - money actually could be better, but the lifestyle in Australia beats anywhere else that I know of. Felt at home fairly quickly, I'm sure you will too. Let us know what you...

Well I'm still researching this. I do know some nurses who managed to secure jobs before they even got here and in consequence got a visa on a temp basis - some how. I will let you all know on this...

Hello, Got the information that you may find helpful as promised: To get registered you will need to contact each nursing council. Queensland office is at: www.qnc.qld.gov.au but you can email...

Looks OK, Check out the Nursing Councils for the state you want to go to they are all on the net. I will look them up when I'm next on (tomorrow). For Queensland there is a good psych hospital...

I hope you realize the distance and transport challenges with these places, they are not exactly readily accessable from the main cities - only by certain air line connections. Especially if you have...