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1. How much do YOU think nurses are worth?

   willegan replied to mystory's topic in General Nursing

   There's a fantastic audio session that calculates exactly how much a nurse is worth. It's pretty rudimentary, but I highly recommend having a listen: How Much is a Nurse Worth? | Episode 11 | The Handover Podcast |

2. Is Handover Still Necessary?

   willegan replied to willegan's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah sorry, reporting. =)

3. Is Handover Still Necessary?

   willegan posted a topic in General Nursing

   Handover is one of the most controversial subjects in nursing. It is difficult. It feels pointless sometimes. It takes forever. Is handover still necessary? Honestly, you could be assessing patients instead of hearing the (sometimes) half-baked opini...

4. Take back your title - "Nurse"

   willegan posted a topic in General Nursing

   Pharmacists aren't medicine coordinators. Podiatrists aren't feet carers. So why do nurses get assigned all of these cryptic titles? I'm a Nurse. Not a care coordinator, nor a facility manager, nor a care manager, nor a nurse manager. I'm a nurse. My...

5. Is this a *really* BIG problem?

   willegan posted a topic in General Nursing

   It's become a cliché about nurses: they aren't very nice to the newer nurses that come on the floor. Of course, nursing is not a profession for coddling, but new grads need help. They can't be thrown to the sharks and expected to be successful. Thos...

6. A good shift, or a bad shift? It's not up to you.

   willegan posted a topic in General Nursing

   Nursing is a profession that relies heavily on collaboration. Collaboration between doctors, allied health yes. But, more importantly, collaboration between nurses. When you work as a nurse, you rely heavily on your nursing colleagues to get you thro...

7. The future of healthcare - technology or human?

   willegan replied to guest 6/6/15's topic in General Nursing

   A mix of both I reckon. Technology, like mHealth for example, will support nurses and midwives to provide care.

8. Why is it okay for Doctors to yell at Nurses?

   willegan replied to GlowBear500's topic in Relations

   It's definitely not ok for a doctor to yell at a nurse. Obviously we all lose our cool at some stage, but collaboration is key in healthcare. This article might help? https://www.ausmed.com/articles/collaboration-in-healthcare/

9. Question about GBM treatments?

   willegan replied to RNsRWe's topic in Oncology

   From what I understand, these types of tumours are quite difficult to remove as the tentacle like cells wrap around the neurons, but this article has a pretty good explanation of the nursing considerations of a GBM.

10. First medication error... And the last.

    willegan replied to AnthoScott's topic in General Students

    Whoa, that's a pretty big lesson to learn. Knowing what to do when a medication error occurs is pretty important though. It's good to see your preceptor helped out in such a calm way, like you say though "never again". You find a few of these article...

11. Are you a great nurse leader?

    willegan replied to willegan's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, here you go: https://www.ausmed.com/articles/leading-with-emotional-intelligence/

12. Are you a great nurse leader?

    willegan posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently came across a great article on emotional intelligence in nursing. It listed 5 attributes of successful nurse leaders. I ticked four of them. How many of the five boxes did you tick? Self-awareness Self-regulation Motivation Empathy Social...