TerritoryNurse

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1. Funny Names for Nurses

   TerritoryNurse replied to randomnamees's topic in Humor

   At one hospital I worked at we had a surgeon with the unfortunate name of Dr Butcher. The poor man was a real gentleman too :) Nurse Mata, your name in Indonesian/Malay means "eye". Just another interesting snippet of info

2. Enrolled Nurse / Student RN in Australia - anyone else out there in the same boat?

   TerritoryNurse replied to TerritoryNurse's topic in General Students

   I am at about the same stage as you but thanks to the programme Im doing, I missed out on the first prac as they recognised my EN experience as covering this. LOL I should think so, I mean Ive only been making beds, and lifting and doing observations...

3. A&p Ii..helpppppp!!!

   TerritoryNurse replied to essarge's topic in Student Assist

   As long as we get a pass and I suppose as long as we understand the concepts behind it and are able to put at least some of them into practice, that is what matters! Thing is , so much to learn and memorise...how do you put all of that into practise

4. Nursing in Australia

   TerritoryNurse posted a topic in Career Support

   Would I recommend nursing as a career? Hard to say. You can't go in with rose-tinted glasses and think you are going to soothe the fevered brow, thats for sure. Stressors include: 1. increased violence in the workplace - to the point where one state ...

5. A&p Ii..helpppppp!!!

   TerritoryNurse replied to essarge's topic in Student Assist

   Note that your latest note was a few days old so hope your exams went well. Our institution also loves Tortora and Grabowski. I find it easiest to remember by drawing pictures or diagrams or flowcharts, so that I can 'see' in my mind what I m trying ...

6. Enrolled Nurse / Student RN in Australia - anyone else out there in the same boat?

   TerritoryNurse posted a topic in General Students

   Hi, I am currently working as an Enrolled Nurse on a medical ward but am also studying for my RN at uni. Would love to hear from other Australians as to how they are finding uni and working at the same time. I think I'm thankful that although Im marr...