Saz4370

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1. What's your holiday bonus?

   Saz4370 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   I got a Late followed by an Early shift for Christmas and Nights for new year... Isn't life grand as a government employee!!! Thank God we're dedicated. Saz4370

2. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   Saz4370 replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   Uh oh, I remember most of these things. But even more frightening IM STILL NURSING!!! AND STILL LOVING IT!!!! Saz4370

3. eating our young?

   Saz4370 replied to happytobehere's topic in CCU

   There is of course always another side of the coin! I had been nursing for 10 years on the floor before entering CCU specialty, and still coped flack from my collegues. They could not understand why I would suddenly decide to "be a cardiac nurse" and...

4. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

   Saz4370 replied to sharann's topic in Humor

   My favorite was working inthe Coronary Care Unit. My Team leader and I were especially challenged to look after a very big, strong and aggressive man with a temp. pacing wire in his groin (very awkward posittion!). My TL, a very experienced CCU RN ca...

5. New Patient Population in CCU

   Saz4370 replied to MisfonzRN's topic in CCU

   You are so right. We as Professionals have been convinced by "the system" to undertake more and more specialised and expensive educational persuits but is this what is currently needed to accomodate our patients more complex needs? Is healthcare as w...

6. New Patient Population in CCU

   Saz4370 replied to MisfonzRN's topic in CCU

   I totally agree! I work in a very new 8 bed CCU in Adelaide South Australia. We are struggling to fill these beds with acute cardiac patients, mainly due to the fact that we haven't opened our cath lab yet, but also a huge change of culture within th...

7. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   Saz4370 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   Many years ago I was new to nursing and working in a gastro/medical ward. I was assisting an elderly lady to walk to the shower. On arrival to the bathroom, much to our surprise, we encountered a fellow patient. I'll call him Percy. He was a "frequen...

8. A very important lesson to learn: LISTEN CAREFULLY

   Saz4370 replied to NICU_nurse2b's topic in Humor

   Fantastic.My husband loved it too. Thanks for making us laugh