Nurseboi

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1. Wanting to Work in California, I need to know everything.

   Nurseboi replied to Nurseboi's topic in California

   Thanks Fergus51, Here's a bit of narrowing down, I work in Oncology/Heamatology and wish to stay in that area, but I would also work Palliative Care or Surgical Nursing as I have experience in these area's also. I have also worked in Emergency, but w...

2. Wanting to Work in California, I need to know everything.

   Nurseboi posted a topic in California

   Hey Girls and Boys, I am an Aussie nurse working in Melbourne, Australia and I am looking at moving to California to work. I have tried to look up hospitals, my search found me 217 so I know not where to start looking. Can anyone recommend some hospi...

3. Earthquakes

   Nurseboi replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in California

   OH MY GOLLY, I want to come and work in California, but I have seen the Earthquake movies and I just don't know!! In Australia, we have no Earthquakes, No Floods, No Torrnados and so on. We do have horrible and devastating bush fires though. At least...

4. new nurse, in trouble already

   Nurseboi replied to lorajane's topic in Career Support

   When I worked in Emergency I had an abusive patient. He was a bit of a, well I guess you guy's from the US would call him a BUM, we call em Beggers. Anyway, he carried on like a pork chop, swearing and abusing staff and other patients. Unfortunatly ...

5. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   Nurseboi replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   HAHAHA Beware of the flying colostomy BAG!!! *giggle*

6. Stressed out and Getting Out

   Nurseboi replied to CseMgr1's topic in Safety

   I think American nurses and Australian nurses have the same crap, but you guys get more $$$ In fact I think nursing is prolly the same the world over, but why??? I meen think about nurses, there are so many of us. Why is it that we put up with CRAP??...

7. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   Nurseboi replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   I have two stories, one is mine and one is my best friends. Best friends first. She was working in a nursing home and it was morning tea time. The residents were eating cake and sipping cups of tea. My friend went in to one of the residents room's to...

8. Stressed out and Getting Out

   Nurseboi replied to CseMgr1's topic in Safety

   It seems to me that nurses in the USA get much better money than those of us working in Australia. I was just reading someone's reply to this thread about getting into retail when it offers less money and just as much stress. I too am thinking of lea...

9. What is your workplace's policy on jewelry?

   Nurseboi replied to hippienurse's topic in General Nursing

   I work In an Australian hospital and hospitals here are very relaxed about stuff like that. I have an earing, an eyebrow ring and always wear a necklace and a ring on my finger. No one has said anything to me. The eyebrow ring is a great conversati...

10. Sink or Swim/Eat Their Own

    Nurseboi replied to organic_matter's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what it is with nursing!!! We are so nice to our patients but seem to treat each other like crap!!!!! I am currently doing a Post Graduate in Oncology and have been rotating throughout my hospital. I started on a fantastic ward, every st...

11. Men in Nursing

    Nurseboi replied to NeuroNP's topic in Men

    Bryon, I don't know if I have been able to identify any advantage to being a male in nursing, but I have noticed in my country (Australia) that many males in nursing head towards doing management roles. Most of the Nurse Unit Managers and even the ...