ozbunji

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1. Obstacles to providing care

   ozbunji replied to Anita_novice's topic in Safety

   Obstacles that I view to providing pt care include: Indecision by allied health professionals and doctors Lack of time - being expected to be in three places at once Inappropriate environment and educational methods...many of our clients are trad...

2. LPN REGRETS?

   ozbunji replied to Julie2356's topic in General Nursing

   Im what is called an Enrolled Nurse in Australia. I wonder if it is similar to what an LPN is. The staff I work with are great. They know my capabilities and leave me to care for my patients, stepping in only if I request it. It is a shame that so ...

3. Increase in aging population

   ozbunji replied to Reneepardy's topic in Geriatric

   I have to agree with Nightstar. The trend seems to be similar in Australia. Quite a high percentage of acute care beds seem to be taken up by general nursing care patients. To me this does not seem fair on the patients concerned as they do not get t...

4. what are your thoughts r/t unions?

   ozbunji replied to spitfire's topic in General Nursing

   As I am not in the US I dont know how applicable my response will be. But what I do know is this: it is the members that make the union. If there are not many members, then there is probably no point joining. However if the response is strong, as is...

5. Siderails in acute care

   ozbunji replied to goldgram's topic in General Nursing

   In our hospital side rails are not considered a restraint. We use them whenever a patients safety is at risk. Of course a patient is quite capable of getting out of bed with rails up, whether he be confused due to medications or because of an organic...