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  1. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

    greatshakes replied to gwenith's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    yesterday, 01:52 pm hi hope you don't mind but i remember your advice to me earlier along with grace's and gweniths when i had finished my degree in 2005 and was looking for work. in between work i...

  2. Signing out meds you do NOT administer yourself?

    greatshakes replied to celticwoman61's topic in General Nursing

    Hi I think it's a bit like committing professional suicide. We were always told never give anything you haven't put out yourself. Can you imagine what would happen if someone had a grudge against the...

  3. Funnies I heard today........

    greatshakes replied to Justme123's topic in Operating Room

    I likethe one that asks what the difference is between God and a surgeon God knows he's not a

  4. Skirts in the OR

    greatshakes replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in Operating Room

    Ayla and Ortess Yes if you were a midwife here in Oz and were looking up someones fanny it is definitely the front section, vulva (and other pink bits). I am getting off the subject here a bit but...

  5. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

    greatshakes replied to gwenith's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Thanks Jessiedog First day today and I will be in recovery for a while. I didn't make any boo boos so far and many of the staff seem supportive. Orientation seemed so rushed and I'll probably forget...

  6. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

    greatshakes replied to gwenith's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Hi I don't know if any of you remember me. I was the one who could not get a post grads due to nursing ill husband but finally got job as school nurse which I still love. Last week after being ignored...

  7. Advice re corneal ulcer

    greatshakes posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello ER Staff I work as a school nurse (RN) and one of my pupils came in to have eye ointment applied. I administered the ointment and placed a new eyepad on as per Drs directions. The advice I had...

  8. Advice re corneal ulcer

    greatshakes replied to greatshakes's topic in Emergency

    Hi all The pupil with the corneal ulcer has seen a specialist and is much improved. thank you all for your help and I'll look up your website thanks

  9. I was let go !

    greatshakes replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    I shouldn't have said my preceptor was lovely, she was but she was my buddy so to speak (Just in case I confused anyone). Mind you once she left and went to work somewhere else, I wasn't asked to do...

  10. I was let go !

    greatshakes replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Three days orientation? I put my paperwork in during the morning and was asked if I could do an afternoon shift that day. I got from 1400- 1800, 4 hours then but preceptor was lovely though and very...

  11. Advice re corneal ulcer

    greatshakes replied to greatshakes's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for posts. Pupil is having a review again tomorrow and will get referral to an opthamologist hopefully. He is on chloramphenenicol or chlorsig ointment as the other drops irritated him. he was...

  12. 1 question and a solution (not serious stuff)

    greatshakes posted a topic in Retired Nurses

    Hi all I am employed currently as a school nurse and love it, still looking around for and putting in for extra jobs as mine is only 18 hours a fortnight and I need to learn more. In my job we use a...

  13. Nclex

    greatshakes posted a topic in International Nursing

    I remember as a nursing student I had purchased a second hand nclex book. It was my bible, having the rationale for the questions and right answers. I loaned it too a lot of people and they thought it...

  14. Oh dear.. re poll

    greatshakes posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have really done it this time. I started a poll asking about which texts everyone would keep but wasn't sure how to make it multi choice. I hope to have a garage sale soon. Problem is I have too...

  15. Oh dear.. re poll

    greatshakes replied to greatshakes's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone. I have redone poll. Still your answers are interesting so thanks. The physiology of our bodies doesn't change but the way we treat certain conditions does that's why it's important to...

  16. Medication Error Interview. Please help!

    greatshakes replied to snowkei's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sorry I assumed you had made a med error and were in trouble. Glad to hear you

  17. Medication Error Interview. Please help!

    greatshakes replied to snowkei's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Did your supervisor give you reasonable time to administer medications or was she/he running from one task to

  18. Back to nursing, have low confidence

    greatshakes replied to MommyandRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you knew what you were doing in critical care then you know that you were very able. On another floor, another different set of rules applies, maybe it's just the time management or routine they...

  19. agency nursing compared to hospital

    greatshakes posted a topic in International Nursing

    Can anyone advise re agency nursing.? I don't seem to be able to have any luck with hospitals as I already work part time and would like additional work in a hospital to gain more experience. (I...

  20. Something different needed please!

    greatshakes replied to AusNurse2B's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Asnurse 2B I'd use a couple of stockings. These represent two arms one of which is not as firmly filled as the other with the second hydrated arm being smoother. Use some talcum powder. They should...

  21. This Has To Be a Dream

    greatshakes replied to Sweet T's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Did you know anyone else who was doing it? Can you contact them to see if they have got the same problem. How is the person whose computer got stuck, faring? Maybe you are all going thorugh same...

  22. Instructors: do you ever get used to being the enemy?

    greatshakes replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Here's my view if you want it. Some of my instructors were definitely out to get me and I and all the other students knew I was on their hit list. That doesn't do much for your confidence especially...

  23. Somethings very wrong here..

    greatshakes replied to MaleNursesRock's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Canoehead...loved your response. It's a

  24. Ex smokers

    greatshakes posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Just out of curiosity, I wondered if any of you nurses, particularly those in Med-surg, theatre, had noticed improvement in former smoking patients who had quit the habit. For example, people who were...

  25. 5th time finally passed!!!!!

    greatshakes replied to dlissa74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Can I ask you all how long your degree took. Mine took ages. It was well worth it though. Congratulations to each and every one of