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greatshakes

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  1. I Need Help Really Bad!!!!!

    greatshakes replied to **new!!'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Speaking of Jesus, He was definitely watching me today I went to the tip (dump) with a trailer full of green waste and just as I got to that section after turning off a busy road I heard a thump, got...

  2. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    Thanks Grace He's

  3. I Need Help Really Bad!!!!!

    greatshakes replied to **new!!'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just a thought Does your chem text have questions at the back relating to each chapter? I hated the questions but they made me think. When I first started nursing I bought some second hand books and...

  4. Sick of all of the bullying.

    greatshakes replied to ANH_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sometimes I think negative people just drown you too. I actually hated going to work when I was a AIN because one girl wasn't ******, actually she was very good to me at the start and actually showed...

  5. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    I have a new grandson born today, to love and just adore to help boost my energy through new realms to explore His mother is a midwife and their family has two girls with good manners and cute faces...

  6. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    Thanks Grace Oz for your message and I will look in then from time to time.:) I have been keeping busy, painted the laundry floor and the sink cupboard and it looks heaps better and doing something...

  7. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    No luck with the competency I was just so nervous and so I will probably look elsewhere for a job. Its heartbreaking but life goes on I guess. Right now I am expecting news of a grandchild. I probably...

  8. Was written up ! I am so upset is there any hope to ever be a RN?

    greatshakes replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    i feel that you are going to find many of the remarks quite cruel but nurses are realists and sometimes they see things from a very direct perspective and that is because nursing often leaves little...

  9. New grad and Pregnant...help

    greatshakes replied to gizmo222's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious about whether in USA if you are able to take maternity leave at half pay. If you really want to work for a while and know that you want to return to that field of nursing it may be an...

  10. The "dirty" side of nursing...

    greatshakes replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    crb613 hospital politics oh no! ha ha. at least with the messes, the patients always get sorted and cleaned up eventually. i try and stay away from hospital politics. they can get very messy and...

  11. The "dirty" side of nursing...

    greatshakes replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    No matter how careful we are and even when wearing gloves, some of the more incontinent patient's messes aren't contained, have any of you a tried and true remedy for removing the smell. I was told...

  12. The "dirty" side of nursing...

    greatshakes replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    I used to often wonder what I would do if I saw someone without an eye. I eventually did in an A & E. placement. The patient had taken some medication which made her bleed from both eyes. I had...

  13. Am I incompetent?

    greatshakes replied to rnrae's topic in Agency Nurses

    To drive that long each way when gas is so expensive you must be very reliable and I think reliable people are a godsend. They probably love

  14. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    I did the competency and was so nervous right through it. I won't know whether I passed for ten days. I don't have a good feeling but if by chance I have passed, I will be elated. I have learnt...

  15. Drawing up meds in syringe.....How to?

    greatshakes replied to Dratz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes it's hellish and the trouble I have is trying to withdraw the plunger and make it look easy. I know exactly where you are coming from and it is equally hard to convince myself that when I hold the...

  16. case management jobs

    greatshakes replied to juschillin's topic in Case Management

    Hi Do you have work cover over in USA or similar. Insurance cover for people who are injured whilst at work. If so that might be a lead. Good

  17. Fired from my med/surg job after almost 3 years

    greatshakes replied to gettingbsn2msn's topic in General Nursing

    You should have at least been warned verbally. They are trying to cop out of something. I feel for

  18. labeling clothing

    greatshakes replied to doitallnurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    We have a business over here in australia which has stretchable iron on labels so perhaps you can surf the net. Sometimes though you have to buy so many it's just not worth it. I hate sewing the...

  19. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    greatshakes replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    I think I would be scared to be on a locked pysch ward with any patient. When I was working at a nursing home we had to lock doors behind us and I think that always put me off mental health nursing...

  20. Thinking about leaving nursing school....what should I do?

    greatshakes replied to ALMH85's topic in General Nursing

    The main thing for you to be is happy. I wouldn't leave straight away, one of those days when everything seems to be hard, unforgiving and the whole effort pointless, you are going to have a...

  21. Anyone Taking Thyroid Medications? I Need Your Help!!!

    greatshakes replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for your

  22. Anyone Taking Thyroid Medications? I Need Your Help!!!

    greatshakes replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all I just saw an endocrinologist the otherday. I had asked to go up to 150mcgs thyroxine. I don't know what it is similar to in USA. My TSH was 0.05 and stayed at that level most of the time. I...

  23. Taking blood pressure. Confused. Help!!

    greatshakes replied to purplesteth's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks so much wowland. Easy to

  24. Taking blood pressure. Confused. Help!!

    greatshakes replied to purplesteth's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is a little rhyme in regard to blood pressure which I heard in recovery but I can't remember it. Something about raising the head if (blood pressure was) high or the lower end if low or maybe I...

  25. Signing out meds you do NOT administer yourself?

    greatshakes replied to celticwoman61's topic in General Nursing

    I was asked why I hadn't put out the medications for the morning nurse too and replied it was illegal to give something you hadn't dispensed yourself. One of the reaspons I don't have a job. Boss...