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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 out of the car and noticed the trailer had come lo...

Thanks Grace He's gorgeous.

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 the nclex one became my nursing bible. I swear by ...

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 me the ropes properly. When I was studying she'd m...

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 and really gorgeous curls. I have arms that cuddle...

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 physical really helps.

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 won't be back to allnurses, no use hankering for ...

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 room for error so i can see their point. it doesn't...

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 option for you. Hope it all works out for you. Enjoy ...

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 there aren't many winners.

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 toothpaste is a sure thing and have used it. It was ...

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 her comfortably settled in a screened cubicle waitin...

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 you.

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 though, as much as you love a job, there is life after i...

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 ampoule upside down the medication won't come out...

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 luck.

I wonder if you have been working at the same place as I did LOL. We had a overall person in charge who was absolutely spineless. The nursing supervisor had three nurses leave because of her mind games, lies and manipulation and she even caused a ver...

Sparky07 Don't let them do that to you. Are you in a union? If so, get straight on to them. Document everything and any remark or action with dates (and if possible witnesses) that bears relevance to what has been said and done to you at work. I have...

Rumwynnie, don't you just have to wonder how some people sleep at night after the way they treat other staff members?. I am glad you went back to school though. It took me a couple of tries but I don't regret it. One of the the hardest things I have...

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

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 cotton ones on full stop. You might be able to find pla...

It's just hits the nail perfectly. Thanks

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 although I don't have any trouble with dementia pati...

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 fantastic shift and feel that you are where you are meant ...

Thank you so much for your answer.:)