Mary3010

Are there many day positions as a nurse? Also, are there ways to avoid your body not having those sort of complications from working as a nurse? (Or is it more a case of looking after yourself and knowing that any profession has its risks). Hopefully...

Rose Queen - So basically you can do the scans as a nurse if you have extra training in doing them? Otherwise, you would be limited to only performing ECG and basic ultrasounds e.g. of a fetus etc? Eric - That's interesting! Would you have to rep...

How is a Sports Medicine Nurse different to a physiotherapist, OT or other rehab professionals?

What types of ultrasounds could you perform in nursing? (or other scans).

Thanks for the information! From my understanding then, is this correct: *A radiology nurse does stereotypical nursing duties relating to the scans being performed e.g. inserting an IV contrast for a CT scan, checking vital signs if needed etc. ...

Thank you! Would you as a nurse be able to view or understand the scans that are performed or even perform something like an ultrasound (regardless of whether you work in radiology)?

Hi Rosie, thank you for replying to me! I have tried doing that but I was only advised to do my research which makes it so hard because I don't know the duties involved in the different health professions. Anything healthcare related is interest...

Would you say that nurses have more variety in where they can work e.g. Surgery, midwifery with extra study etc. or is it fairly similar?

What pathway would you recommend in becoming a nurse educator? Could you be a registered nurse and then attend postgraduate study in special and inclusive education? Do you need a masters?

1. What days/hours do you work? (day/evening/night) 2. How are your hours scheduled? Are they different if you are working casually/part-time/full-time? 3. Do you have a say in your hours?

Can you use any natural therapies as a nurse to help patients? e.g using herbal medicine, music/art, yoga, relaxation or other natural therapies. If so, what could you do?

That's awesome that as a nurse you are providing music therapy, aromatherapy and using breathing techniques! I've never heard of the first 2 being done. With music therapy, do you only put music on or do you do other things like playing an instrument...

That's true! I might post my question somewhere else and see what they think. What sort of art did you do?

So I basically mean complementary/alternative health therapy. For instance in mental health, patients might benefit from various relaxing therapies like meditation, yoga, music/art etc. Maybe there are various programs that you could run or so...

No, I hope I didn’t mean to offend

Do you need further qualifications as a nurse to give patients nutrition such as NG tubes, provide parenteral nutrition etc?

Thank you! Would you need to consult a nutritionist/doctor prior to give a patient any nutrition? (including hand-feeding)

Does that mean that you could incorporate music/art, yoga, relaxation or other natural therapies just not herbal medicine? Would you need an additional qualification to?

Do you work helping sick people in their homes? That’s good having a choice in your hours/days!!

As a nurse have you had the opportunity to do laboratory work as a nurse? e.g using a petri dish to examine something or other tests to determine the health of a patient. If not, would research nursing involve this?

Thanks for that information! I just wasn't sure because I have heard of someone working as an RN in haemodialysis and as an RN in pathology. They studied nursing and a separate course in phlebotomy and another as a clinical/medical laboratory technic...

1. How is an NP different in duties to the work of an RN? 2. Are your hours better? Do you have more choice in choosing between day/evening/night?

I think you have misunderstood what I was trying to ask... As a family nurse practitioner are there areas where you are unable to work in because of the specialisation? Also, with the education focus would that mean that you would work as ...

What opportunities could you work in with that credential? It sounds very interesting!

Is there any way you could work predominantly/only during the day as a nurse? Could you pick your days/times as a casual nurse maybe?