Bones17

Would I be best off working in the ED as an RN if I wanted to do: 1) Crisis Intervention/Well-being Support 2) Saving life Interventions/First Aid Treatments Would I need to be a NP?

Were these nurses working in certain areas or just in general terms? I don't belong to a health facility as of yet. Do you think having natural nails past the fingertip area that are kept clean and not sharp enough to break gloves should be fine?

Education pathways for nursing?

How are you allowed to have your nails in nursing? Could certain areas allow them to be longer (even if they're natural, well groomed and you wear gloves)?

Thanks everyone. As in you could help people's respiratory issues along with other medical needs?

Why did you choose to do nursing over other healthcare careers (e.g. paramedic, doctor etc.)?

What scope of practice does a nurse in Australia have?

So if you are working 12 hours, it’s actually an additional 30min because of hand over. So 15min before and 15min after the shift? (12 and a half hours in all).

Do those times include the change over period from one nurse to the next?

What are common shift hours then?

Marienm: Would that count as part of your annual leave if you take personal time off?

Was that from working as a nurse?

Thanks everyone! I don’t work as a nurse. I just want to know what it’s going to be like and how to cope. Are you able to change your scheduled work time/day for another or take time off if there is a special event that you want to attend? (as in like a family member’s birthday, wedding etc.). Maybe you could switch your scheduled work time with a colleague. Is it kind of like retail work?

Sorry, I meant how do you cope with working within irregular work hours (like early mornings, evenings and nights). I just wanted to know how you cope with the following: 1) Sleeping at different times 2) Eating at different times 3) Seeing family/friends when your work and sleep schedules are different or even if you are working weekends/public holidays etc. and they are not. It seems like you would never really get to see them. I'm not sure how to edit my original post to include that.

Is shift work as hard as what it sounds? How do you cope?