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Hi ellle I don't feel comfortable saying who I work for on here, sorry. Just keep applying, some will take you on, some won't and some will consider it. What state are you in?

Hi ellle Yes, I have supervision on my employment. Keep applying and just be up front. The company that hired me said that they appreciated how open and honest I was about my conditions

That's great news. You must be excited and nervous maybe? All the best with your new job

Hi ellle I found it really hard to get hired too as I have conditions on my registration. My advice is to just keep applying, anything that interests you or a position which is suited to your skills and experience, go for it. Just keep applying, don't give up, that's the only way to get something. It's true that it's harder to get a job with conditions but there are places willing to take someone on who has conditions.

Hey Cassie How did you go at the interview? I have conditions on my registration too and boy was it a struggle to find a job.

Hi Cassie I'm just wondering how you're going with work or looking for work now?

thanks for your responses ?

Hi I have started working in community nursing and for each patient I see I have certain jobs to complete that are viewable on the company app on my mobile. I visit mainly elderly patients who are either in the early stages of dementia or are frail and struggle to live independently. The care I provide is basic, blood pressure, medication, compression stockings, skin care etc. I feel like I should be doing more for the patients each visit? I visit, complete the list and leave within about 15/20mins, sometimes 10mins, I can't really stay longer than this as the company I work for expect me to see a certain number of patients per day. I feel like I should be doing more for them as a nurse, are there things that I should be doing each visit or once a week/fortnight? Is there a physical assessment? Any ideas? Also what do you think the pros/cons are in community nursing? Thanks

Hello everyone, I was hoping to get a nurses opinion on a situation that developed at work. I'm working as an assistant in nursing at the moment which is an assistant nurse in case you haven't heard of that title before. Anyway I work on various wards of the hospital and I was assigned to a ward to look after a patient who was confused. My job was just to supervise the patient one on one, just to make sure he stays safe whilst confused. Anyway, the patient was trying to leave the ward most of the shift. About half way through the shift the patient became unsteady on his feet. I caught him whilst falling 2 or 3 times. He would not listen to me when I would try to get him to sit down or lie down. I could not get through to him at all. I told his nurse and she didn't seem interested, she would respond with 'okay just keep watching him'. I told the team leader and she was really helpful and she tried to help manage him. She mentioned it to the patients nurse a few times and she didn't even respond (probably because the nurse and team leader are friends). Anyway it got to the point I was so stressed because he wouldn't listen and he was very unsteady on his feet. I actually grabbed him the 4th time he fell and put him onto his bed and told him I would not let him up. I was told by team leader I could not do that. I went and spoke to his nurse, I was secretly fuming with her but she basically said that it was my job to look after him and ensure his safety, after all that's why I was there on the ward that day. What I'm wondering is, did that nurse have a responsibility (legally or professionally) to assist me and help me manage him? She did not get involved at all, often ignoring everything that was happening. I was very angry but didn't say anything.

Thanks so much for your reply, I was thinking there's probably going to be wound care and defintley med administration. It didn't occur to me that there would be palliative care because I always thought palliative patients went to a general or a palliative hospital. That's a good question to ask, at this point in time I'm willing to take anything just to get my foot in the door. But 40 residents on an afternoon shift and 2 palliative, I don't think I could handle that.

Hi Tricia, No I'm in Australia, . I don't have much information except that it's a 90 bed Christian focused facillity. I don't know anything about the residents. I've been on their website and there's not a whole lot on there really.

Hello everyone, I've recently graduated and I'm trying to find a job at the moment. I have a phone interview in a couple of days and I'm trying to prepare myself by reading up on things relevant to aged care. I've been looking at clinical assessments and about to revise dementia care. Can anyone recommend some topics to research? I love working with older people so I'd be really happy to go well in the interview, but I don't have much of an idea what an RN does everyday in aged care. Any help appreciated.