froghair

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1. Victorian nurses unprotected industrial action

   froghair replied to BRAGGY's topic in International Nursing

   there taking action here were i work and docking peoples pay 100%. it sucks big time. if they dock my pay ill be resigning and moving up north. that will be my big finger to

2. work and your partner

   froghair replied to froghair's topic in Men in Nursing

   yeah i hear you with the above comment. theres one major snag, she is from the city and im from the country. im willing to move i just dont know how i would go in the city. ( i have lived there before...

3. work and your partner

   froghair posted a topic in Men in Nursing

   for those of you that are married to a nurse or your partner is a nurse how do you guys work so that you both get to spend time togeather but give each other space to sleep and recharge the batteries....

4. Help with Private Health Insurance

   froghair replied to Spanish Nurse's topic in International Nursing

   ive never heard of the ones you mention either. im with GMHBA and im happy with

5. How do you get on with foreign nurses?

   froghair replied to letina's topic in General Nursing

   i have no problem working with nurses from elsewhere...... if they are female and scottish i hope there into talking lots as i could listen to them talk all day long. other terms for those "things"...

6. how do you program yourself to sleep.....

   froghair replied to froghair's topic in General Nursing

   ive also just brought a new bed and pillows but that hasnt even helped. i know i need to loose weight and my girlfriend says i snore like a bastard.....alot of the times though i am awake when she...

7. how do you program yourself to sleep.....

   froghair posted a topic in General Nursing

   ive been working night duty for around 6 years now and i find im sleeping less and less as time goes by. i work full time 10 shifts a fortnight and im lucky if i get 4hrs sleep a day. i live by myself...

8. You know you work nights when.......

   froghair replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

   your ready to party and everyone else is

9. You know you work nights when.......

   froghair replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

   you can no longer sleep in a completly dark room and you sort of get used to surviving on 4hrs sleep a

10. Need some moral/ethical (?) input

    froghair replied to momdebo's topic in General Nursing

    you are going to be the meat in the sandwich that cops all the heat when they are finally told. management who have made that decision will drop you like a hot potatoe to cop it all. you'll not only...

11. Do You take your patients out for smoke breaks?

    froghair replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    never, i work night duty and the place is locked down so every door alarms when a door is left unlocked. the pager going off drives me crazy so they soon learnt that when im on there not going out...

12. Family in or out during procedures???

    froghair replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    family out especially the mother if its a child your putting an iv in. and not just outside the curtain but out of ear shot.......for there sanity and

13. Male Nurses/female Patients

    froghair replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    as a male nurse i have washed countless female patients and inserted more female catheters than i care to remember. when working in emergency i felt uncomfortable if a young female patient was needing...

14. Interested in Australia

    froghair replied to Cali83's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    man you cant be knocking skippy. also if you do go remote you'll either turn into an alcoholic or if in a "dry" community you'll be fanging for an ice cold

15. Interested in Australia

    froghair replied to Cali83's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    or you could go to alice springs. its right in the middle of nowhere but central to