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  1. how will the new IR laws effect nurse's.......

    froghair posted a topic in International Nursing

    with all the things that you read in the paper of late does anyone understand how it will effect nurses? and when exactly it will come into play for nurses? for example could the DON call me in...

  2. 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

  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. 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...

  5. 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

  6. 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"...

  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. 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...

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

    froghair replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    your ready to party and everyone else is

  10. 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

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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

  14. 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...

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. what treatment do patients who present with migraines......

    froghair posted a topic in Emergency

    to your ER recieve???? were i used to work it was just the usual peth and maxalon im injection. but this stopped about 3 years ago and now they only give chlorpromazine infusion. since doing this the...

  18. Day Shift vs. Night Shift

    froghair replied to RNtugladimurnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    all shifts have there good points and bad points. i have worked nights for the last 6 years, why i dont know but being single i dont have to worry about anyone else so it suits me. because i work full...

  19. how will the new IR laws effect nurse's.......

    froghair replied to froghair's topic in International Nursing

    stuff cashing in my annual leave..... i am so looking foward to my hols in october...... 8 weeks.....ohh yeah. i would of thought that the government would be able to bring in changes quicker in metro...

  20. Male + Nurse = Murse

    froghair replied to awilhelm's topic in Men in Nursing

    nurse, sister......mister sister i dont really

  21. Man dies after falling out of bed wearing a vest restraint

    froghair replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    very good point. alot of families wouldnt be willing to sit with them but you can be sure if anything happens there straight to the lawyer. those vests have been banned out here for a while and the...

  22. Can I have a nurse be my doctor? (vent)

    froghair replied to mommy2boys's topic in General Nursing

    this happens quiet often. the problem arises when the dr gets his nose out of joint because youve sugested something. the dr's that are willing to listen are worth there wait in

  23. residential aged care LL whinges

    froghair replied to jilliejill's topic in International Nursing

    were the amount of documentation increases you can see the hands on

  24. Absolutely an outrage... (RANT)

    froghair replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    someone in admin needs there bum kicked if they made the person come in and this was a result of

  25. on probation because i made a mistake

    froghair replied to mom123's topic in General Nursing

    the punishment seems a bit harsh. there are a few things i am thinking??????? why did you give a dose of 25mg??? was it just that you didnt read the order properly and thought she was to have 25mg?...