bubbles64

Hi collegues, I really would like some advice please. My unit Manager is going out of her way to be nasty and bullying, I don't know what i should do, should i leave it and try my best to ignore her or should i tell the director of nursing that if sh...

Thanks, She will not break me I will go to work today as a professional, I know i do a good job i have many who tell me that including, doctors, hospital supervisors and other unit managers. With this person it is how much she can manipulate you and ...

I don't know about killing her with kindness won't she think i'm sucking up, what i said was just the tip of the ice burg if i metioned everything she has done and not only to me it would be pages and pages, unfortunately she is a close friend of DON...

Thanks, Today i have to go to work and i will be courtious, kind, cheerful and professional she will not break me.

Thanks, I have to go to work this afternoon and i will be bright cheerful and professional she may have broken me last week but she won't do it anymore. Bubbles64

I don't know if it is too late to give advice, but i would say hang in there even if it means pleading remind them you have only been out for a short time and yes some of the things you have done may have been silly but these have not in any way plac...

To all my fellow collegues i need some advice please. I work in melbourne australia, and i have been the associate unit manager of the medical ward for 5 years, 18 months ago the Director of Nursing persuaded me to move over to the surgical ward to f...

I have to side with Grace Oz here. For a short time our internet acess was cut off and so it should have been, I would see so many playing games, looking up websites for holidays, real estate ect. These are the same nurses who would sit on the phone ...

Hi, I need to ask my fellow collegues for some advice. I'm currently an Associate Unit manager just moved from the medical ward to the surgical ward (for my international collegues this means I'm in charge of the ward on my shift but still anwser to ...

The acuity system in Australalia is supposed to determine the amount of staff required for each shift depening on how sick your patients are so for example if you have patients who are day 3 or 4 post op there nurse may have 5 or 6 patients to look a...

I work in a private hospital in Melbourne Australia and would like to ask if any private hospital out there has an acuity system in place. I work on a 35 bed surgical ward as the Associate unit manager and feel the acuity system is justified however ...

We have a similar problem here in Australia. We have Division one nurses and Division two nurses both are registered by Nurses Board however different education. Division One nurse attends University and has a degree, Division Two nurse attends a cou...

I'm becoming more and more concerned with the state of our hospital system in Australia. There are always complaints about the long long waiting lists yet Doctors seem to admit patients with false diagnoses just to get them a bed and once there getti...

Hi, There are many ads in our nursing magazines asking if you want to work overseas, I have listed a couple of websites below, maybe you could also try searching via the internet at your end to see what results you get, good luck in your quest. To an...

I'm a nurse who works in Australia, we have alot of nurses who come from other countries here to work mainly from Sth Africa and Nigeria and Asia, some don't stay around to long it is just a way of getting into the country. It can be tough sometimes ...

I work on a medical/surgical ward in Australia as a AUM ( Associate Charge nurse this means I'm in charge on my shift but answer to higher up) I need some help, advice as to what i should do. I have worked now with a particular Division two nurse (...

I have a question regarding Medical surgical nursing, what is the diffrence you probably think this is a strange question but let me enlighten you. I work in a mainly medical area (we feel like the dumping ground of the hospital) if a patient is con...

Hi, I work in Australia so I do not know what a CRNA is but why is it too late, I'm 41 and still studying always looking for a new challenge and feeling quite good when I acomplish it. So if it is really what you want to do and there is no age limit ...