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  1. Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    katie258 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, you guys earn money for this poopy job? I really need to get out of Australia and start making some cash....Trust me if I wanted money I'd go find a real job. Nursing is a passion and an...

  2. Where's the Aide?

    katie258 replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    I hear what your saying. Are your pts unstable diabetics? Honestly you will end up killing yourself, burning out and no good to anyone if you keep this level of work up. maybe when you finally do see...

  3. Where's the Aide?

    katie258 replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    If you keep doing her work for her she a) wont ever learn her job properly and b) will never get any time management skills. Or she could just be bone idle and you are letting her get away with it....

  4. Any Enrolled nurses out there doing their training ?

    katie258 replied to nurse07's topic in International Nursing

    Hi! i graduated April this year and I had a ball! I met some fantastic people with whom I still keep in touch. One is now managing an aged care facility, one is doing community nursing, one is in...

  5. Dealing with the Steamrollers...

    katie258 replied to SpudsMomGuinea's topic in International Nursing

    Oh boy thankyou thankyou!! I used your advice with our resident steam roller and just kept giving handover this morning and when she asked for the same information she hadn't heard while she was...

  6. Kick your feet up!

    katie258 replied to nyapa's topic in International Nursing

    I am enjoying my days off renovating my house, getting into the garden that was neglected for the year I was away doing my ENs and getting to know my kids again. Next year I'll be doing the EN to RN...

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

    katie258 replied to froghair's topic in International Nursing

    I'm a little worried that we are going to loose out. I have a family and we are looking at buying some land and puting a house on it but now we are thinking it might be better to wait and see what our...

  8. Thinking of going Rural

    katie258 replied to Scrubber's topic in International Nursing

    Hi, I'm from Coonabarabran which is just a few hours from Tamworth. you might try ringing them and inqiring your self rather that just writing. I got my job here by annoying the HSM into giving me a...

  9. Guidelines offer choice on premature baby resuscitation

    katie258 replied to gwenith's topic in International Nursing

    I was born at seven months...My girlfriends mother was born at twenty five weeks in the fifties and survived.. I think I'm fairly normal, but then I suppose I would say that. I'm very happy that the...

  10. Morgellon's Disease

    katie258 replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

    So is this disease only affecting americans? Or has it spread further. And what is a chemtrail? I asked a couple of the girls at work about it ( from the U.K. and Dubai) and theyve not heard about it...

  11. pacify or orientate? Alzheimers...

    katie258 replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Am only a student but have some dementia care experience and it is best practise in Australia to enter from the clients point of view. Like if you have someone who wants to catch the bus you just tell...

  12. Questions on charting

    katie258 replied to Meika9501's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Just a wee hint from a fellow student, if you give analgesia, go back and ask if it worked, and then

  13. Calculators.

    katie258 replied to Lachrymologist's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm a trainee enrolled nurse in Australia which I think is LPN? For our medication exams we aren't allowed to use

  14. Picc Line handling during patient cares.

    katie258 replied to AussieKylie's topic in International Nursing

    Just a dumb question from a student but isn't this stuff in the hospital policy? We're told that every hospital has a policy and that we should check this if we are unsure of protocols. I found this...

  15. Patches left in public

    katie258 replied to amgo24's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Tell me I'm thick but could you not have turned it over to acertain what it was and then bin it yourself? Probably what I would have done, But that is just me. Then tell the RN "I just binned a patch...

  16. How to get in TAFE for Enrolled Nursing?

    katie258 replied to pink_margarita's topic in International Nursing

    In NSW you apply directly to the hospital. Jobs are advertised on seek. How do I know? I just got accepted at Dubbo base! YAY! You need a first aid cert ( I got mine from a local ambo cost $ 120 and...