suzimaree

1 Victoria, Australia 2 Altona 3 Nursing home, Charge nurse 4 $34.21 per hour 5 Inservice education :)

Go for it...:-)....I started working as a PCA (personal care attendant) in nursing homes then I started back at uni to do a nursing degree here in Australia, which takes three years to complete, which I have completed and are now working and I will be 50 next June. I thougt that I would be to old amongst all the students, but there were others that were division 2 nurses up grading to division 1 nurses and also a lot of mature aged students doing a nursing degree.............. So go for it, :yeah::yeah:I had three children at primary school when I started and was so worried that I would not be able to do all the homework, assignments and home duties but they all just fell into place. I am so glad that I went back to uni and did it, you are never to old to do anything once you have you mind set to it......GO FOR IT....

Worth a laugh or two, brightens up a day. thanks...he he he wait till I tell them at work about this one.................

YES Continuing education for nurses should be mandatory. I am a charge nurse in a high care aged care facility that looks after 80 residents. Under the contract that I signed I have to attend six educational internal or external nursing educational services per year. Even if they are to update your nursing skills, in wound management, controlling seizure's, cardiac arrest, documentation or medication management. I have been to several seminar's on several topics which I found interesting, and you always learn something new as time goes on. They always come up with some new dressing in wound management and it does feel good to be up to date with all the latest information.