opalesce

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1. Musculo-skeletal Injuries, Safe Patient Handling Research

   opalesce replied to lpnornot's topic in Disabilities

   Hi, same issues here in Australia. I have worked for 30 years in primary care nursing as Registered Nurse in all nursing specialities. It's only now, because of the high rate of compensation claims that the powers that be, are looking at implementing...

2. Disabled or Retired Nurses

   opalesce replied to mobilmedic's topic in Retired

   Hi, it's been a year for me now away from bedside nursing. Although it took a few months to get over it. The 'Good Old Days' of Nursing in the 1970's and 1980's here in Sydney, were good, as in the wards were kept tidy, along with the pan rooms. And ...

3. Nurses who DON'T work in a hospital, what do you do?

   opalesce replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

   I have been working in the hospital for 25yrs, and have restrictions on manual handling for bedside nursing. I'm now working in a drug and alcohol dispensary unit, in the public health system. The administration welcomes RN's with a clinical experien...

4. Disabled or Retired Nurses

   opalesce replied to mobilmedic's topic in Retired

   'The old Nurses Back' I'm now in that boat too. I can understand some of your feelings...I can no longer work at the bedside as primary care R/N. as repetitive manual handling is a nursing issue. I am going to change to another area of nursing. It me...