emmalou*

emmalou*

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  1. Silly reason for ER visit?

    emmalou* replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    I've kicked my toe once and pretty sure I broke it and didn't get any medical attention because I knew there was bugger all they could do. TBH, I would have to be dying (or feel like it) to go to an...

  2. Uniform Question For Seasoned Nurses...

    emmalou* replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    I remember visiting a family member in hospital in the 80s - Wesley Private Hospital in Brisbane, Qld. I remember those uniforms! Purple and white striped with a cap. Was that where you trained?...

  3. Uniform Question For Seasoned Nurses...

    emmalou* replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    http://dyk2.homestead.com/Index50.html I had a good laugh looking at some of these! Some of them are the usual 'carry on movie' pics, and some are genuine pics of nurses. I find this thread really...

  4. A Nurse tells it like it is

    emmalou* replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    I thought it was a well written, passionate, honest, confrontational, realistic (if a bit jaded and burned out) article. I agreed with pretty much most of it, including the end when she talked about...

  5. Nurses need to be tall and beautiful???

    emmalou* replied to Lucia cong's topic in International Nursing

    Actually this wouldn't surprise me particularly - I mean it probably doesn't happen in Australia but let's face it, if nursing was hugely competitive, I'm sure there are employers who would try this...

  6. Unsafe Nurse-to-Patient Ratio

    emmalou* replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    Well it would be great if this article stated what a good patient/nurse ratio was ... for example only 1 ICU patient if unstable, 2 ICU if stable, 4 in acute general wards on an early shift, no more...

  7. Uh Oh- background/criminal check!

    emmalou* replied to Di Deanna's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    That is a massive breach and abuse of confidentiality. You would have had grounds to take that further and lodge a

  8. Uh Oh- background/criminal check!

    emmalou* replied to Di Deanna's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    As an Australian I can't believe you guys have credit checks in relation to your workplace - I mean, we have criminal history checks for health care jobs and that's fair enough, but credit checks? I...

  9. I have GREAT co-workers

    emmalou* replied to husker_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Heh, what they said. This is so nice to

  10. Do AIN's have to be registered?

    emmalou* replied to will86's topic in General Nursing

    Hi If I were you, would phone your nursing registration board in NSW to see if they can help you - I'm currently in Qld and AINs up here have to do a TAFE course (at least they do if they work in aged...

  11. been out of the er for year due to injury-best way to ease back in

    emmalou* replied to beaujacques's topic in General Nursing

    If you are going back to your old job, you should really speak to your Human Resources Dept. or Occupational Health and Safety officer, in conjunction with your treating doctor, physio and manager so...

  12. "Atypical" Nurse? How discouraging...

    emmalou* replied to Darjeeling22's topic in General Nursing

    My god who are these people? For all they know you had a hysterectomy and can't have children or something! How rude. I'm sick of the tired old argument that all parents are selfless, mother Theresa...

  13. Do any of the nurses here hold jobs that are not nurse/health-related?

    emmalou* replied to Honeybun1206's topic in General Nursing

    I have a few good years under my belt as an RN however I now work as a case manager to assist psychologically and physically injured workers back to the workplace (rehabilitation consultant). You...

  14. women working with women, why its so hard

    emmalou* replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree that women can be catty and have experienced this, and let's face it, been catty myself when backed into a corner .... I just don't believe the old 'men are far less catty, more stable'...

  15. Anyone ever gone through nusing school while pregnant?

    emmalou* replied to ngillilan1's topic in General Nursing

    I had a friend at nursing school who got married then became pregnant with twins - finished school right before she gave birth! She did really well too, including all her pracs. We were all very...

  16. Are You Popular At Work?

    emmalou* replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    Lol. This question reinforces my long held view that the workplace really is like high school (no offence to the OP - it's a very good topic). I've worked in a few places where I just didn't fit in....

  17. Rethinking Nursing...advice from nurses please!

    emmalou* replied to Smiley2055's topic in General Nursing

    I think only you know the answer to this question but I can certainly give you my experiences and thoughts. When I started nursing school, I had this intense desire to be a nurse and nothing was going...

  18. Strange job interview...thoughts on this?

    emmalou* replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in General Nursing

    Most of my interviews in Australia have been like yours - I only got the formal interview process when I was a grad, and when I was going for senior positions. A lot of ward nursing mid-level...

  19. "The Disruptive Behavior of Doctors"

    emmalou* replied to dharmanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Er .... a male colleague calling a female 'honey' in the workplace or any other 'term of affection' or whatever you want to call it is a big no no in Australia. That would be considered harassment...

  20. "Nurse" entry on Wikipedia

    emmalou* replied to Ginger's Person's topic in General Nursing

    I never use Wikipedia as a reliable source - that said, a lot of people do, so I consider it my responsibility as an educated professional to change things which are inaccurate. The Australian wiki...

  21. Head Nurse got on me for no reason

    emmalou* replied to mscgirl09's topic in General Nursing

    Simply put; it's none of their business and here in Australia your manager and coworkers' attitude might even be considered bullying and harassment towards you - you just can't go around discussing...

  22. Are you aware of how you conduct yourself in public?

    emmalou* replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah when I was in nursing school/was a new nurse in the 90s I had a blast. There were times when I'd turn up for work after not much sleep the night before etc and everybody lived to tell the tale;...

  23. Verbal attack by co-worker

    emmalou* replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    You sound like a very safe and diligent nurse to me. The IV site issue really sticks with me (no pun intended). Hospitals in Australia have quite a high rate of infection with IV sites due to being...

  24. Nursing School Rocks!!!

    emmalou* replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Lol, that was great, brought back memories for me :) Process records though - they look fairly horrible! Glad I didn't have to do those, care plans were bad

  25. discharged a patient wearing telemetry

    emmalou* replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    yeah I would go over and try to find it. Almost everyone has done something like this, it's very common. I was always accidently going home with the schedule 8 (controlled drugs) keys , I would get...