emmalou*

emmalou*

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  1. Need feedback: + or - its okay. My dream is getting crushed

    emmalou* replied to love-d-OR's topic in General Nursing

    Ok well it sounds like you are being very honest with yourself which is great. And hey, we all make mistakes, it says in your profile you are 24, that is very young, particularly to be a nurse. I was...

  2. "So you work in a nursing home; you can't possibly know what I'm asking" (GRRR)

    emmalou* replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've worked in a few different nursing settings and ever since I started nursing, I've occasionally experienced this attitude, particularly from people who insist on arguing with me about something...

  3. Night time munching...

    emmalou* replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    aaah yes I remember night shifts. I would go down to the candy machine on the ground floor and buy potato chips, chocolate bars and coke for my mates around 2.30am if it was a quiet night. Back in the...

  4. Toxic Healthcare Personalities

    emmalou* replied to Flightline's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The overbearing know-it-alls (somehow there's a huge difference between genuine co-workers who want to share knowledge and those who want to tell you how to do your job) The bullies The nurses who...

  5. Agency/New Grad- Too risky?

    emmalou* replied to nurseontheway's topic in General Nursing

    New grads shouldn't work for agencies. When I graduated back in the 90s, I worked with a few nursing grads who went straight to agencies and they were very unsafe practitioners - not their fault, but...

  6. Terminated.....stressed and relieved at the same time.

    emmalou* replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    Yeah no judgment here either. Every one of us has done something questionable in our careers or made errors, me included. My initial feelings are that you might have known what you were doing deep...

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

    emmalou* replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed.

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

    emmalou* replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    Er I'm a nurse not a nun and it's not 1952. I mean I wouldn't go into work hungover (that's not safe practice IMO) but if I want to have 2 glasses of wine with dinner the night before a shift, or have...

  9. Will I lose weight being a nurse??

    emmalou* replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    Yup chalk up another one who gained weight when she started nursing. Combine stress, shift work, fatigue, lack of motivation to do anything when I got home apart from sit down and watch cable tv with...

  10. Did you ever have such a bad day, that you regretted becoming a nurse?

    emmalou* replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    To those of you who asked about my career transition: I went back to university to do my masters degree in rehabilitation counselling (vocational counselling I think it's called in US?). I work as a...

  11. Just need to vent about my exasperating coworker.

    emmalou* replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Based on her recent behaviour you've witnessed, like wearing slippers to work, stained clothing and being unwell - I feel you need to discuss this with your manager. She is a risk at work in terms of...

  12. Did you ever have such a bad day, that you regretted becoming a nurse?

    emmalou* replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    I remember these days well (before I got into my new career); it sums up quite nicely how I used to feel most of the time. The thing about nursing is that there isn't usually just normal, boring,...

  13. Prayer/positive thought request for a fellow nurse

    emmalou* replied to flightnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts are with your friend, her family and the medical team looking after her.

  14. Horrible experience...

    emmalou* replied to sarabear's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In Australia we have patient liaison officers who deal with complaints from patients, I'm assuming you guys would have a similar procedure in the US. Frankly, if it was me I would be placing a...

  15. I cant take nursing anymore

    emmalou* replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Try to put things into perspective and take note of the advice given by these very experienced nurses. The main theme of the thread that I can see is that you should be realistic about your career...

  16. I cant take nursing anymore

    emmalou* replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I think if I had the opportunity of this website when I was a student I would have been grateful. People need honest experiences and advice before they embark on a profession IMO, and some of these...

  17. I cant take nursing anymore

    emmalou* replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I understand completely. My feeling about med/surg nursing (I did this straight out of uni and for around 4 years in Australia) is that it is the worst type of nursing. It may not be the most...

  18. New RN needs advice on skilled/sub-acute rehab/LTC nursing

    emmalou* replied to Novisnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hi I'm in Australia so I'm not sure if my experience will help you. I worked in acute settings in hospitals as an RN for 10 years then decided to do my masters degree (in another discipline). I...

  19. Help! I'm a new grad and can't find a job

    emmalou* replied to I RN A's topic in General Nursing

    I can empathise with this, being from Australia. I graduated from uni in the mid 90s and there wasn't really a nursing shortage back then as such, and a lot of people didn't find jobs straight away. I...

  20. Assessing Clients For Self Harm Tendencies

    emmalou* posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi all I'm an occupational health nurse working in a large public hospital in Australia. A large part of my role is case managing injured workers for workplace rehabilitation, I.e. to return...

  21. MP says female circumcisions carried out in NSW

    emmalou* replied to gwenith's topic in International Nursing

    The term is clitorectomy and is NOT the same as male circumcision. As much as I don't think male circumcision is necessary, the practice of removing a female's privy parts means a woman can't...

  22. What's a magnet hospital???

    emmalou* replied to np_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.health.qld.gov.au/pahospital/magnet/ Well I live in Australia and work at the above hospital, which is one of the first Australian MAGNET hospitals (I think) - its a great idea in theory,...

  23. Your Worst Mistake

    emmalou* replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    I have always felt that Insulin is the 'scariest' drug - I don't mind giving morphine or pethadine, or IV antibiotic pushes; have done heaps of those without worrying in the slightest, but Insulin, to...

  24. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

    emmalou* replied to gwenith's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I can't imagine being anything other than a nurse - even on my worst, most frustrating days, I just can't imagine it. I think studying is definitely worth it - nurses with good skills/quals can get...

  25. pay scales in Victoria

    emmalou* replied to ewol's topic in International Nursing

    I tried looking at the Australian Nursing Federation (Victoria) website but you need to be a member to login and find out and unfortunately I'm in Queensland and not registered in Victoria so couldnt...