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bubblesthenurse

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  1. remote as you can get!

    bubblesthenurse posted a topic in Rural

    hi, i'm about to head out into the australian bush for 2 months on a remote indigenous community, in the middle of the tanami desert. i have never done this before! the basic set up is this: 4...

  2. Best Nursing Agency in Australia

    bubblesthenurse replied to mmck's topic in International Nursing

    Hi there! i am currently doing a round-oz trip with agencies. for each state there are hundreds of agencies. but there is a gourp of agencies that service all states. they all fall under the same big...

  3. remote as you can get!

    bubblesthenurse replied to bubblesthenurse's topic in Rural

    I LOVE IT OUT HERE!!!! this has got to be what nursing is about!! primary care, emergency nursing, EVERYTHING!! I'm primarily doing the chronic disease type stuff, so the health board can get more...

  4. ER Patients

    bubblesthenurse replied to vonxojn's topic in Emergency

    i actually tell my patients ( if they are being narky): "if you thought you needed to come in, and truly think you are ill enough to come to ED, why would you then refuse treatment we reccommend, or...

  5. Uniforms.. color scrubs vs whites

    bubblesthenurse replied to staceylee67's topic in General Nursing

    just a few points: 1: we are a proffessional body. they traditional white uniform, while looking smart, conjures up the nurses role of yesteryear, while as fabulous as they were, were not the...

  6. remote as you can get!

    bubblesthenurse replied to bubblesthenurse's topic in Rural

    im there for 2 months. theres a fair bit out here for resources... mostly uni websites.... i think i must be nuts, because i sure dont feel couragous at the

  7. remote as you can get!

    bubblesthenurse replied to bubblesthenurse's topic in Rural

    thanks for the comments... i feela bit over whelmed about it, and im not there yet. i leave in 2 weeks. Just a bit more on my assignment. The aboriginal community population is of about 800 people,...

  8. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

    bubblesthenurse replied to gwenith's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    hey guys!!! well i am no longer emplyed at the moment!!! its fabulous!!! my last day was last sunday. i leave for the northern territory in 2 weeks!!!! i'm so excited!!! i will definately be using...

  9. Bush Clinics

    bubblesthenurse posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi everyone, as part of my trip around australia, ive acquired a 2 month contract in a remote town in the middle of no-where in NT. has anyone worked in this kind of environment before? this is a big...

  10. Bush Clinics

    bubblesthenurse replied to bubblesthenurse's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks Gwenith, a friend from work gave me a book on remote nursing. it's a study carried out over a year in a remote community in WA, and talks about all the hardships the nurses under go, and the...

  11. Bush Clinics

    bubblesthenurse replied to bubblesthenurse's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks Gweneth, i know that i'm partnered with another nurse, and we take it in turns to be on call during out-of-hours, and then we run clinics 7 days a week. i made sure the agency knew that i dont...

  12. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    bubblesthenurse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    on my first ever prac as a nursing student, i was placed on the medical ward in one of the major hospitals for 6 weeks. on this medical ward there was an elderly italian lady with dementia who didnt...

  13. those friends you study nursing with

    bubblesthenurse posted a topic in International Nursing

    it was my birthday today. and i couldnt think of anyone better to spend my time with that those i studied nursing with. nursing bonds people together. i love these people so much, the are my closest...

  14. those friends you study nursing with

    bubblesthenurse replied to bubblesthenurse's topic in International Nursing

    i have to confess, i thought i would lose out on that bonding, having gone through the uni system.... but theses girls are my world. from what i can tell, its not as solid is it would have been if it...

  15. Anyone go to Curtin Uni (WA Uni)

    bubblesthenurse replied to Chris2006's topic in International Nursing

    that was only my experience of it. if your at the state childrends hospital, you'll be fine, because they have nurses who are speciasised to paeds care/ adult care transition. they dont expect you to...

  16. Personality Type and Nursing

    bubblesthenurse replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Nursing

    your type is [color=#d000a0]esfp[color=#d000a0]extroverted[color=#d000a0]sensing[color=#d000a0]feeling[color=#d000a0]perceivingstrength of the preferences %...

  17. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    bubblesthenurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    3 incidences. 1) cas pool nurse working on rehab ward, pts sats down to 78%. wrote it down, and walked off 2) same nurse, attends to another patients dressing while the patient is on the tiolet. 3) in...

  18. Anyone go to Curtin Uni (WA Uni)

    bubblesthenurse replied to Chris2006's topic in International Nursing

    thanks for the warning gwenith. for the above mentioned reasons (privacy), i will say that i'm "at the big public hospital south of the river, close to the uni". :wink2: they had an excellent grad...

  19. Anyone go to Curtin Uni (WA Uni)

    bubblesthenurse replied to Chris2006's topic in International Nursing

    if i had gone to an adult unit, i would have thrived. your time management skills are unsually pretty shonky still after uni, but they get better. un/ fortunately, i went head first onto the...

  20. Anyone go to Curtin Uni (WA Uni)

    bubblesthenurse replied to Chris2006's topic in International Nursing

    although, we should mention that you dont need to do your undergrad at those uni's to do post grad. i went to notre dame, and have been working for 2

  21. Is it just me, or are nurses pushy?

    bubblesthenurse replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Before i was i nurse, i was never pushy, never stood up to anyone... now i'm a bit of a power freak... and am pushy... in the nicest way possible. as it has been said through-out this thread, as soon...

  22. telling the public

    bubblesthenurse posted a topic in International Nursing

    yesterday i had a "moment" with the hair dressers who were doing my hair. i have made it my mission recently to let the public know the extent of knowledge we actually require. sometimes its...

  23. Anyone go to Curtin Uni (WA Uni)

    bubblesthenurse replied to Chris2006's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Chris, curtin is a great uni, although i never went there. but i went through uni with curtin students. curtin gives you a BSc, instead os a Bch Nsg which means your exempt from other units, should...

  24. rural and country hospital nursing

    bubblesthenurse posted a topic in International Nursing

    hey my friend and i are setting out on a trip around Oz. are there any places that we HAVE TO work in, from your experience? both of us have ed, and i have ccu, surg and paeds. i hear darwin is...

  25. rural and country hospital nursing

    bubblesthenurse replied to bubblesthenurse's topic in International Nursing

    sorry... who won that game??? do i need to remind you?!