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  1. What is the major reason nurses leave?

    jabiru replied to saguaro13's topic in General Nursing

    You bet. I get sick and tired of answering the stupid telephone. 99% of outside calls are from friends/relatives wanting to be transferred through to the bedside. I don't remember signing up to be a...

  2. What is the major reason nurses leave?

    jabiru replied to saguaro13's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, ain't that the truth. Even at ward level, there are fewer and fewer nurses doing the actual hands-on care. And what's with all the frickin' meetings? All the hours wasted in meetings talking...

  3. Anyone had this happen to them?

    jabiru replied to AussieKylie's topic in General Nursing

    Grrrr. Some nurses can't spare the time to take a meal break. Others can't even take the time to go to the loo and yet others nick out for a smoke. What gives? We have a few smokers on the ward where...

  4. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    jabiru replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Give it a shot, if you really think you'd like it. I know nothing about how the immigration rules might apply to you but nurses are really in short supply

  5. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    jabiru replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is so very true. I don't know what's happening where you are but in Australia, there is very much a head-in-the-sand approach to the looming nurse shortage. They can't go on importing nurses...

  6. Anyone had this happen to them?

    jabiru replied to AussieKylie's topic in General Nursing

    No, I help if I can. I'm going to worry now if my motives are going to be

  7. Anyone had this happen to them?

    jabiru replied to AussieKylie's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, dear. If I'm having a good day and on top of things, I always make a point of offering colleagues help. It never occurred to me that I might be seen as gleeful. I've been in situations where I've...

  8. Do You take your patients out for smoke breaks?

    jabiru replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I work in paeds, so it doesn't apply. Honestly, it never occurred to me that nurses would be expected to take patients outside for a cigarette break. What sort of message does that send? Having said...

  9. Do you like day or night shift better and why?

    jabiru replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

    The permanent staff where I work (full time and part time) do rotating rosters. Some wards have 12-hour shifts and others 8-hour shifts. Everyone is expected to do everything. I don't think new grads...

  10. nursing caps

    jabiru replied to biker nurse's topic in General Nursing

    We had to use a clean cap each day - starched cloth, not paper. I'm not saying they were essential for reasons of hygiene but the standards today have slipped enormously with nurses wearing their hair...

  11. nursing caps

    jabiru replied to biker nurse's topic in General Nursing

    To keep the hair under control and to show

  12. Married / engaged nurses...

    jabiru replied to KLeigh's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. I spent some years out of nursing because of family commitments and I was quite surprised (horrified, really) at how some nurses present themselves. We, in Australia, have only been...

  13. Married / engaged nurses...

    jabiru replied to KLeigh's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen that as well. I think it's unprofessional. Flame

  14. nursing caps

    jabiru replied to biker nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The comments that caps are an infection control issue interest me. I trained 75 - 78 and caps were part of all trainee nurses' uniforms then. RNs wore veils. The veils weren't a problem because the...

  15. Would you let your hospital treat your loved one?

    jabiru replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in paeds and no one in my family fits the demographic anymore but when they were small, there was nowhere else I would have taken them, especially for important

  16. Nurse Uniform Study: All Opinions Welcome!!!

    jabiru replied to koala15's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder who does design the uniforms? Quite a lot of the posts mention pocket number and size and that's a huge beef with me as well. I like to carry around a few essentials and my trousers have...

  17. When to dilute IV push meds ???

    jabiru replied to RNNC2003's topic in General Nursing

    They used to be on the counter in the drug room, next to the Water for Injection and N/Saline. At least these days they're locked

  18. Reference cards for Spanish phrases

    jabiru replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm heading over to Amazon after I finish reading this board. Fingers crossed that they have a "Speedy French for Nurses" as well. We get quite a few French speaking patients (from Noumea) and most...

  19. What do you do/use at work that keeps you organized?

    jabiru replied to Lisky90's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. I need all the help I can get. And what are these 'clipboards' every seems to have? The only clipboard I know of is much to large to be carrying around in one's pocket. ~ signed,

  20. What's In Your Pocket?

    jabiru replied to AmyD_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What a brilliant system. I hate to think how much time we waste either hanging around the desk for a doctor to return a page or chasing up the rest of the team, asking "who paged the Med

  21. What's In Your Pocket?

    jabiru replied to AmyD_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why? I can usually find a hospital stethoscope in any of the patients' rooms. What's the advantage in carrying my own? I don't carry half of what the peope who've posted have mentioned. I don't think...

  22. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    jabiru replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This thread has been so helpful to me and I'm not even 'new'. I'm returning to nursing after an absence of a few years and my time management skills are all shot. I've been C & Ping the most...