Jan B

What does everyone consider to be excessive sick leave. If a Nurse has beetween 10-14 sick days a year for a full time nurse 40 hours per week is that excessive? Very interested in your opinions. We until recently had 8 paid sick leave days per year. It has just increased to 10.

where I work we are provided with 6 uniforms, The hospital will wash then or you can do it yourself......then just pick them up form the uniform room

I work in a big Hospital in New Zealand, and I have to wear a dress White, button down front with navy blue lapels, white pipeing across the top of the pockets and round the sleeve. Most of the Hospital staff wear this with the EN's wearing the same but with green pipeing etc. ED wear navyblue similar to scrubs but with square neck and white pipeing and button down front of the top...very nice actually, much more tidy that scrubs. All the office staff wear street clothes. The CNL wears the white dress with red pipeing etc. WE have been after a new uniform for years as you can imagine working in orthopaedics and climbing on beds in a dress is not a good look....now we are told that they are going to cut our dress down, make them into tops and we acan wear Navy 3/4 pants while they work out a whole new uniform for us.........so we will see what that looks like...I agree that a uniform is required but just get away from white...., and dresses!!!!!!! Jan