gwenith

gwenith BSN, RN

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  1. Medibank sale Bill introduced to Parliament

    gwenith replied to gwenith's topic in International Nursing

    Can't come soon

  2. Medibank sale Bill introduced to Parliament

    gwenith posted a topic in International Nursing

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1767743.htm Not commenting on this one...................... Mixed blessing? Don't know - I think only time will

  3. Reader-friendly references for schizophrenia

    gwenith replied to Lady_in_red's topic in Psychiatric

    Some Australian references for you (when it comes to rural communities and mental health - we have lots of problems too) http://www.sfnsw.org.au/schizophrenia/sch_hme.htm...

  4. Latrobe, Launceston nurses may join strike

    gwenith posted a topic in International Nursing

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1764795.htm If it weren't so darned cold in Tassie I would consider getting a job there

  5. "sister" = registered nurse

    gwenith replied to walkiez's topic in General Nursing

    It IS an Aussie thing and slowly dying out with the greater numbers of men in the profession and as the older generation who used the term slowly leave this earth. Originally the title "Sister" was...

  6. Staff shortages see junior nurses in leadership roles

    gwenith posted a topic in International Nursing

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1765044.htm I am sorry but they are kidding right?? What happened to the value of experience? The REAL truth is that these "senior jobs" are so demanding...

  7. Medibank sale Bill introduced to Parliament

    gwenith replied to gwenith's topic in International Nursing

    You know I thought "I am posting these - I had better stay neutral on the subject" But I really needn't have bothered - seems most feel the same way as I do:p Yes the fire sale of Australian assets...

  8. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    gwenith replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    It may be different in the States but I know here that the drug administration act was written and SPECIFICALLY worded so that unregistered personel could ASSIST someone in taking medications i.e....

  9. sponsorship for nurses over 45

    gwenith replied to johana's topic in International Nursing

    I think it is a matter of try. The majority of our hospitals are "state" hospitals i.e. owned and funded by the state that they are in. Possibly you would have a better chance with somewhere that is...

  10. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    Hi!! And welcome!! Glad to hear you are returning to nursing - scary isn't

  11. Staff shortages see junior nurses in leadership roles

    gwenith replied to gwenith's topic in International Nursing

    bethem - you just got voted as one of my favourite new grads!! Lesson 1 - never, ever be afraid to say "I don't know" or "I could learn more". There are toxic environments out there though that...

  12. Staff shortages see junior nurses in leadership roles

    gwenith replied to gwenith's topic in International Nursing

    Yeah! I love that the AMA seems to have more credos than the ANF on issues - mind you at least the AMA IS speaking out on our behalf. I was pleasantly surprised recently to learn that NURSING...

  13. Staff shortages see junior nurses in leadership roles

    gwenith replied to gwenith's topic in International Nursing

    Grace - I keep thinking of the recent graduate who was "encouraged" to take on a remote hospital as DON (don't ask but there was lots of politics around it) 12 months later the hospital is being...

  14. Can't find MULTIVITAMIN drug listing- HELP PLease!

    gwenith replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Students

    Mostly your side effects relate to overdoseage and that is more common in the fat soluable vitamins rather than the water soluable vitamins. Google hypervitaminosis....

  15. Bali remembered 4 years on ....

    gwenith replied to Grace Oz's topic in International Nursing

    RIP to all those who died on this day. A tragedy that never should have been. Unfortunately fundamentalists have learnt - hate is

  16. Two Year Nursing courses

    gwenith posted a topic in International Nursing

    As the pressure on the existing workforce continues we seem to be seeing more of these promisory courses. I have just had a bad experience with a student who professed to be 3rd year but was unable...

  17. Two Year Nursing courses

    gwenith replied to gwenith's topic in International Nursing

    Bethem - I would have accepted that she had forgotten the patho - after all we cannot remember everything but to not be able to follow the explanation of someone who is used to talking to patients...

  18. Inquest begins into the death of a new mother

    gwenith posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am posting this here because she died post delivery. Looks like it might be a matter of medical - well, the inquest is still sitting at the moment. Here is the reported facts so far....

  19. Traveler in need of help

    gwenith replied to windtraveler's topic in International Nursing

    Welcome to Australia!! I am not in Victoria so cannot give you much advice but I do know that Melbourne has a pretty good public transport

  20. AMA warns against loans for essential medical treatment

    gwenith posted a topic in International Nursing

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1752619.htm I think I know which "procedure" will be at the top of that list - gastric bypass. You cannot get it done here in QLD under the public health...

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

    gwenith replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I was a patient once and early one morning this well meaning agency nurse comes to take my blood pressure - I held my arm out straight for him - only to hear him say "Don't do that!!" "Do what?" was...

  22. Discrimination against nurse older 45 years old

    gwenith replied to xng's topic in International Nursing

    No - I am over 45 and at present the shortage is so acute that they would probably hire someone over

  23. Anyone go to Curtin Uni (WA Uni)

    gwenith replied to Chris2006's topic in International Nursing

    Slight warning - please please please be very careful about what personal information you post on the internet. This board is "ggogled" which means that these threads will show up on a Google

  24. Neuro ICU - "how to test for pain response in comatose individuals

    gwenith replied to janwebsa's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Interesting - according to the research I have done in the past they have 2/3 wrong!! But seriously we no longer put pressure on nail beds because it can cause severe bruising under the nails and...

  25. Ethical Death or Not?

    gwenith replied to dinkysam's topic in General Nursing

    Some of this is a byproduct of a society where death is reasonably rare. In those countries where death comes in many many forms you just do not meet this mindset of "death MUST be avoided at all...