ROSYJO11

Hi everyone, it's been such a long time since I've changed jobs that I've never had to go through the formal application process before. I've always just been given a job based on my qualifiications. The last 26 years I've been nursing in hospital...

Hi all, recently my father was a patient in the hospital where I work. It's a small hospital so whilst he wasnt in my ward, he was in the ward next door and I know the staff there as well as they know me. He came in with cellulitis and confusion an...

Hi, I hear what you are saying but it doesnt apply here. I wont go into details cause it will be too long a post but to try and cut a long story short we were prepared for his death cause he's talked about since his first heart attack in 1978 and has...

thankyou all for your words of support. Learn2nurse, I cant even begin to imagine how much you and your family's hearts are breaking. How you managed to work in that area and get through your shift is astounding. I finally summoned up the courage t...

i also gotta say though, leaving three teenagers home alone unsupervised at night? I supervised my babies for safety, I supervise my primary school aged children for safety, when they are teenagers I will continue to supervise them - for safety. ...

Is meningococcal not a problem in the US? Death can come in hours! Those symptoms and a call from my children (yours must have grown up well educated in matters of health and first aid considering the careers of the parents), would be enough to make...

Well, this may sound like a cliche but it is still very true. Your kids are only young once, enjoy them while you can. It wont be long before they hit school and bless you with their independence and attitude, then the teenage years when they are no...

that's a good ratio. I am in a 26 bed surg ward. M - 1:5 on a blessed day, 1:12 on a bad day or any number in between. L - 1:7 to 1:9 depending if it is a TURP day N- 1-13 or one extra staff for a TURP day Only downside is when the ratios con...

The Royal Brisbane Hospital is the largest in the southern hemisphere. Brisbane is in the state of Queensland and is the cheapest of all capitol cities I believe and the weather is the best of them all. You will be close to major tourist attraction...

i've been nursing since 1990 and I've never heard a doctor/surgeon been referred to as a Mr or Mrs! All doctors/surgeons/anaesthetists/consultants I have ever worked with have been referred to as Dr. In a range of hospitals, small/large/public/pri...

Have a look at this one, it employs from the UK and has recruitment there at the moment. http://www.fsph.org.au/jobs.php3 cheers, Jo

hehe, just emailed that one on to my pregnant friend :)

Your job is to observe the signs, treat the symptoms. This attitude of 'is she faking'? shouldnt be a major concern to you, the school nurse. Is it any skin off your nose if she is faking? I'm sorry, but I hate that attitude. My own daughter also wen...

you know you're a nurse when you keep checking your left breast region for the time. I can only imagine how this looks to the general public when I'm not wearing the nurseswatch. Must look like I have a nervous tic lol . And the opposite when yo...

you know you're a nurse when you feel sorry for your non nursing friends and relatives who dont have access to Micropore tape and hence do not understand it's powers, so you check your pockets and handbag and give them a roll! For some reason th...

a common one I use on the post ops when moving them or changing a dressing or other such thing, ' Does that hurt?' pt replies "no", I say, "Hmmmn, I"ll have to try harder then"

pre-op checklist - do you have anything in you that you werent born with? ( asking about prosthesis, lenses, pacemaker, artificial bits and pieces)

When I'm flushing the TURP patients and they are wincing I calmly say, "I'm not thinking of childbirth when I do this", the patient's eyes near pop out of their heads as they ponder whether or not their nurse is sadistic and the female relatives (e...

nursing a 97 yr old dementia lady, the nurse made comment on her son being there. The patient quite seriously said he wouldnt be there as he was overseas at the moment. The nurse said, 'look, he's right here behind you!' . The patient quickly turn...

i found a post on here with all the abbreviations. in aus, we have en (enrolled nurses) that are a 1 yr course through a tafe. een is endorsed enrolled nurse, an en that does extra training to be medication endorsed. an is assistant nurse which basic...

Sounds like a lot of hassle. We use an Abbott Plum pump. It has a line A and line B bung on the pump itself. (techinically on the special Plum tubing we put in the pump) Line A is for the regular bags of fluid (saline/hartmans/glucose etc) ...

Does this hurt? No? Hmmmn, I'll have to try harder then. The young men and even the cheeky middle aged ones often get this response from me 'I'm just going to take your temperature now, if you can just roll onto your side?' and I say it with a r...

well here in Australia fanny doesnt mean what it does in USA, it means the female genitalia! I remember some nursing friends of mine went on a cruise together and came back from America with these round bats like wooden small tennis rackets and they ...

Our doctors hand write the patient's medication on a special sheet when they are admitted. Anything ceased during pt stay is crossed off that sheet by the doctor. When patient goes home they are given a discharge form and their medications are writt...

maybe not worst experiences but things to be aware of After alco-wiping the skin prior to a subcut injection, my finger slipped on the slippery skin I was pinching up and the needle went straight through my finger instead of into the patient. (had ...