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2 words: DISTRICT NURSING!

Go for whatever takes placement in blocks.........when you are on the wards or wherever you really need some kind of continuity for it to be a useful learning tool.....................

Lanyard watches are great, if you can pop it in your pocket when you are doing procedures, great for obs!

I am loving my grad year, but I am soooooo tired............. :zzzzz I sometimes find it hard when I work with people who have been doing the job for 20 years, who expect you to know what they do, just because you're an RN now.....very unrealistic, ...

I shudder when I think of that!! In Australia the containers that hold pottasium are similar to the ones that hold sterile water and normal saline, (10ml), only the colour of the writing is different. I hope this is changed soon. In Australia we have...

I will go to sleep after a shift about an hour after I get home in the morning, then I will sleep 'til about 5.30, or 6pm, then get up and spend some (limited) time with the family! On the first day off, I do what rncopper does, do all my 'junk', the...

I love this board too, Tammy.....(welcome)........but to be honest, I don't understand how people get the time!!

sad, very sad...................

Anyone watched 'Wizard of Oz' lately?????? I have, a hundred, thousand times..........my daughters just love it.........so i would have to say, this is a favourite at the moment........ Somewhere Over the Rainbow When all the world is a hopeless ju...

If i could uproot my family and do it in New York I would be there in a blink!

GOODNESS!!!!!! Suddenly I feel sooooo ooooooolllllllldddddddd....................

giggles, don't give up...........I started the training, then became an LPN, then FINALLY went back to it and graduated as an RN........if it is what you want you will achieve it in the end!

Littmann Master Classic 11 hmmm...............3M must be loving this thread!

PLEASE make sure you understand what is being tattooed onto you............see attachment!

Kaylesh, I agree, I LOVE Billy Connolly.........must be my Scotts blood!

Jane Turner (Australian)

HEAR, HEAR!! I have always thought it would be nice to have one, but the thought of a faded old, outdated tattoo, slipping and sliding on the old wrinkley skin, to places it didn't originate from, always stops me from getting one!

(Two months, two weeks, three days, 2 hours, 6 minutes and 45 seconds. 1521 cigarettes not smoked, saving $456.78. Life saved: 5 days, 6 hours, 45 minutes.) WOO HOO!!! And I'm just lovin' all that extra cash!!

Gee, I wish I lived in Connecticut!!

spirited nurse, these links should help! :) Australian Nursing Council Nursing Jobs

I would give anything to be able to wear 'scrubs', as they do in the US. We wear 'corporate' uniforms, honestly, I look ready for a day in the office when I go to work. And I wish the uniforms were'n't made of plastic!

I know I certainly would have liked more clinical time, and longer blocks at that, when i did my uni training. I know it would not be financially viable for some, but it would have been good to do 6 months hands on, and 6 months study per year, or so...

'be kind' pill

Front in our bathroom..........definitely back in the kid's bathroom! :)

Kavi, I read in the papers this week (or last) that Buckley IS still with the new owners...the case is still dragging on.......