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I am going to post this in the Australian section as well, but wanted opinions on this problem. My problem is this; I was working at this Retirement Village. I'm not anymore. A male who is the manager of a retirement village where everyone lives indi...

I am going to post this in the Australian section as well, but wanted opinions on this problem. My problem is this; I was working at this Retirement Village. I'm not anymore. A male who is the manager of a retirement village where everyone lives indi...

Perhaps his email can be posted and all RNs in this forum can send him an email regarding the legitimacy of him calling himself a Nurse. It's probably more appropriate for him to call himself Head of Nursing, if this is in fact his role. I guess he c...

I started working as a PCA at the age of 14 at a Special Needs Hostel. Since that age I have gained qualifications to be both a PCA and a RN.

Even calling yourself a nurse and representing himself as one.

To call yourself a nurse or to practice nursing without a license? To CALL yourself a nurse. It's even worse to practice without a license.

These smaller fonts are too small for ME to read. Is there a problem with that? Please reframe from hanging **** on me. Thanks.

In Australia it is a crime with a $10,000 price tag.

Whenever a Intma Cath is used for subcut injections. It is ALWAYS flushed with 5ml NS after administering the medication. Usually Morphine. The rationale being that some of the Morphine dose is sitting still in the line so the patient is actually not...

Thank you both. I thought of both of these, but thought "Maybe there is some other specific reason that Iv'e missed.". But not maybe I didn't. Thank you both.

I have come across a question today as applying for a job on something I have not encountered in my Nursing experience before. Why do we ONLY give Heparin injections as subcuts???? Pain and bruising is one reason. How about mucking up half life? Plu...

Well done StudentBeccy. :balloons: On the final stretch. When you look back you realise just how far youv'e come. It still blows me away just how far you do come and learn. Enjoy your acute placement. Take EVERY opportunity that you get offered to ...

That's great to hear. Our Facticitators were VERY STRICT on the CP as you need to do them all the time at work. So many had resubmits. I luckily didn't. I couldn't face it again. I mailed it off with a lucky kiss. A habit I started with nursing corre...

Oh boy!!! I did this EXACT same care plan in school. You don't happen to be a Spencer TAFE student do you? My CP went for pages as this is a difficult BUT realistic CP. To be honest I initially had so much trouble too. Then I mastered it and assiste...

I work for a Nursing Agency that I trully love. I was placed in various places, such as Rehab, Aged/Dementia Care and lot's of Acute. On the 7th of January I was tripped at work in a hospital by an employee. The result was a herniated disk at L5/S1 l...

I totally agree. The 'good old days' of hospital based training is long gone and no longer applicable in our now modern profession. With all it's boudaries and legal obligations. But I do not think that we can learn most of what we need in a classroo...

Hi JanisM, I went straight from school into the remote community of not-going-to-mention-the-name-here-but-everyone-knows-your-name-in-that-town-and-supermarket-BEFORE-you-even-get-to town, and it was nothing short of being the best desision for ME. ...

Last year was the last year offered on the Diploma of Nursing. Pre-Enrolment. Before that it was the Certificate 111 in Health. (Nursing) The course is now National Diploma of Nursing. Certificate 111 is now being phased out for the general introduct...

I am also willing to help with your survey. This is an awesome site for anyone thinking of coming into Nursing. Just setting out on their journey and those who have long since travelled down that long road of being a student. Post like mad. And you s...

I worked in a remote/rural care hospital. A whole 19 beds. That was including a Birthing Unit. ICU. Acute and respite. I can totally say without hesitation that it was the most fantastic time of my life. The experience you can gain is second to none....

Hi Baby Rei, First of all. What state do you live in? SA has NO certificate anymore, it's a Diploma of Nursing Pre-Enrolment. Making you an EEN, as they include meds in the course so no more EN. Victoria has now introduced, slowly, the Diploma making...

My Nan passed away just before Christmas from VRSA. The one thing she loved was the colour pink. She told people before she died as she knew it was coming to "Not be sad. Be happy. I haved lived a long life. Go and have fun." Good old Nan still think...

I did my EEN through Distance Learning via Spencer TAFE in Whyalla and have just been offered a place in the Advanced Diploma. It is NOT compulary to take this course it just allows you to SPECIALISE in one area really. Plus a pay rise. It won't effe...

To become an Enrolled Nurse you must either be living in either Queensland, Northern Territory or South Australia as these are the only States left that have Enrolled Nurses. OR Study via Distance learning through Spencer TAFE, Whyalla Norrie, SA. Vi...

Even though I'm an Aussie, I'm going to answer too. I am an RN Div 2. So hold a Diploma of Nursing. I'm first yeay out of Nursing school. 23 years in Aged Care. Pay goes up every year of experience. I work for an Agency and make between $25.50 plus A...