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there are a couple of issues here.... and common sense will solve them all. To wear gloves provides a level of protection for both patient and carer. A level of protection which is enhanced by what in my day were called universal precautions... no to...

It's many years since I began my career as a RN here in Australia and much has changed but one thing from the past still resonates with me. In the 1970's there was a very bitter industrial dispute regarding wages and working conditions (which we even...

I spent many years in rural districts and some time as the sole nurse at a bush nursing centre. I loved the autonomy but sometimes found the lack of professional support tough. If you have the skills and confidence it is a fantastic experience and I ...

As the voice of sad experience ... get some legal advice sooner rather than later. Either via the union or ask about. I found one who worked pro bono, also my first consultation was free... arranged by a trade union I had links with thru my past care...

GLASS IV bottles............ I remember glass underwater sealed drainage bottles for intercostal tubes and on suction units too, (to go with the stainless steel sucker nossles) which came apart for cleaning ... I specially remember cleaning sucker ...

Rats to that... the notion of kids wearing tee shirts which advertise colostomy bags is so much more fun.

happily so are these ones. i guess part of the learning experience is sorting the diamonds from the smeary glass, or in australia the true opals from the triplets. the best answer to them all is laugh... or go into the sluice room and polish stainl...

what a fascinating thread, as a, retired from nursing, 50 year old female who has worked across this wide brown land in many settings i would have to say that i've met all sorts including some who should be fed to their own..or someone else's young. ...

i am currently out of the nursing work force.. and planning to stay that way, but a national register is well overdue ....speaking as a rn who at one stage was registered in three states as a consequence of a working holiday and the old ... never get...

Its probably a silly question but... do you actually have an employer to sponsor you ? If so then that is probably the way to go. the rules are very strict tho..you cannot just wing it you must have an employer before you file... Immigration should ...

:balloons:what a hoot... we will nearly be neighbors.I looked very hard at Carlton when I moved out of town... finally decided to come out a bit further to buy a place one house back from the crown reserve and the water. Working at Port Arthur Histor...

watching the news tonight, with horror, this idiot intervention into rural services in Tasmania. I have worked in two of the three hospitals under examination at present. There are not enough nurses to fill the b***** rosters, and there haven't been...

Hi from a retired Tasmanian still here. Living now at Murdunna, just past Dunalley on the Tasman Peninsular. Real Estate is almost affordable so hope you get your house of dreams. Where are you coming home too? Health remains chaotic... gotta love po...

happy hunting, the tas health dept has a casual register, access it via the state gov web site...follow the links to jobs.tas.gov.org...i think. there is a system where health workers can get three month appointments too, i'm not sure how it works. ...

1. why did you go into nursing? just sort of happened, thats more or less what girls who didn't want to be school teachers did in 1974. 2. where did you receive your education? in what year did you graduate? hospital trained, 400 bed base hospital ...

Hospital training stood me in good stead, however I graduated 30 years ago. The days of using a student workforce as the principle carers in busy hospitals where seriously ill patients have complex needs are long gone... thank heavens. In Australia w...

both good points Grace. I guess that I would add to that the politicizing of health care is a major negative with huge implications for the next few years. My pet gripe.... at present... is the latest "good" idea about education for nurses. Without r...

I cant believe we are going down this path again. For years it was very tough for hospital trained nurses to compete professionally without doing a bridging degree... not always an economic or geographic option without trying to deal with rosters etc...

I'm fascinated by this thread for several reasons. As a hospital trained nurse I heard, like every other student on their first stint of night duty, a raft of grey nurse stories. These tales included utility rooms being cleaned and patients attended...

I am fairly recently retired but I have worked (in Australia) in industry, mining, construction, food processing, and timber. I have also worked as what we call a Remote Area Nurse... single practitioner in an isolated area with minimal support. In a...

Hi pdxrn., I'm still finding my way around this site, I have a permanent disability and am trying very hard to re invent myself but thats another story. I just wanted to make a comment about peer support, there isnt much about and even on this site...

Just some idle musings from across the seas. Moore's portrait of what he sees as the USA clearly sits uncomfortably with many, I saw "Bowling for Columbine" with a group of young American Uni students in Australia on exchange. As a citizen of a cou...

I spent a lot of my career working in rural or industrial sites as a sole practitioner. I have been watching the thread about the use of titles and thought I would share one of my favorite stories. I was working as the OH&S Nurse for a big paper ...

hi Code 50, back injuries are tough, and it can be a long and difficult journey ( so speaks the voice of sad experience) You must get some treatement and support for your depression, and it must be multi focal.... by that I mean set yourself some for...