Murt

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1. RPN moving to Ireland?

   Murt replied to Murt's topic in International

   Ive heard about this and im hoping to god that they dont make me do this, i mean im Irish, lived there most of me life, speak english (well as good as we Irish do ) and have been educated in Europe. Ill crack up if they suggest this. Good luck with ...

2. RPN moving to Ireland?

   Murt posted a topic in International

   Hello all, im a 30yr old male and am hoping to move home to Ireland with abroad. I left home when i was 20, studied abroad and have absolutely no idea of how things work in the irish care system! I qualified as a general nurse, (RN i think it is), s...

3. Psych nurse considering Oz?

   Murt replied to Murt's topic in International

   Ive been look ing around for a few days now and i reckon the handiest would be for me to go through an agency. Anyone got one to reccomend? Prefferably one that does a lot in mental health, forensic psychiarty or substance abuse treatment. Im open to...

4. Psych nurse considering Oz?

   Murt replied to Murt's topic in International

   I spent much of yesterday trowling throught he 26 pages of Oz threads yesterday so ive come to realise im not the first to come up witht this idea, nor to start a thread about it! Lots of good pointer sin there eitherway. Sydney seems the natural cho...

5. Psych nurse considering Oz?

   Murt posted a topic in International

   Hello everyone, Im a psych nurse (double degree), 5 yrs experience from drug rehab clinics, prisons and at present as a forensic psych nurse. Im male, 30 yrs old, from Ireland but living and educated in Sweden, 2 kids 10 & 5. The missus and mesel...

6. gero-psych...nothing but a nightmare!

   Murt replied to MisPlacedTexan's topic in Psychiatric

   I can in a way identify with the charm in it, we get a lot of Korsakow patients which is similar and their a good laugh and easy to get on with. My gripe is that gero psych places allways seem so understaffed and you work so hard the sweat is rolling...

7. gero-psych...nothing but a nightmare!

   Murt replied to MisPlacedTexan's topic in Psychiatric

   Same feeling here with my present job, treatment centre for female substance abusers. Getting fed up with cutbacks and gobshite bosses. Also recently found out that a new nurse got a higher wage than me, despite my higher education, experience and da...

8. Psychatric Christmas Songs

   Murt replied to HarryPotter's topic in Psychiatric

   specially like the manic one :rotfl:

9. zyprexa

   Murt replied to margo123's topic in Psychiatric

   very true, the last comment about withdrawl still being relivant. The risk for Delirium Tremens is judged by many to be highest a week after the latest intake of alcohol.

10. Liquid Thorazine Shortage?

    Murt replied to PRNMEDS's topic in Psychiatric

    Mallorol as its called in Sweden was taken off the market here last summer, probably only a matter of time before it disappears all over the shop

11. Reducing the Brain, Ignoring the Soul

    Murt replied to finness's topic in Psychiatric

    Amen. and that goes for all phsycho medicine. We need the best of both worlds.

12. A psych nurse died this week

    Murt replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in a small treatment centre with only 4 nurses, of course we count all the drugs each time we make a withdrawl/ addition. As long as it stays in order well keep doing it every week, when i started their it hadnt been done for months! Also they...

13. A psych nurse died this week

    Murt replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in Psychiatric

    I work with drug/alcohol abusers and nurses/nurses aids are way over represanted among patients which is why i make sure we do a drug count every week, my boss thinks once or twice a yr would do

14. Weirnike-Korsakoff Syndrome

    Murt replied to my2sons's topic in Psychiatric

    A very intresting one which i see on a regular basis. Its basically caused because alcoholics get their calorie intake from alcohol and can go weeks without eating. The get a B- vitamin (thiamin) shortage which is involved in transforming sugar to a ...

15. Know -it-all .....

    Murt replied to happystudent's topic in General Nursing

    I just ignore em, pretend there not there when they start going on, and if i do end up using one of their ideas/ slutions i try to take the credit for it myself