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Wow, thats a huge jump, surely it wouldn't go up that much.

I totally understand where you are coming from scrubby, I suppose the reason I feel strongly about it is because I only finished my post grad in mental health last year and was so pleased to be finally recognised as a RMHN and now I wont be, oh well I had a year of it lol.

Im a registered general nurse endorsed in mental health (at the moment) and rang to ask about the disregard for mental health nurses and was told that I would show up on the computer as being a qualified mental health nurse but it would not be documented on the registration card, doesnt really make any sense to me and I am quite upset about it as I am extremely proud to be a RMHN.

Thanks Bec I am in the ANMF, received an email from them this afternoon and they are looking into organising access to affordable insurance for their members, so I take that to mean we are not covered at present by the union which means another expense

I was quite dismayed that mental health nurses were not recognised, I have gone from a general nurse endorsed mental health nurse to just general. Also I was wondering if anybody is able to clarify the personal indemnity insurance that was mentioned, is that something that all nurses need to buy individually or would it depend on your area of practice such as midwives offering home births?

OMG that is ridiculous. On my ward which is for 28 patients (acute medical ward), although sometimes we have 29, we have a shift coordinator, plus 7 nurses, minimum of 3 registered then the rest are made up of enrolled diploma (can give meds) and assistants in nursing (can only do limited obs, adls, no meds, mainly do specials so they are not always counted in numbers, to assist with patients that are requiring more care or at risk of falling etc).

Can I ask, when you say you have 8 patients, does that mean you have to do all of the care for those patients ie obs meds ADL's etc or do you have an unqualified helping you with the ADL's?

Studied my Bachelor of Nursing at UNISA, currently studying my Post grad Diploma in Mental Health Nursing at UNISA. Next year I start my Bachelor of Midwifery at Flinders :heartbeat