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As has already been stated - it is a state of mind. Science or maths is only as hard as you let it be... same with english etc. 2 sciences can be a challange - but at the same time you might find that there are a few commonalities which help you do...

She could get in trouble - signing something is sayingthat you have done it..... you wouldn't signoff on care for a patient unless you did it, you wouldn't sign a ed chart unless you gave it - same thing here - if you sign it then either you are doin...

How tight is your facility? Ward/Floor stock is relatively available - and from someone who has, has helped give and watched DONs to the same - if a facility can't afford a couple nonscripted analgesia to help staff something is wrong. I would rath...

This question is a little like asking who would marry a drug addict? From friends I have watched it is not those with low self esteem who do it (not only them anyway)... it is also those who think that they can save everyone. One good school friend...

:rotfl: :rotfl: Welcome to the world of nursing - where lipservice is given to professionalism while the bulk continue to work with Florence.... :rotfl:

Heck hop a plane and come downunder - I could use a good massage & I'll bet most of the girls on the floor could as well.... :chuckle :chuckle Seriously though - you may have issues with accessing databases of addresses - the whole privacy thin...

How often are you all giving 5ml + for an injection? Most I have needed to give in ages is 2.5ml. I find that all the above works - but I do use a pinks finger as a distractor. As I am injecting the pinki of the hand on the skin lighty moves - this...

Just remember if you do it in High School, then in College you are seeing info twice - it'll be so much easier to remember the second time.... Triple hit of sciences.....Biology (of a human nature ie A&P, body function), Chemistry (I did it &...

Please let me sit on a panel for a job you go for..... :chuckle But I will agree often interviews I have gone to (for the job) have been semiformal at best when it comes to nursing as compared to other occupations (I have been through finance, edu...

Last Place I worked had VIP treatment. It was a public hospital so all people got the treatment they required, if a patient came in that was a 'VIP' they had priate insurance and where contributing to the cost (meaning the hospital coffers grew when...

All this $/hr stuff is just downrght confusing... I cound say I make 30/hr - but that means nothing if it is not in real cost context. 5 yrs ago my wife & I bought a nice 4 br house dbl garage and lovely yard - it cost us 3 times my annual gross...

While there may still be some managers and individuals with hangups - a place of business would be hard pressed not giving a qualified person work based on the colour of their skin (natural or otherwise). I would argue that as someone who has sat on...

:balloons: How could you be defending anything..... over 16,000 posts in 3 years... thats 5,000 a year aprox 15 per day.... do you have time to do anything else???? :rotfl: Cheers Peter

Eegads... I have been either really lucky in my work - or have been blissfully unaware of everything except the face value of what is done. I have worked in 7 different hospitals some as the only male, others where I was in a small minority. I have...

Ever wonder why in most places a shower is good if the poatient is back in their room in 15-20 minutes.....in rehab we have to ask what is wrong....

While not in WA I must say that if portfolios are in - then just remember to keep documentation of EVERYTHING you do.... including that incidental little chat with the new team member about the ward proticol or thath 15minute refresher from pharmacy....

And the wife & I where thinking about heading north :chuckle :chuckle NSW doesnt sound like it is the only place having trouble with politicians sprouting forth wisdom & health services doing backflips pretending to solve problems. The la...

Check out some religous organizations that run missions/hospitals - you may not get exactly what you are looking for but I know of individuals who have been posted as volunteers to mission posts (but they had already completed their studies) Cheers P...

The challange with specialising without general experience is - what happens if in two or three years time you decide you don't really enjoy your specialty? getting a grounding in a variaty/wide number of experiences med/surg/ed - whatever it is mea...

Do you as an agency nurse really get paid that much more - once you take away the no holiday pay thing I would imagine it would be fairly close. A bit like saying I will pay you 1,000 an hour - but you can only work one hour a week and have to be av...

Where did you get this from? So much of what society believes is based on suppositions of influential figureheads it is plain impossible to tell what most people want at all. The idea of nursing being based on a gender specific model has been super...

" My point is, some people are just way too anxious to assign blame to a co-worker, and this seems especially true of nurses." Here Here - until we as nurses can stand together without accussing each other first then we have no hope of developing or ...

Hmmm takes me back to days spent in the dorm while training. A fifty cent bag of dried Maccaronni, bottle of Hienze and Parmesen cheese was breakfast, lunch and dinner (tea in my own language) for three days. Then you start doing things like findin...

I can drive in 30min - but ride a bushbike in 50min. at peak hour the time to ride is the same as drive - I use the travel time as the destress for the day so that I am not taking work home with me - when I get home it is home time. If I where 5 mi...

they are not called per diem here - rather they are casual shifts. ie no comittments long term from either employer or employee. Employee gets the benefit of extra $$ per hour - employer gets benefit of having flexibility to say - don't need you tod...