road runner2003

road runner2003

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  1. Nurse TV

    Has anyone been watching this - Nurse TV? I started watching it at week 3 and I quite enjoy it - even though the reception to designated channel is poor at times . From what I have read some topics in the 13 week programs will include Diabetes Educat...
  2. Medicare package

    -Last Update: Thursday, November 20, 2003. 9:45am (AEDT) Medicare plan wide of the mark: doctor The head of the Public Hospital Doctors Taskforce, John Dwyer, says many patients will be worse off under the Federal Government's planned $2.4 billion ov...
  3. stethoscope queries

    G'day, I would like to ask where the 'best' place to buy a stethoscope would be? Being a student earlier this year I eagerly purchased myself a cheap dual head stethoscope. I got some use out of it for the 1 month that I was enrolled in Uni. Had no t...
  4. Why all the fuss? Influenza.

    Although it would seem our media doesn't report on the flu much in Australia - I might only see maybe 1 or 2 reports on the TV news and another 2 or 3 articles in the newspaper addressing health concerns and who needs to be vaccinated. I wish the med...
  5. Semesters Over!!!!

    Rest up ! Best of luck to you for the following semester !
  6. One in seven . . .

    Last Update: Thursday, December 4, 2003. 10:48am (AEDT) One in seven staff abused at Perth hospital A new survey has found one in seven staff at Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) have been verbally or physically abused on the job. Around 1,900 hospital work...
  7. Things to do in WalMart while you shop...

    Dear me ! The image in my mind of a person doing some of this stuff. :lol2 During peak hours times of holiday Christmas shopping, car parks are chock-a-block - people resort to following other shoppers around the shopping center parking lot rather t...
  8. Hey you guys, Im an RN!!!!!!

    :balloons: super effort ! and congratulations !
  9. laptops

    No I don't - only for home use - usually when typing out assignments (might explain why my handwriting has gone south too ). Never saw anyone using a laptop in class.
  10. floating feces???

    I never would have guessed it - a floating stool indicated healthiness or enough fibre consumed in ones diet. Actually the only thing I knew about floating stools and recall reading some time ago - there is a connection between floating stools and CF...
  11. moving to Australia

    Coffs Habour is a beautiful place. I have not been there myself - parents went up there for a week some time ago now - brought back some really amazing photos. :)
  12. Does anyone else take Vitamin C?

    500mg - My GP who recommended it. I don't usually adhere to the recommendation - 1 tablet a day - - - except in the winter. I swear by garlic for the common cold !
  13. I Did It

    Congrats - - - now you can relax (until next semester) Well done !
  14. stethoscope queries

    3 weeks since purchase. True - more than once I have been told - - - it's your use of the scope- not the stethoscope ! Sheer frustration when all you want to do is get tasks spot on the 1st time. Thank-you for your insight. :)
  15. I passed!

    Congratulations and best of luck to all who are graduating ! :balloons: :)
  16. recreational drug use

    We have drug testing at our Uni and also before we can do clinicals - learnt of this early on. One drug user dropped out when he became awaer of it-
  17. Acceptance

    Congrats ! Way to go ! Don't sweat on it - you will still have a social life - simply a matter of planning around your study hrs. :)
  18. All night cramming....

    Thumbs up ! Job well done - - -
  19. The fatting of America.

    :roll delectable - - - I am on my way . . .
  20. The fatting of America.

    Exactly Rhon1991 - - - I have order say small fired here - - - only to find I have been given extra fries whether it be medium or large - - - not to mention the extra cheeseburger put in the bag that I never ordered !
  21. Clinical Abscences

    We are expected to attend 100% of all our nursing prac. lessons - i.e. nursing lab sessions, clinical placements . . . If a student is not in attendance at any lab. we can make up the missed time - it must be made up asap followed by a legitimate rea...
  22. The fatting of America.

    I read the about the labelling of warnings in our newspaper - doctors and politicians want fast foods to carry warnings addressing health risks and the like. Sometimes we, as humans lack the will power when it comes to certain foods - as in I lacked ...
  23. All night cramming....

    We were taught never to using cramming as a study method and always get a good nights sleep - best thing to do. Good luck and try to get some rest. :)
  24. cheating scandle at my school

    Not in my classes - this time last yr there was a BIG cheating ring with up to 20+ students gaining access to yr 12 examination answers - numbers got as high as 70 suspected. There has been a big crack down on cheating since - including Universitie...
  25. End of Semester Burnout? Don't be like what's his name!

    I will remember this for next yr- and other yrs to come ! Roadrunner - who is eager to hit the books in 2004