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...
-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...
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...
road runner2003 replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing
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...
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...
road runner2003 replied to Jrnalist2RNinOR's topic in Humor
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...
road runner2003 replied to carlalogan's topic in General Students
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.
road runner2003 replied to Gigglesforall's topic in General Students
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...
road runner2003 replied to sum's topic in International
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. :)
road runner2003 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing
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 !
road runner2003 replied to road runner2003's topic in International
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. :)
road runner2003 replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing
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 !
road runner2003 replied to colleen10's topic in General Students
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...
road runner2003 replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing
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 ...
road runner2003 replied to bob007cat's topic in General Students
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...