minifish

minifish has 11 years experience and specializes in Cardiac & General ICU.

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1. Any advice for working at Prince of Wales Private, moving from Scotland

   minifish replied to scots's topic in International

   Hey, Ive been working at prince of wales for the last four years and love it. I also came over from Scotland and although the private system does seem a wee bit daunting at first you'll soon realise you have alot more autonomy as a nurse. I know m...

2. ER Newbie

   minifish replied to minifish's topic in Emergency

   Thanks guys, had my first week under my belt and what you all said si true. Its VERY different to ICU but in a good way. The main thing I'm struggling with is the more junior nurses trying to tell me what to do, grrr had one girl today tell me that ...

3. ER Newbie

   minifish posted a topic in Emergency

   Hey all, Help, lve just started a new job in ER (ED) in Australia. Big Sydney hospital, just spent three days on orientation so finally get some time in the department tomorrow. My issue is I've been in ICU for ten years so felt like a change, star...

4. moving to sydney which hospital does 12hr shifts?

   minifish replied to scots's topic in International

   Hey, Don't know bout the public, but at Prince of Wales Private, the choice of doing 12hr shifts on surgical wards is available. I work ICU and work as AHM there so know they are possible.

5. Bachelor of Nursing in Sydney (UTS, UWS or ACU?)

   minifish replied to windazz's topic in International

   Windazz: Cool your coming to Sydney. I presently work in one of the bigger Sydney hospitals and have had students from Sydney uni & western Sydney uni, both courses from what i gathered are run fairly similar. Although we had recently had some r...

6. Do all of your vented pt's get restrained?

   minifish replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in MICU

   Well depends on your definition of restraint

7. Do all of your vented pt's get restrained?

   minifish replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in MICU

   Well you guys in the USA are lucky, in the UK restraints are never used. well not that I have ever seen and boy could we do with them sometimes. Especially the weaning patients who are thrashing about and you basically have to sit on them to stop th...

8. Agency Nursing

   minifish replied to Scotty's topic in International

   Hey Scotty, Like kaylesh I work full time for an agency. Ive been working for them since october and I can safely say I dont regret it for a second. The staff are all very helpfull and friendly. The wages are excellent and make the job that I love d...