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  1. Random Thoughts: From a Nursing Student

    rachelgeorgina replied to VidaUrbana's topic in General Students

    Speak english, PLEASE! (I really cannot stand nurses and student nurses that either don't speak to patients or speak to patients in broken english that NO ONE can

  2. I'm so freakin bored right now !!!

    rachelgeorgina replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Sounds like you're: a) burnout and just need to relax (like, go shopping, go out for coffee and the newspaper, take the dog for a walk and sit in the park etc.) or b) discontented in general. Do you...

  3. Identifying Dysfunctional Cultures

    rachelgeorgina replied to is5512's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting, as a student, I've worked in three facilities as an NA- a nursing home, pedi hospice and LTC pedi disability hospital. The nursing home has the culture described above - angry,...

  4. How do you function on little or no sleep?

    rachelgeorgina replied to Jewl's topic in General Students

    I don't. Cope, that is. I need a decent amount of sleep to function else my world falls apart. On days when I have to get up at 5am to get to work I got to bed at 9am. & I take 200mg Modavigil in...

  5. Is this bullying?

    rachelgeorgina replied to SMT_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had no idea this was a nurse's job. What do the admin people do? Or the people in the billing department? Or the management people in general? Sit on the orifices and send stupid emails

  6. long term care facilities..computerized charting yet?

    rachelgeorgina replied to thekid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We implemented computerized charting at the nursing home I work in earlier this year. What really bothers me about it is the staff that can't read/write english or can't use a computer so when you...

  7. Wanting to work in Sydney but doesn't know where...

    rachelgeorgina replied to swnz's topic in International Nursing

    Ohhh... let's see: St. Vincents Public (& Private) Hospitals (v close to the city, ED sees a lot of ice users) Royal North Shore & North Shore Private Hospitals (you should see a lot of...

  8. Kind of random...

    rachelgeorgina replied to SashaSue's topic in General Nursing

    We had a pt's family bring in several big boxes of lebanese sweets (obviously they were lebanese!) for the staff the day the pt was being discharged (after a long admission). We had an afternoon tea...

  9. Nurse in Spain Makes Fatal Mistake in NICU

    rachelgeorgina replied to RN4Little1s's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What's worse is he's only 21. He's got a whole world ahead of him. I'm only 20 and I'm not even contemplating weddings and kids. This is really sad. But.. it is beyond me how a woman with peds and...

  10. wrong nursing assessment. help!

    rachelgeorgina replied to wannabenars's topic in General Nursing

    The doctor shouldn't yell at you for making a mistake. Whether he does or not might be another story. It's my opinion that this negative responsive attitude to "mistakes" only encourages the secrecy...

  11. How to report my boss

    rachelgeorgina replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in General Nursing

    This. Haven't you heard the saying, "If you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"? Your responses are totally useless and down right not nice for no good reason. There's no...

  12. Nursing students

    rachelgeorgina replied to rxsalas's topic in General Students

    I'd love to hear the results of this. As a student its often very difficult to "slot in" to the ward you're assigned for clinical. There's a very tough balancing act between appearing proactive and...

  13. How to report my boss

    rachelgeorgina replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in General Nursing

    To all the posters that advised the OP to just up and quit and do nothing about it because this sort of thing happens all the time and is never going to change... This is the very reason why things...

  14. Ethical Situation Paper - Need Help Please

    rachelgeorgina replied to whatshername's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I really enjoyed my ethics class. We did a number of papers for this class, including a major one on end-of-life care and termination of treatment. I bet you'll find that a heap of your elderly...

  15. Tell me what you like about your specialty......

    rachelgeorgina replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a student at the moment, too, but I'm working as a NA in pediatric hospice. We get kids with terminal, life-limiting illnesses that will, in essence, kill them before they reach adulthood. &...

  16. How long did you have to wait?

    rachelgeorgina replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Nursing

    One year. Our classes run on a set

  17. Funny things that pts say

    rachelgeorgina replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    "**** off and come back in the fifties." From an exceptionally demented LTC resident whom I adore and tosses between '**** off' and 'I love you' all the

  18. I made a doctor mad at me.

    rachelgeorgina replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Is the residents health and comfort more important than the doctor's undisturbed weekend? I don't think so. I would have, politely, told him to go shove

  19. Nurses I hate to follow ...

    rachelgeorgina replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

    An exceptionally elderly and frail resident in the nursing home I work at has a dressing on her leg dated sixth of June. It's 6th of July

  20. Things that leave you stunned.

    rachelgeorgina replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    My aunt was alone on her farm in the middle of no where. She was kicked by an angry bull that broke her left wrist and leg (at the knee). She crawled on her belly to the ute, pull herself in and drove...

  21. Debate- End of Life

    rachelgeorgina replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    ^^ That is really beautiful. I work in an aged care facility with severely demented residents and in a paediatric hospice. I took two months off from the nursing home recently to focus on uni. When I...

  22. Most common drugs

    rachelgeorgina replied to ICAN!'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We learnt about drugs, generally, by system - in conjunction with the science (anatomy and phys etc) and the clinical skills. E.g. when we did cardio we did beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, calcium...

  23. Enteral Feeding (PEG/G/J tubing)

    rachelgeorgina posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    I'm looking for some decent, not-to-complex literature, advice and experiences regarding enteral nutrition - particular gastrostomy and also jejunostomy based tubing and feeds (e.g. PEG tubes). I'm...

  24. Nursing Assistant patient ratio's

    rachelgeorgina replied to kotys's topic in Pediatric

    How common are nurse assistants on medical floors/in paeds? I'm in Australia (& a student) and I've never seen an NA on the floor in a major hospital except for specialing patients

  25. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    rachelgeorgina replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a student nurse/nurse assistant and currently, also a family member/visitor. I'd really like to know - how to be a good and respectful visitor whilst concerned about a family member and totally...