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  1. Expelled :(

    rachelgeorgina replied to PiedPiperRN's topic in General Students

    If this is your second expulsion, I'd say you're doing something

  2. New nurse - wrong specialty- very panicked

    rachelgeorgina replied to ringtail RN's topic in General Nursing

    ^ In Australia we call them "new graduate programs". You're employed by the hospital as a new graduate RN. You work as an RN but it's recognised that you're "new", so to speak and you get a lot of...

  3. Clinical Instructor Woes

    rachelgeorgina replied to eyeball's topic in General Students

    I strongly disagree with each and every person in this thread who has told you to keep your mouth shut for fear of "rocking the boat", so to speak. You're paying for this program, aren't you?...

  4. Mental health care plan in ED

    rachelgeorgina replied to jetstar's topic in General Students

    "Risk of" are perhaps the most suitable diagnoses in this situation because you don't have anymore information, in all likelihood, the patient won't give you anymore information (non-compliance in...

  5. Critical care right out of school? Please advise...

    rachelgeorgina replied to mslagowski's topic in General Nursing

    They wouldn't have offered it to you if they didn't think you'd be able to give the job a good go. We have critical care as a major in our program and plenty of students who do this major head...

  6. During Clinicals Are You Able To Choose The Area You Want To Practice In

    rachelgeorgina replied to CanCan's topic in General Nursing

    I'm from Australia so I think how things are done in regard to clinical is a little bit different. First off, our clinical placements are arranged in "blocks" that range in duration depending on the...

  7. Unable to meet basic care....

    rachelgeorgina replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    When the patient is in hospital, then they are in the care of the hospital - you get to look after them because you work in that hospital and have been assigned as their nurse on that shift....

  8. Health Problems for new born babies

    rachelgeorgina replied to thatsforreal's topic in General Students

    Hm. No idea, we haven't covered this yet. On a semi-related note, though, my mum is a solicter who works for the government department that deals with children who are wards of the state etc. She had...

  9. Musculoskeletal Alteration

    rachelgeorgina replied to sleepyjeanne's topic in General Students

    People on these boards hate doing your homework for you... Think elderly people. They generally have osteoporosis and osteoarthritis (and often rheumatoid arthritis.) A lot of elderly people also have...

  10. Refusing Mandatory Vaccination

    rachelgeorgina replied to vanillagerm's topic in General Students

    In Australia you cannot work on the clinical site (as a student or employee) without the required vaccinations unless there is a damn good reason (like a severe allergy to the

  11. Bipolar + Nursing School

    rachelgeorgina replied to Commanderzoom's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have bipolar and it's not something I prefer to disclose to faculty / clinical staff, however it often goes without saying that there is something wrong with me because I have very obvious (very...

  12. Selfharm and nursing opinions??

    rachelgeorgina replied to meliisa's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. First off, it's so nice to see another Australian on these boards. I'm an RN student in Sydney. I also have a very extensive history of self-harm and while I haven't self-harmed in over a year, I...

  13. schizophrenic brother discharged by his case worker

    rachelgeorgina replied to iwanna's topic in Psychiatric

    In australia nursing assistants and aides in home health (like in the hospital and residential setting) cannot administer medication. My gran with stage one dementia lives at home on her own (with a...

  14. Does your facility put your credentials after your name on your badge?

    rachelgeorgina replied to JStyles1's topic in General Nursing

    I think that's relatively narrow minded. I'm a student, so hey, I don't even have my BN - I can't talk. But nurses in Australia don't have anything like what's been described. You get EN or RN or AIN...

  15. Patients paying for TV service in the hospital

    rachelgeorgina replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    All public hospitals in Australia do this. It's something like AU$7 per day. Private hospitals the TV is already on and you even get some cable channels. (Mind you, considering what you pay in either...

  16. What would you do if you were making the decisions?

    rachelgeorgina replied to PMHNP10's topic in Psychiatric

    If Mary/John is participating in an outpatient research program it sounds like she is relatively stable and can be kicked out of the program as a consequence for her action (which is probably lawfully...

  17. Personal luxuries permitted within a psychiatric unit.

    rachelgeorgina replied to safiyarozz's topic in Psychiatric

    Often, it depends on the acuity of the facility and the facility itself. For example, a locked adolescent unit for adolescents who were a risk to themselves/others did not permit shoelaces or draw...

  18. question about minors and a right to privacy during a prenatal exam...

    rachelgeorgina replied to shrimpchips's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In Australia, minors (under the age of 18) are generally considered capable of making their own medical decisions between the ages of 14-16, even though, legally, they can't drive, drink, have sex,...

  19. Rare Illnesses please!

    rachelgeorgina replied to Fuji James's topic in General Students

    I work with a in paediatric hospice and long term care for profoundly disabled children, so we have a lot of rare disorders. - Junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) - De-Grouchy syndrome - Trisonomy...

  20. what is your biggest pet peeve while at work?

    rachelgeorgina replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses who don't like students and make a point of it. (Yes, I'm a student.) Just because I'm still learning, doesn't mean I'm stupid. At work - nurses who don't keep kids gastro boxes (with their...

  21. Does your facility put your credentials after your name on your badge?

    rachelgeorgina replied to JStyles1's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the poster who state that most patients aren't going to know a CEN from a bar of soap. In Australia (where you can simply be an RN who graduated with a bachelors or an EN with a...

  22. Hygiene--HELP PLEASE

    rachelgeorgina replied to ANurseWannaB's topic in General Nursing

    Risk? Infection. My gran is 87 and lives alone with COPD. She doesn't shower or change her clothes on her own accord for multiple reasons, largely because she doesn't have the strength or energy due...

  23. if i decided to be a doctor, i would be.....

    rachelgeorgina replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    There's some good responses here. I had a good laugh. I'd want to be a paediatric

  24. New Grads and Clinical Hours

    rachelgeorgina replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    1700hrs over three years for a bachelor of nursing in Australia. There's a thread in the Australian & NZ nursing forum on this,

  25. Should Alzheimers Clients have the right to REFUSE medication ?

    rachelgeorgina replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    The problem seems to be that while we recognise that the patients don't have the ability to comprehend or understand the treatments nor have the capacity to consent or refuse - we, as nurses, still do...