nyapa RN

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  1. nyapa

    How opposite are you and your mate?

    nyapa replied to wooosp's topic in General Nursing

    He is 17 years older than me (I figure it takes them that long to mature!) I have only been a nurse. He has been a soldier, pastry chef, nurse, disability worker and educator. He likes all music...
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    touched inappropriately by patient

    nyapa replied to newohiorn's topic in General Nursing

    Good girl! But make sure you get some sort of debriefing as
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    Organ Harvesting Anesthesia

    nyapa replied to naturalgas's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'd be interested to hear about this as
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    Why did you fail Nursing school?

    nyapa replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    I actually DID fail the first time round. I was in the first group ever to go through the university, and the lecturers had big "chips" on their shoulders as though they had to prove something, as we...
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    touched inappropriately by patient

    nyapa replied to newohiorn's topic in General Nursing

    Define "much worse"! To whom? This was pretty aggressive and inappropriate behaviour, and like everyone else says, it was criminal, literally. I know you found it difficult to assess his orientation,...
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    touched inappropriately by patient

    nyapa replied to newohiorn's topic in General Nursing

    It is a huge deal!!! If the man is in his right mind then he knows what he is doing, ergot he knows he is assaulting you inappropriately and that is illegal. What would happen if he did this to you on...
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    Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    nyapa replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    CVA in a 25yr
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    Ask professional medical and nursing authors questions about their publications

    nyapa replied to eastcostMDstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of this interactive approach before. Thanks so much for the link, I'll put it onto my 'favourites' section in my
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    Other nurses taking over your patients without asking?

    nyapa replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

    You will have to stand up to her, but it may be best to do it when its not a stressful time, ie when someone is not coding et al. Maybe she is stressed herself when this happens. If she is doing this...
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    Ever notice this about allnurses?

    nyapa replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Think about it this way the format of all nurses is such that only the recent posts come up first...if the repeated topic is five pages back, you don't know its old similar topics may be listed at the...
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    Is age 45 too old to start nursing???

    nyapa replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    Answer? NO! 45 is the approximate average age of nurses these
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    Recognition of registration interstate.

    nyapa posted a topic in International Nursing

    Has anyone heard of a universal form of registration which will be recognised Australia wide in 2008, negating the need for having to pay for new registration if you move interstate, as the...
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    Recognition of registration interstate.

    nyapa replied to nyapa's topic in International Nursing

    Heck, I wonder how much that costs? Would be close to 300 - 400 dollars depending on the
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    Kick your feet up!

    nyapa replied to nyapa's topic in International Nursing

    That option is too early for me I'm afraid. Hubby
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    Which medical dictionary is best???

    nyapa replied to peaches023's topic in General Nursing

    Mosbys - mines the 1998 5th edition, so maybe I should get a new one...oh good they now produce an Australian version! I love spending money on
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    I got great news

    nyapa replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    Emma I'm so pleased that things have worked out. And you've been put in a job where you can still use your skills Best of luck for the
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    Does this sound familiar? (very long)

    nyapa replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    We all need to do that. Good for you... The only problem with this, is, that the ones who will be the scapegoats are ... the
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    So I'm fired. Again.

    nyapa replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Suesquatch, think of it this way. Why do you think you have so many 'thanks'? Because you listen to ppl too. I admire you for your 'get up and go' attitude. Continue to go for
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    "Grow a thicker skin!"

    nyapa replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Tears and fears have been my best friends - not! - for a long time. You are not alone. Counselling is a good idea, as suggested earlier. There may not be a problem as such in your life, but...
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    Any Enrolled nurses out there doing their training ?

    nyapa replied to nurse07's topic in International Nursing

    I'm a wee bit confused. Are you: already an EN and wanting to progress to an RN wanting to do an EN programme I am in my grad year after completing my RN training. I was an EN for years....
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    I got the job!!

    nyapa replied to eandgsma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Great news!
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    Why Dogs Make the Best Friends

    nyapa replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    oh, they are great picks! love your
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    Why Dogs Make the Best Friends

    nyapa replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    female, grad RN, acute surgical. One cat. One dog. Cat - female, 6 years old. Definitely not aloof. Rides on my shoulder, walks on a leash, and talks +++. Everyone who hates cats loves her, don't...
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    Help!

    nyapa replied to hemome79's topic in General Nursing

    Who is saying this to you? Ask them: where they see your weaknesses to be how you can improve what are their tricks in getting things done is there anything they think that you are doing right? Put...
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    Recognition of registration interstate.

    nyapa replied to nyapa's topic in International Nursing

    Interesting point! Out of interest, how much do you pay in your respective areas for registration? NT=$50. From what I gather we get it pretty