carolmaccas66

carolmaccas66 BSN, RN

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  1. public system western australia

    carolmaccas66 replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    Yes Grace, I did a lot of research B4 I moved to WA, and I did not get this side of the story! I live and worked in WA 25 years ago nearly now (not as a RN) but in large, teaching hospitals. I went...

  2. I cannot work there!

    carolmaccas66 replied to MJJFan1's topic in General Nursing

    Listen mate, I worked for ONE DAY at a LTC place. They changed ALL my shifts after the interview (told me I had to do days etc when I emphatically said I don't do them) - they changed everything after...

  3. How to answer the 10 year goal question??

    carolmaccas66 replied to Telelizard's topic in General Nursing

    Say it one day and see what happens! I bet u will make the interviewers laugh, and it will break the ice. They will love ur

  4. How to answer the 10 year goal question??

    carolmaccas66 replied to Telelizard's topic in General Nursing

    It's a stupid question and shouldn't be asked. Who on earth knows where they will be in 5-10 years time? I actually said to an interviewer once I didn't have a crystal ball and couldn't tell them!...

  5. Bitter dried up nurses that need to RETIRE

    carolmaccas66 replied to mindlor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    See this is what baffles me and always will. Why DO older nurses have to be cold to newbies when they first start? Is it perceived as 'toughening them up?' I know people who have nearly given up their...

  6. Bitter dried up nurses that need to RETIRE

    carolmaccas66 replied to mindlor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Good on you matey!! I SOOO admire people with a get and go attitude. Yes, as I tell my new grads - we are treating HUMAN BEINGS not THINGS in bed such-and-such down the corridor, not withstanding...

  7. So close yet so far

    carolmaccas66 replied to Nobby's topic in International Nursing

    I just came from Perth WA not long ago. Contact NurseWest - they are the main nursing governing body who control all private, public and nursing homes in WA and have the final say where you can work...

  8. public system western australia

    carolmaccas66 replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    I left WA not long ago and mainly worked in the private system but did some public work as a RN. You can get anywhere from 4-7 patients or more if they are short staffed. I did work at one of the...

  9. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    carolmaccas66 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My gf is Indian and used to wear a beautiful emerald, diamond shaped nose piercing. She got permission from management to wear it at work, and received many admiring comments. It is part of her...

  10. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    carolmaccas66 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Awww, how mean!! I hope the CNA turned up for work the next

  11. Sexist Comment by Unit Director

    carolmaccas66 replied to whill08's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are NOT nitpicking! Offensive/rude/sexit/racist comments have to stop in the work place. If we don't stand up to people who make them, it is our professions fault for letting these types of...

  12. Question about flushing lines

    carolmaccas66 replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

    If the line is really clotted and difficult to use, just change it. Better to be safe than sorry. I wouldn't muck about trying to flush things as it wastes time. Changing a line takes no time at all....

  13. Do Nurses Have to Make Their Home Addresses Public?

    carolmaccas66 replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    What on earth makes you think you HAVE to give out your address??? Ur either very young or very naive! I don't understand why this keep coming up on this board - do you HAVE to give this out where you...

  14. Are there any floors like mine, acute care, with no lifting equipment?

    carolmaccas66 replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    Refuse to life ANY heavy patient who has fallen. It is law that a facility must have safe lifting equipment. I guard my back fiercely and have always looked after it. Nurses allow facilities to get...

  15. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    carolmaccas66 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My advice is, when this happens again (if it does), say outright you are not interested and say it in black & white - don't beat around the bush. And ignore everything else they say and just get...

  16. moving to sydney

    carolmaccas66 replied to emma28's topic in International Nursing

    Go with gumtree.com.au. You can put your own ad on there for FREE and respond to posters for free. It's helped me find accommodation in the past, though I haven't lived/worked in Sydney. You can also...

  17. Ready to toss in the towel

    carolmaccas66 replied to chcgoblue's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you feel so bad. I feel exactly the same. I have struggled and worked my butt off doing long, unpaid clinical hours, tried to pay off study debts quicker, and just feel I am getting absolutely...

  18. does anyone out there copy charts to save time?

    carolmaccas66 replied to lordgregoryrn's topic in General Nursing

    I meant to add as well: who the hell has time to photocopy stuff anyway? I'm too busy running around actually assessing and helping

  19. does anyone out there copy charts to save time?

    carolmaccas66 replied to lordgregoryrn's topic in General Nursing

    Illegal in Australia. All notes must be written and signed, dated, with your title etc on the day in the next entry in the medical record. You can't go against written hospital and nursing policy...

  20. medication error and got fired..what to do now?

    carolmaccas66 replied to efRN's topic in International Nursing

    I'm not in NZ so can't speak for their rules. If you made this error 3 times, I would say you need to analyse your clinical practice closely. What were the factors for you making your mistakes? Was it...

  21. I just have to say this....

    carolmaccas66 replied to tokmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes OP I know ALLL about negativity. I have 2 relatives with bi-polar illnesses and my Mum is the worse for touting negative, paranoid thoughts. If you think it's bad working with people like that -...

  22. Nurses Rock!

    carolmaccas66 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    We rock, because we nurse and care for the sick, demented, indigent and forgotten people of the world. Someone should create a song about us! I wonder if Phil Collins is free, or Def Leppard?! (am...

  23. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    carolmaccas66 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Found it first time!! Thanks!

  24. ethical situation

    carolmaccas66 replied to boid_86's topic in International Nursing

    Excellent answer Ceridwyn. The wife needs a lot of support by the sounds of it.

  25. ethical situation

    carolmaccas66 replied to boid_86's topic in International Nursing

    'His quality of life won't be too bad, what with sitting on his bum in a nursing home, being fed through a (probably) dirty tube, developing pressure ulcers, becoming obese, being bored to death and...