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I'm very sorry your not happy with your partners care, however your more than welcome to take them home or to another care facility if you desire. I work in aged care and love it, that being said I really dont think that the general public have a blo...

Okay So I have been an Enrolled nurse for 3 yrs now and I work only in aged care. I personally don't have a cell phone because at the end of the day I'm either at work or at home so people always know where to reach me and if i for some reason don't ...

This woman is a woman who is in her late 50's and she is very opinionated, always has to put her 2 bobs into everything. It was a pleasure to be able to catch her out, I managed a call centre for 14 yrs and if there was one thing I learned very quick...

Wow, glad to see that other's feel the same way. I have been working since i was about 14 yrs old and one thing I learned very early on was that when I went to work it was to "work" In our facility one mistake our DON made was allow staff some except...

Okay so I work in aged care and to make a long story short we have alot of ECA's who think that their opinions are "the be all end all" you know the type I am talking about... They feel that they can talk to anyone including the DON anyway they want ...

must be nice, because our DON seems really avoid conflict and we have alot of really good eca's but alot of them wont work when the Older more experienced staff are on because of the bullying and harassment. Seriously whenever some of the staff get r...

unfortunately alot of the staff have been around for years and all they have to do is mention the word "union" and management puts their tails between their legs and tries to smooth things over. I have since found out that this woman has been bagging...

Does anyone have some examples of a proper physical assessment that I may look at for an assignment I have coming up. Basically we have to pick one resident and include what is called a systems approach. We need to keep it simple as it is in a nursi...

Hello, Recent graduare of Enrolled nursing here. I was looking at re-doing my resume and wanted to include addressing some selection criteria, this has not proved to be as easy as I thought. I have a few ideas but I have a hit a road block and could...

Hi, I have recently graduated and am now an Medication endorsed Enrolled nurse, ( same as an LPN in Canada or America ) I work night shift and in my new role have the responsibility or giving handover in the morning and of course giving medications a...

Howdy all, Well the time has finally come and I will be registered in 1 month from today, I was working on my resume and have hit a brick wall? I was hoping that maybe someone could give me some pointers or examples of how to sum up the skills learne...

Thank you everyone for your time and kind replies, I have taken it all on board and will apply it. I used to manage an office and I agree the whole esthetics look and long resumes full of puffery were the first ones to be over looked when I hired pe...

G'day Student Enrolled Nurse here, First of all I want to say that there are many people who have helped on this site and I am very grateful. I graduate as an Enrolled Nurse in 1 month from today, it has been a long 2 yrs but a very fast 6 months ...

Hello, Enrolled nursing student here, in just over 1 month I will have a completed the 2 yr course and finally but it all to use. However we have one final presentation that we are to give to the class and my group has chosen Constipation. So we wan...

Wow , Those lyrics kick ass! Can I say that on here. I really appreciate the effort, so is it okay if I incorporate them into our project. I havent laughed this hard in a long time and the girls I am working with literally pee' ed themselves. I'l...

Hi, everyone student EN here. I am working on a couple of care plans and finally need to ask for help on diferent ideas of how to word it and put it together. I need to give two goals, two interventions and one evaluation? There are Dressing and gr...

G'day, Student enrolled nurse here. At the moment I am working on a project revolving around mental health, and I have been looking and looking for a mental health discharge plan that I can use as an example so as I may be able to create my own for a...

thank you both, every little bit helps, I will look up anci tonight on my night shift, lord knows I will have time,unless we get e few bell ringers LOL, you know what I mean. Thanks and if it is okay maybe I will draft an episode of practice and post...

Hi all, Student EN here, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to give some really solid tips for when it comes to writing episode's of practice so asone can maximise the amount of competencies as possible. I know what I want to say but writing ...

Okay so here are a few different questions that I cant seem to answer at all. otomy- as we know means a temporary opening into something, so with otomy as the main theme how would it relate to Aspiration of Haemorrage. As well how would otomy relate...

Basically when we write up proof of what we have done say like giving an injection. We have to start to finish include certain competencies like greeting the patient and gaining consent and then there are things such as maintaining their privacy and...

Hi, Nursing student / Nurses aid, I have recently encountered a situation which I have to admit I suspected was going to happen eventually. I work night shift with a very smart and very good RN who has over time been a caring friend as well, a few we...

Hi, everyone I have just read all of the supportive posts and you may have a good idea of how heavy my chest is, I have almost been in tears because I know deep down that you are right I need to report this. One problem, I trust the DON however her ...

Hi, I'm an EN student and I have been looking at Ethics as of late as part of my studies and I have to say that I really enjoy it, last week I was reading an article that really sent me into a whole new way of thinking. Here it is: " Individual moral...

Getting ready to prepare for the final exam, I am surprised that I have been this calm, as I have had some trouble keeping up due to various events. At this point I would like to hear from other EN's and get some insight as to what I may expect. and...