Sifty

Sifty

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  1. Baffled...

    Sifty replied to aboucherrn's topic in General Nursing

    Its a Scrubs quote. So no I don't really mean it

  2. No pre employment drug screen?

    Sifty replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    Wow drugs tests for pre employment. Thats crazy (to me anyway). In Australia there is nothing like that. I have never been tested for drugs on any job I have had pre or during. I know they do in...

  3. Baffled...

    Sifty replied to aboucherrn's topic in General Nursing

    Did she have any clinical experience from her training? Or have any interaction with the outside world? She should have realised by now that people are "bastard coated bastards with bastard

  4. Depressed

    Sifty replied to hypo19's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Have you told you lecturers what is happening? They may be able to help or point you in the right direction. Maybe also give you some slack in regards to your study and let you know what your options...

  5. Life after nursing school

    Sifty replied to canned_bread's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    The RDNS (Royal District Nursing Service) is a good idea. Its community nursing in peoples homes. I did a similar job as an EEN for nearly 2 years it was great. Hours are between 0700 - 1900. No...

  6. Ages of male nursing students?

    Sifty replied to Stearnsy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Started studying when I was 30 for Diploma of Nursing. Took 6 months off and then started at uni to study for Bachelor of Nursing will be finished at the end of this year (with any luck) and will be...

  7. Medical TV shows you love...

    Sifty replied to NurseEric81's topic in General Students

    scrubs. i love it and have watched it all to many times to count. j.d.: hey, i was, uh, i was paged. carla: aww. first day, bambi? j.d.: yeah. carla: carla will take care of

  8. Will they hold my first career against me?

    Sifty replied to Curlygirl9195's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most places will only care about the nursing or relevant training you have had. If anything it will be a bonus as you will have a good amount of life experience and have changed your career for...

  9. CA LVN's with felony convictions?

    Sifty replied to lvndmaking's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    It all depends on what the charge was. Also what is a felony exactly? I know it is a crime and you obviously talking about a conviction and a record. But what does it cover? eg traffic offences and...

  10. Life after nursing school

    Sifty replied to canned_bread's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Where in aus are you? What area do you want to get into? Some places do have mid year grad

  11. Is australia flooded with overseas nurses?

    Sifty replied to round12tko's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    They keep saying there is a nursing shortage but there is no money to employ new nurses to stop this shortage. Nor any to give any new grads the experience required to take on the role of the senior...

  12. Practice intramuscular injection students on each other, Australia

    Sifty replied to mumlauf's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I have done all my training in Australia. I started at TAFE doing my Diploma and am now at Uni doing my Degree. At neither place did we practise on each other in regards to injections. I for one...

  13. Nursing shorthand symbols!

    Sifty replied to aimezly's topic in General Nursing

    additt - short for

  14. Funny things patients say !

    Sifty replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    I am a male nurse and work into the community. One elderly lady I went to see the other day for health status monitoring looked at me after I had come inside and introduced myself and said "If only I...

  15. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    Sifty replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    There is a Dr. here in Brisbane with the surname "Dearth". Going to see Dr. Dearth its pretty easy to miss seeing that little

  16. Australian drug reference

    Sifty replied to sydneymum14's topic in International Nursing

    Get: Harvards Nursing Guide to Drugs, by Adriana Tiziani. I Know its says Harvard's but it is all the Aussie stuff in The book and it is printed here. Not sure on the price but it was easily under...

  17. Good large shoes for male nurses?

    Sifty replied to Jeremiah11's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wear safety boot from a construction job I used to do. They are the most comfortable shoes. The brand I have is Mongrel but I am in Australia so I am not sure what you can get. But I am sure you can...