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Bringonthenight

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  1. Moving to Australia upon graduation

    Bringonthenight replied to vgriggs's topic in International Nursing

    Most major city universities that offer a bachelor of nursing will offer a 1 year overseas trained nurse bachelor conversion course. I have only known/worked with Chinese nurses who have been required...

  2. Moving to Australia upon graduation

    Bringonthenight replied to vgriggs's topic in International Nursing

    Agency is a lot easier to get into then full time work, most foreign nurses I work with started by working agency. And majority of agency nurses seem to be foreign at least in my experience. It's a...

  3. Moving to Australia upon graduation

    Bringonthenight replied to vgriggs's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks for accepting my apology, I do wish you all the best. Have you looked into brisbane? It's queenslands capital, an hour away from the Gold Coast. More job opportunities, a lot less crime, decent...

  4. Moving to Australia upon graduation

    Bringonthenight replied to vgriggs's topic in International Nursing

    My post wasn't intended to offend. It was simply a concerned post trying to highlight the nursing crisis Australia is currently in- if my honesty offended the OP I apologise. This forum constantly has...

  5. Moving to Australia upon graduation

    Bringonthenight replied to vgriggs's topic in International Nursing

    You will have an extremely hard time finding work. Have you done any research in this huge plan or are you just attracted by the "australian lifestyle" of beaches and sunshine? I'm not trying to sound...

  6. Working in austrailia!

    Bringonthenight replied to quinnk's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Please reconsider! The nursing job market in Aus right now is terrible for Australian new graduates, I can't imagine how much harder it will be for a foreign new graduate with no experience. Hospitals...

  7. Professionalism as an LPN

    Bringonthenight replied to RoyalNurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I kind of think both the LPN and RN are at fault here. Yes the LPN should have told the RN about the IV insulin but I also think as the supervising nurse, the RN should be responsible for checking...

  8. Bedside Reporting

    Bringonthenight replied to trottytotty90's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My advice: -attempt to shorten the huddle if you find that's eating away at your time! -politely ask the previous nurse to just give SBAR facts and relevant information during report. I know sometimes...

  9. Bedside Reporting

    Bringonthenight replied to trottytotty90's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We recently changed to bedside reporting, here is my experience and advice: Before bedside reporting, my floor would get report as a group in a room, report is meant to go for 30mins, but would always...

  10. How to Deal with the Chaos of Med/Surg

    Bringonthenight replied to Pinky89's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You'll get there with practice! I used to feel overwhelmed when I was a new grad but you get into your own routine and you will learn to manage your time more effectively as the months go on. But...

  11. Too much on my plate?

    Bringonthenight replied to emily12345's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes. I really think that's too

  12. No cna's ??

    Bringonthenight replied to littlenurse23's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hahahah come to Australia! Nurses perform ALL cares, it's part of the job over here. What a difference in nursing

  13. I am struggling with patient families lately.

    Bringonthenight replied to jennilynn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Omgggg preach it! I'm not a waitress! Press your call light button and wait your

  14. American Nurse Seeking to Work in Australia

    Bringonthenight replied to etoile88's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    How exciting! Hope you make the transition to Aussie nursing ok. I've worked with a lot of nurses who choose HCA and they all seem to like

  15. American Nurse Seeking to Work in Australia

    Bringonthenight replied to etoile88's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Great work keep it up. Queensland health is hard to get into at the moment. Keep me updated! Tips would be to really let them know how good you are at infection control and patient

  16. Wearing scrubs at the gym??

    Bringonthenight replied to phieud's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Umm you were the rude one. Who approaches a stranger and comments on their outfit in a negative way! Your the Regina George of nursing

  17. What is your nurse-patient ratio?

    Bringonthenight replied to Starfish, RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Your situation sounds very similar to mine! US nurse ratios seem much smaller then here in Aus (Victoria excluded). Although their workload seems to be much more demanding in areas such as paperwork...

  18. First night on my own. (Long vent)

    Bringonthenight replied to MissHaleyDawn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like you did really

  19. 7 weeks into orientation, now this?

    Bringonthenight replied to born2circulateRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with the above post, try not to take it offensively and just use the day to compare your routine to his. You might find bits of it that you might want to adapt to your own routine. Sounds like...

  20. Pulled to other floors?

    Bringonthenight replied to DroogieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    ER nurses don't float because the ER can be dead quiet one minute and drowning in patients the next. They can't predict how a shift will be so they have a certain number of nurses on at all times. It...

  21. American Nurse Seeking to Work in Australia

    Bringonthenight replied to etoile88's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    How are things going? Would really like to hear how your settling in! How are you adjusting to australian nursing? Are you still interested in moving up to

  22. Question on giving a full bed bath

    Bringonthenight replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

    Gloves are a must at all

  23. New nurse feeling overwhelmed!

    Bringonthenight replied to bankssarn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Relax. Breathe. You'll be

  24. NOC shift and calling the MD

    Bringonthenight replied to LindseyB.rn's topic in Cardiac

    I agree with the above posts.. When in doubt or don't know what to do- make the

  25. New nurse orientation: No one told me it was this intense.

    Bringonthenight replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Welcome to nursing. The first year is the hardest. It'll get