Rhi007

Rhi007

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  1. tatoos & piercings, part 2

    Rhi007 replied to amoLucia's topic in Nursing Professionalism

  2. tatoos & piercings, part 2

    Rhi007 replied to amoLucia's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Let's agree to disagree on that!!! I will never regret any of mine and I have 6. They are becoming socially

  3. What Watch?

    Rhi007 replied to CyndleT319's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Fob watch for me...means no bugs can get under the

  4. I was told "If they won't get out of bed don't hesitate to call rescue."

    Rhi007 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Well in that case I would have been choofed off everyday for the past 5 days... It's abusing the system that is already

  5. Anyone move from OR to ER?

    Rhi007 replied to ruralgirl08's topic in Emergency

    Doooooooo iiiiiit!! We're a level one trauma centre and as well as the left of field patients and emergent ones we get a few where the conversation goes like this: Me: so what brings you here today?...

  6. What helps you sleep after night shift?

    Rhi007 replied to Emma_H's topic in General Nursing

    A hot chocolate about 3hrs to end of

  7. Dealing with the loss of a coworker

    Rhi007 replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    As a person that has come that close we hide it very very well...so well in fact that even those we are close to: co workers, family and friends, don't have an idea! It's our own personal hell....

  8. Haunted Jobs?

    Rhi007 replied to green34's topic in General Nursing

    At my St. John division we share it with the ambulance service and one night after getting back with our gear from a duty that finished at 1am we knew the paramedics would be asleep so we crept in...

  9. Any advice on IV insertion skills?

    Rhi007 replied to Emma_H's topic in General Nursing

    The technique to starting an IV is similar to that of intubation for docs....visualisation! If you can't see the vein but can feel it visualise the path. Also keeping the skin tought will stabilise...

  10. Hey nurse, why do you smoke?

    Rhi007 replied to emtb2rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am classed as morbidly obese but I'm working on changing that....I love my

  11. The "Q" Word and Other Mysteries

    Rhi007 replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Nursing Humor

    I never say 'quiet' or 'busy' I say slow or constant

  12. How would you describe Nursing

    Rhi007 replied to 2bRNatasha85's topic in General Nursing

    Over worked, underpaid and under appreciated!! We are abused, spat at, punched, scratched and a doctors punching bag when they screw up and we have to take it. It's one of those professions where you...

  13. Calculator at work?

    Rhi007 replied to 1Luv_xo's topic in General Nursing

    Lol iPhone app for med calculations

  14. The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    Rhi007 replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

  15. How many hospitals do you have?

    Rhi007 replied to green34's topic in General Nursing

    We have 2x level 1 trauma centres, about 4x level 2 trauma centres, 1x women's and children's, countless number of rehab centres and that's just the public

  16. Theme song to your Nursing career?

    Rhi007 replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Green Day: before the

  17. Why did you want to be a nurse.

    Rhi007 replied to OrealyYouThink's topic in Nurses Rock

    I'm an adrenaline junkie so anything that gets my heart pumping, makes me think on my feet which EMergency nursing does makes me happy! Good reason I still do St.

  18. Code words

    Rhi007 replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    4F's (40,female,fat and fertile) LOL, banana bag, crispy

  19. Scrub the hub

    Rhi007 replied to arbldj1234's topic in General Nursing

    As my own general rule I do 30sec clean and allow to dry for 30sec....no point doing a half orificed job of

  20. Personality At Work vs. At Home

    Rhi007 replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lol on my down time I'm really slack! I order groceries online, I take my time doing things and walk incredibly slow vs at work I'm always bubbly, work to my schedule and

  21. Where are you happy?

    Rhi007 replied to CaitlynRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I got a job in the ED after I graduated.... I swore up hill and down sale I would never do ward nursing (cardiac, med/surg etc) I've seen what it's done to my mum and I'm an adrenaline junkie...I need...

  22. The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    Rhi007 replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    It's a judgement call, one persons 5 might be another's 10...different people have different pain thresholds...mine is inhumanly high, I just about have to be dying to say 10....also use body language...

  23. It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    Rhi007 replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    In Australia, you can apply for med school with a Bach of nursing; you apply to take the GAMSAT (graduate

  24. How do you know if your meant to work in the ER?

    Rhi007 replied to FutureNurseGrad2016's topic in Emergency

    I volunteered in the ED where I currently work, 90% is the boring stuff like trip and falls in the elderly, people that have googled symptoms and swear they're dying and others that use the ED as a GP...

  25. When the nurse becomes the patient

    Rhi007 replied to beeker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I was in last year with a duralumin space tear, I didn't get a bed change (not even the draw sheet) or a wash for 3 days! I asked the doctor if I could have 15mg of morphine and a dose of maxalon...