Bronte03

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1. If you want to work in psych you must be crazy yourself...

   Bronte03 replied to Msmedic68w's topic in Psychiatric

   Psych nurses are one of a kind. It's a specialty most don't care to go into but we all have the psych patients on our floor, the community, wherever we go. I have worked on many floors and there is...

2. morbidly obese patients

   Bronte03 replied to blackribbon's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I hear you. I worked ortho for 10 months with morbidly obese patients. I learnt a long time ago never to judge a person because I wouldn't have walked in their shoes.. By the 5th month I had 4...

3. Fear of vomiting and vomit?

   Bronte03 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

   It is a pet hate of mine as well. However after working in orthopaedics I finally got the hang of it and would literally rub the patients back and get the anti emetics into them asap. It is far...

4. Tattoos in the workplace

   Bronte03 replied to MAH82's topic in General Nursing

   How many of us have nursed the older generation with tatt's. I have often asked what it was supposed to be. Yhe sag no longer looks wonderful.. and most wish they'd never had it done. To answer the...

5. Don't yell at co-workers in front of people

   Bronte03 replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I had a manager who literally screamed at me in front of the ortho specialist's doing their morning rounds, patients and their families infact she just didn't care. the junior doctors on the floor...

6. Considering Agency work after almost one year off the floor...advice?

   Bronte03 replied to SKIteleRN's topic in Agency Nurses

   Although I don't live in the US, nursing basics never change in our world. I have in my short career 2 yrs all up worked in 17 hospitals.. I could have written your post word for word. I basically go...

7. anyone in australia feels that we're not learning enough?

   Bronte03 replied to GE90's topic in Australia, New Zealand

   I am a EEN and we get a LOT of unfortunate remarks from our Uni students because we don't have the "knowledge" acquired by the new grads. We have the basics and in nursing basics is what makes a ward...

8. I lost my empathy

   Bronte03 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So as the title says it happened about 8 months ago. I worked in orthopediacs where I was bullied so badly by the manager the doctors on the ward would pull me aside and tell me that I was fantastic...

9. Favorite Nursing Sayings, Quotes, Jokes.....

   Bronte03 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nurses Rock

   I work nights and I often get patients who dislike being disturbed and whinge when I come in. things like nurse I am trying to get some sleep do you have to keep waking me?? My reply is "you don't...

10. Should I quit nursing?

    Bronte03 replied to Anna-s's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Initially we all feel incompetent and some staff will moan and groan about us. However, they too went through the same emotional trauma. You have worked really hard to get where you are' To quit now...

11. If you were a manager what things would you change?

    Bronte03 replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    RESPECT staff - they are the people on the floor for the shift dealing with patients, NOT you. Always THANK them and mean it as they leave. If there is a complaint take the nurse aside preferably in...

12. Agency Nursing Adelaide

    Bronte03 replied to Sao10's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I am in Qld so can't help you for SA but whoever you do end up with ask other agency staff members what they think of the company you end up choosing. I have worked agency for 16 months and in that...