ballyk

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1. Shane Warne

   ballyk replied to OzNurse69's topic in International

   sorry he is a tosser and a bad role model pity his mUm didn't tell him to not smoke, not have phone sex not take other peoples prescription drugs......................... but then by hiss own admission he said he was stupid loved the by line in our ...

2. Moving to Australia?

   ballyk replied to bizzy's topic in International

   I guess it really depends on where in Austrtalia you want to move to (some areas do actuallyget col dan dsnpow although not as bad as in Sweden of course!) Each state has aslightly different pay rates as well which can be confusing. It also depends w...

3. Worst nursing proceedure ever....

   ballyk replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   Oh I am dry retching as I read this! I HATE SPUTUM !!!! home nursed this guy once who urinated and coughed his emphsemic lungs into a beautiful waterford crystal bowl . Would only want me to empty it once a day and would n't use the urinal I bought ...

4. Australian Nurses

   ballyk replied to sehbear's topic in General Nursing

   I am on Aussioe too ( 6 days till OZ DAY) yep we need our own section then we won;t cobnfuse peopel with talk of eskies, stubbies, drongoes, yobbos tinlids......................OK don't get me started and OK we shoudl let the kiwis in as well (had to...

5. Oooohhhh, Now I feel cosmopoliten, do you ALL wear scrubs?

   ballyk replied to BritishStudent's topic in General Nursing

   I had to laugh , when you were talking about the colonies I was sure you meant AUSTRALIA. The best insult anyone ever gave me wa in Scotland ,a nd when I was trying to make her a cup of tea (bare with me long story) I asked was that balck or white? ...

6. What smells?? ER!

   ballyk replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

   Whats this ER is back on! In Australia we will probably get these episodes in abotu 6 months! I can complain then I havr to tell you that Medical staff have no control over nurses budgtets here , but then ER isn't real cause everywehre else there i...

7. grossed out

   ballyk replied to newatnursing's topic in Humor

   Years ago I was home nursing in the UK. On man I looked after was chair bound for most of the day. He refused to leave his chair for anything (other than Pressure care) So he used this BEAUTIFUL waterford crystal bowl to urinate in AND cough up hi...

8. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

   ballyk replied to sharann's topic in Humor

   what about "wiggle your toes....little prick" just before an IM injection

9. True ER stories

   ballyk replied to Kel Cardaras's topic in Humor

   I will never forget the 80something in bed with a NOF # whom I found sucking on her now disconnected (by her) indwelling catheter. She looked at me and said "join me in a drink dearie" as she offered me her "straw". For some reason I gave that free...

10. Problems merging units

    ballyk replied to Hayden's topic in General Nursing

    I can relate to this! A few years ago I worked in a hospital taht merged with another, what a nightmare! It may take soem arguments but tell your colleauges how you fee. Encourage everyone to act like the adults they are meant to be, talk to your N...