polkadotti

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1. I can't do a thorough patient assessment?

   polkadotti posted a topic in Pediatric

   I have been an RN for 18 months on a busy paediatric surgical ward, and am getting a bit anxious that I'm losing many skills we learnt at university. Not one single nurse carry's around stethoscopes to auscultate heart/lung/bowel sounds or palpates a...

2. Neonatal Education I can complete as a STUDENT?

   polkadotti posted a topic in NICU

   I am very determined into getting into neonatal nursing after graduation. I have already completed an overseas volunteer placement in Nepal working in NICU. But I have never been placed in a neonatal round for placement... So far for my resume, I h...

3. TOO SHY!

   polkadotti replied to polkadotti's topic in General Students

   It's more the smalltalk with patients that I don't like so I think in the regard of giving information to parents and collaborating with other health professionals I would be ok with. Thanks both of you for the advice though! I'll take it on board......

4. TOO SHY!

   polkadotti posted a topic in General Students

   I'm a nurse/midwifery student and just finished my first year but I keep second guessing myself. I am just so shy and awkward and I hated the first placement I did because I didn't know what to say to the patients. I am a caring person but I am not g...

5. Australian nurse working overseas?

   polkadotti replied to polkadotti's topic in Australia

   I am an australian citizen... what kind of process is it to meet US standards?

6. Australian nurse working overseas?

   polkadotti posted a topic in Australia

   I've read that it is easier to become a nurse in Australia than in America - that in Australia there isn't as much information required to know etc., and that American nursing degree's have much more scientific based skills to learn. So would I, as a...

7. Advice - Is NICU very different to other Nursing Specialities?

   polkadotti posted a topic in NICU

   So I'm in my first year of Nursing school and I already feel drained and just down, I don't enjoy it at all. My first placement was at an orthopaedics ward and I hated it! I'm considering not doing it anymore but other careers I'm interested in don't...