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Still helpful in 2018

Aaaaaaand???

At my hospital nights work 9:30-07:30... ive done 7-7 before and found it better.

Yeah australian migration is hard. I've lived here for >6 years and it'll be another 4 before I become a citizen. Australian dental care is pretty much American general healthcare. It's cheaper to go overseas for a holiday and have dental treatment there than have it done onshore. Or pay for private insurance to cover it. One day that'll be fixed.. one day Why are are American people so opposed to national healthcare though? Why are the costs for asthma inhalers (or any other drug coughepipencough) so insanely high? Why is this tolerated? Middle class is paying for uninsured to go to ed instead of primary care providers and paying for treatment of advanced conditions that's are preventable. Then they are paying ridiculous insurance premiums with copays and deductibles and what not... and the insurances don't even cover everything do they? The system at its core is so broken. ACA is far from perfect but at least it tried to fix something for some people. And so far from what I read there isn't a better proposal in place to replace it.

Sorry to butt in purely USA conversation. You as nurses, as healthcare workers see the result of people having no insurance. Where uncontrolled diabetes results in amputations, not checked breast lump turns terminal cancer or people going bankrupt trying to pay for treatment. ED abuse instead of primary care, etc.... Why? Why is this ok? Some people on this forum are sharing stories of them struggling, them being uninsured or just unable to pay the premiums. I just dont don't understand the American dream where such a basic, essential thing such as healthcare is so hard to access. Isnt ACA a first step to actually having insurance for all? Shouldn't it be modified to include more people while government actually steps in and tried to control the outrageous prices? I know I don't understand the complexity of USA market healthcare but how are so many people ok with the outrageous profits insurance/drug companies are making? I know britains NHS, or Australian Medicare isn't perfect. I've lived in Australia without insurance for a while and it sucked to pay $70 for medical certificate for missed lab at university. Or $260 for contraceptive implant. This year it cost me 0 for GP/NP visit and $30 for implant (and removal/insertion) If someone is sick they go to GP. If they are very sick ED will look after them, any ed not the one affiliated with their insurance company. It's free with some copays for some procedures, some drugs which are still reasonable. End rant... sorry, been reading up on USA system for a bit and just dont get it...

I've been a CNA for almost 3 years and have never seen gait belt used. Anywhere. I guess it's just not a thing in the hospital i work for. Showers should have bar to hold on to. I'd have them stand up and hold on to it while i clean the down below. Its only gonna take a minute and the chair is right behind them if they need to sit down. I have my foot in front of pts as they stand up so they can brace against it. Sometimes they have plastic bag taped around their leg to cover a dressing then it gets very slippery but i just do the same thing with my foot. Yet to have any problems and i do ~7 showers a day for 5 days a week.

In my hospital nurses get $ for continuing ed as a reward for precepting new grads. Couldn't tell you how much though.

Almost 22. Will be doing grad entry masters of nursing next year. Previous bachelor of science, cna and emt-i. Married but waiting till i get my masters and grad year for kids.

I've been a CNA for 3 years and i have days where i feel like that. I start doubting nursing vs medicine, hate the job and just crash to sleep when i get home/get a drink in the shower :) We have mental health days we can take if feeling close to burnout. It passes though, after days off i find i'm missing work, nurses message me if smth interesting happens. I do agree about worthless on this planet people.. Does that make me horrible? Maybe. Such a waste of resources though, when others desperately need them. It depends on the environment. Nurses and CNAs i work with are amazing and we are a team. Ofc there are bad cookies out there, but good far outweigh the bad. I probably wouldn't last 7 years though. I'm bored and my brain is not challenged. I'm glad you are getting out soon, hope you enjoy your studies and future career

Consider Australia :) beautiful country and migration for RNs is easier than for other professions

Heya:) look at APHRA website for what BSN they accept to register u as RN in Auz. Now, have you looked at visas? For RN to come work here shouldn't be too hard granted you get the licence. Midwifery here is great, as ob/gyns are used by private patients willing to pay for them and complicated pregnancies, the rest is all midwife lead management and delivery. They have RN to midwife courses in some unis that just depends which state you'd like to stay in. I think if you come on working visa they may class you as international student to study and that's a lot of money for the course. Like 3-4 times that of Australian students. They may also require you work full time as visa requirement, you'd have to double check that. What I've heard do people doing is coming here and working for agency. You can travel all states, getting shifts here and there and once you decide what you like, find a full time position in that city. Maybe sort out your permanent residency if that's what you want and then go to continue studying. Look up other forums on this site, there are some comparisons for nursing Aus vs USA. Also there are some visa discussions on an as well. Sorry I can't answer your questions properly

Im so jealous of you all! Ill take any puke coloured scrubs if we got to wear scrubs! At our hospital scrubs are considered unprofessional... All staff wear office business pants and skirts, and then distinguished by colour of shirts. Nurses and CNAs in light blue patterned collared, button shirts (some kinds with no pockets at all!!) Orderlies in grey. allied in red etc... We also get vests and cardigans which people use to actually have pockets. Other option is to buy a nurse belt pouch thingy. Shoes either waterproof black solid shoes or more popular black runners covered with plastic for showers. I've rebelled and bought navy blue cargo scrub pants. Now I at least have somewhere to put my pen and extra gloves.... No one told me off so far... We look like supermarket workers, i've been asked where items are if i happen to stop by a shop after work... Dementia patients have confused us for bank workers... Nursing students are the only ones who look like hospital workers in this place. 800 bed teaching hospital Ok, rant over...

Mmmm no. If a person is two assist there is no way I'm even attempting to help them by myself. We've had several girls on workers compensation for months due to back injuries. I know it's annoying to have to wait for another person to help you and sometimes everyone is too busy. Where I work we do all single assists first then get a buddy and help each other with doubles. So you work alone with 15 residents? Thats unsafe not only for lifting/rolling but if a fall occurs or other kind of emergency. Or if a person is aggressive you dont want to be alone in there either. If there is absolutely no way to get help I'd keep them in bed and toilet/change in bed. If they can't roll with just one person helping then sorry nothing can be done. I'm not injuring myself due to poor staffing/policies/money cutting. Hope something can be changed to assist you, good luck

Yeah taught here and reference cards on IDs have conversion drop rate to mls. I thought pumps aren't used in some areas and nurses need to know drop rates? Mmm not here… We have a limited stock of them, use and then put into a steriliser in cleaning room. After they go back to stock shelf. Used many-many times and don't remember getting any new stock this year at least. Makes sense about scratches, bottles are quite stained as well - gross. When I worked agency in rehab hospital they had disposable stuff. Never got to use them though, pts were able to use actual toilets there.

That sounds like a dream…