Welcome to your new Australian Nurses forum

Tookie · Jan 22, 2003

Bruce have a SIL who lives just out of Byron Bay at Suffolk park - we spent 5 days up there for new year in 99/2000 - Beautiful country - went home via the Dubbo Zoo.

Welcome Bruce nice to meet you

Tookie

Tookie · Jan 22, 2003

Meant to ask you bruce - are you working in Aged care / Dementia or a pyscho geriatric unit?

just being nosey

Tookie

zdatny · Jan 23, 2003

HI Tookie

I worked in psychogeriatrics at the PA hospital in Brisbane before moving to the coast in '99.

Then I started in a dementia specific unit at a nursing home in Kingscliff, about 40 kms. from here. I just love working with the oldies, quite a change from acute psych, where I was previously.

I don't think you are nosey, can't tell anyway from the photo.

Its great to get to chat with my Aussie colleagues, as well as the wanna-be's.

sandgroper · Jan 23, 2003

Good idea this

Ken Beauty in fact.

sehbear · Jan 28, 2003

I love it... I love it.... I love it...

I love that you organised it for us....

Thanks everyone...

Remember..... use it or lose it

Happy Australia Day

:rolleyes:

:cool:

Tookie · Jan 28, 2003

Yes it is great Sehbar well done actually suggesting it - so now we need to keep it going and encourage other nurses to use it and to come up with stimulating discussions.- That not only we will be interested in but alos people from outside our counrty - so we can all share - How do you lot feel about including the NZ' and local islanders etc i nthis forum

Ned discussion on a name - see my question re this?

Oh yes zdatny - I trained at PA Queensland - graduated MANY MANY years ago

OzNurse69 · Jan 28, 2003

Hey Tookie -- did you know they'd built a brand new PA -- opened (I think) Xmas 2001 -- & they are in the process of knocking the old one down -- nearly finished thank goodness, cos good old Ipswich Rd is kind of dusty while they're doing it.....

Josina · Feb 2, 2003

G'day from Adelaide on a glorious day! Happy (belated) Australia day. I am a new member, what great timing, hey?

I am an R.N working in Aged Care, and share many of the concerns raised by Tookie and others, particularly in regard to the Accreditation process, the excessive documentation requirements and multiple roles Managers are required to fulfill in this sector, from washing bums to washing floors and everything in between.

roden58 · Feb 2, 2003

G'DAY all, great idea.

frannybee · Feb 2, 2003

Sairz, Rural and Remote need people like you! Never did it long term but spent a month on prac in Mt Isa in Qld. (That's where I met my Pommy boyfriend, and he's why I'm not in the original Wales instead of the New South one.)

My best friend back home works in Roma Hospital which is pretty small - he loved it for a while, but has gone off it completely due to a few social problems (church related). The nursing, the hospital and the town he loved, but he just didn't fit in. Hopefully, he (and you!) will find somewhere that's perfect for him.

er, and you...I think you know what I meant

Tookie · Feb 4, 2003

hi there all of you - good to see you postn too Roden how are the stduies going you should be finished arnt you

yes the forum is greta spread the word - bring up topic YOU would like to discuss relevant to our area - lets be open to the idea of Austrlaial and NZ and maybe we can come up with a name for all of the region

Barb101 · Mar 10, 2007

Hi peoples I have just started working at the sunshine coast private hospital in Qld Yea I know dont knock me for being a Qlder it was accidental. I just forgot to go back to cold old Tassie gee now I really have put my foot in out of the fire into the fry pan so to speak. But hey I dont mind I got great weather great sights from bush to oceans all within a half hour drive so beat that LOL. Oh yah I finial point I have great colleges I spend time with soooooooooo am I happy you bet Love to all Aussies