credit: atomicjeep When I was studying to be a nurse, I knew that I would have to work night shifts at some point in my career. At some point this became a reality, and up until recently I’ve kind of been grinning and bearing it, all the while saying to myself “well, I knew what [...]

credit: tico24 As mentioned on a recent allnurses.com post, the Stanford Hospital & Clinics are trying out a new concept: a drive-thru emergency room (!) From mercurynews.com: “In what is believed to be the first training exercise in the country, a team of health care professionals at Stanford Hospital & Clinics turned the first floor [...]

Phone calls at work can be a right royal pain! In fact, if there’s no admin staff around then phones tend to ring…. and ring…. and ring…. To make things more frustrating, when a phone rings at the desk you can bet that if you eventually pick it up, you’ll get “Hi there, is Dr [...]

A little while back I had the opportunity to review an e-book by Emma Bates of NursingAustralia.info titled Nursing in Australia: A Guide to Working and Living as a Nurse Down Under. Guess what? Emma has a new e-book out which she has kindly allowed me to review, it’s called Nursing in the Australian Health [...]

Many people would like to know how much nurses get paid in Australia. Here are some current figures as of Dec 2009 to give you some indication (for Queensland at least – each state has their own award) of nursing wages. The new Nurses and Midwives (Queensland Health) Certified Agreement (EB7) has gone to vote, [...]