Comments for Nurse In Australia http://www.nurseinaustralia.com A blog for those interested in all things nursing Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Should I be a nurse? by By 2010 … most Nurses Will be over 50? | The Nurse Resource http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/should-i-be-a-nurse/#comment-139 By 2010 … most Nurses Will be over 50? | The Nurse Resource Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:08:23 +0000 http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/?p=83#comment-139 [...] I eluded to in should I be a nurse, it takes a certain personality type and dedication to put up with the things that we do! Don’t [...]

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]]> Comment on Nurses turn to prostitution by Ross http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/nurses-turn-to-prostitution/#comment-137 Ross Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:36:22 +0000 http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/?p=261#comment-137 @Astro - Hi, thanks for your comments. "..the only way to make additional income is to prostitute themselves" might hold true if they were in some other country where jobs where completely scarce, in Australia we are not in a recession. There are masses of jobs around, and in particular there are loads of nursing jobs. I suspect they want to get out of nursing AND make a quick buck, hence the reason for the change. @Astro - Hi, thanks for your comments. “..the only way to make additional income is to prostitute themselves” might hold true if they were in some other country where jobs where completely scarce, in Australia we are not in a recession. There are masses of jobs around, and in particular there are loads of nursing jobs. I suspect they want to get out of nursing AND make a quick buck, hence the reason for the change.

]]> Comment on Nurses turn to prostitution by Astro http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/nurses-turn-to-prostitution/#comment-136 Astro Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:32:25 +0000 http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/?p=261#comment-136 This is a case of "don't hate the player, hate the game." These women have come to the conclusion that the only way to make additional income is to prostitute themselves. Surely the lack of viable jobs for these women is the problem, not that they supposedly "chose" prostitution above other jobs? This is a case of “don’t hate the player, hate the game.” These women have come to the conclusion that the only way to make additional income is to prostitute themselves. Surely the lack of viable jobs for these women is the problem, not that they supposedly “chose” prostitution above other jobs?

]]> Comment on Nurses turn to prostitution by Ross http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/nurses-turn-to-prostitution/#comment-134 Ross Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:48:37 +0000 http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/?p=261#comment-134 Hi Carl... Regarding prostitution? Very much the minority! You'd be hard pressed to ever actually find a nurse in Australia that admitted to dabbling in that area on the side! It was brought to light by the media however, so I guess some people actually are resorting to that!   Regarding working conditions? I'm not so sure it's much different/worse from many other parts of the world. Yes you can work under stressful conditions with serious ramifications if you stuff up, but isn't this basically the career of nursing summed up?! Interested to hear any thoughts from others.... Maybe also check out <a href="http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/should-i-be-a-nurse/" rel="nofollow">Should I Be A Nurse?</a> Cheers... Hi Carl… Regarding prostitution? Very much the minority! You’d be hard pressed to ever actually find a nurse in Australia that admitted to dabbling in that area on the side! It was brought to light by the media however, so I guess some people actually are resorting to that!
 
Regarding working conditions? I’m not so sure it’s much different/worse from many other parts of the world. Yes you can work under stressful conditions with serious ramifications if you stuff up, but isn’t this basically the career of nursing summed up?! Interested to hear any thoughts from others…. Maybe also check out Should I Be A Nurse? Cheers…

]]> Comment on Nurses turn to prostitution by carl http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/nurses-turn-to-prostitution/#comment-133 carl Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:28:44 +0000 http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/?p=261#comment-133 hi all. I'm sad 2 hear that my fellow nurses are sharing the wrong stuff with the community. I was hoping to relocate one day to australia, but that doesn't sound very inviting. Warm regards from Kenya. Carl the nurse. hi all. I’m sad 2 hear that my fellow nurses are sharing the wrong stuff with the community. I was hoping to relocate one day to australia, but that doesn’t sound very inviting. Warm regards from Kenya. Carl the nurse.

]]> Comment on Watching a patient die by Ross http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/watching-a-patient-die/#comment-132 Ross Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:40:02 +0000 http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/?p=253#comment-132 Hey Amanda, thanks for visiting... I totally agree, sometimes you just have to see things to believe them - I've had several situations where I've thought "wow, no one would ever believe that just happened!" All the best for the upcoming year, and thanks for all your hard work in the industry! Hey Amanda, thanks for visiting… I totally agree, sometimes you just have to see things to believe them - I’ve had several situations where I’ve thought “wow, no one would ever believe that just happened!” All the best for the upcoming year, and thanks for all your hard work in the industry!

]]> Comment on Watching a patient die by Amanda http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/watching-a-patient-die/#comment-131 Amanda Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:20:40 +0000 http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/?p=253#comment-131 I have had your exact feelings. I'm a 15 year emergency services member. It is hard to put our jobs and experiences into words. It takes one to feel like one. I have had your exact feelings. I’m a 15 year emergency services member. It is hard to put our jobs and experiences into words. It takes one to feel like one.

]]> Comment on Watching a patient die by Ross http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/watching-a-patient-die/#comment-130 Ross Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:20:59 +0000 http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/?p=253#comment-130 Hi Sealy - For some people I guess it's just not their thing... it's hard to know how you will react until it happens to you. I guess I've gotten a lot better with 'death' over the years - you can be removed from the situation when it's someone you don't know, also. Hi Sealy - For some people I guess it’s just not their thing… it’s hard to know how you will react until it happens to you. I guess I’ve gotten a lot better with ‘death’ over the years - you can be removed from the situation when it’s someone you don’t know, also.

]]> Comment on Watching a patient die by Sealy http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/watching-a-patient-die/#comment-129 Sealy Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:52:37 +0000 http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/?p=253#comment-129 i could not imagine watching a patient die. that just might be something that would stick in my head forever. i could not imagine watching a patient die. that just might be something that would stick in my head forever.

]]> Comment on Is it really an emergency? by Moff http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/is-it-really-an-emergency/#comment-70 Moff Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:44:17 +0000 http://www.nurseinaustralia.com/?p=226#comment-70 The country where I'm from has got 'exactly' the same problem! It's causing a big issue of exhausting the resources (ERs are always full), the doctors and the nurses are constantly overworked and resigning, and the ones who have remained need to deal with massive amount of extra workload... so a vicious cycle begins! Plus, patients can be very irrationally demanding, and there is a steep rise in medical litigation (in my home country). This alone is enough to drive people away from working in the field. It is said that the health care system in my country had already 'collapsed'. And the public still don't realise what is really going on...... When do people start understanding that it's actually them who have to pay the price of all this after all?? The country where I’m from has got ‘exactly’ the same problem! It’s causing a big issue of exhausting the resources (ERs are always full), the doctors and the nurses are constantly overworked and resigning, and the ones who have remained need to deal with massive amount of extra workload… so a vicious cycle begins! Plus, patients can be very irrationally demanding, and there is a steep rise in medical litigation (in my home country). This alone is enough to drive people away from working in the field. It is said that the health care system in my country had already ‘collapsed’. And the public still don’t realise what is really going on…… When do people start understanding that it’s actually them who have to pay the price of all this after all??

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