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National Registration for Nurses

National Registration – What does it All Mean??! As of 1st July 2010, the old system of state and territory based Nursing Registration has been abolished. The Council of Australian Governments has now implemented a single national registration and accreditation system for health professionals in Australia. This system is known as the National Registration and [...]

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Nurses Sick Leave in Winter

What are your experiences regarding nurses taking sick leave in winter? In most places that I’ve worked I’ve noticed a sharp rise in staff off on sick leave – obviously this is in part due to the winter cough/cold/flu blues, but perhaps it may also have something to do with the run on effect from [...]

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Difficult New Graduate Nurse Year

I’d love to find out how our graduates are finding things in their first year out. Likewise, how are seasoned RN’s finding our new graduates? One of the more common questions that seems to arise with nursing students, particularly in their last year, is whether it’s better to obtain a position in a grad year [...]

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Sheepish, Demure Nurses Pandering to Inflated Ego’s

Let me put a question to the readers here: What are your experiences & feelings on Nurse / Doctor relationships in general? Given the time & effort it takes to complete a nursing degree plus specialty training, I would suspect at the very least there should be some professional respect on both sides of any [...]

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Making the Pain Chart more.. real

I must admit, I’ve never been a major fan of the traditional pain score chart. You know the ones I’m talking about? We use them mostly on children (actually I’ve never used them on anyone other than children) to try and understand their level of pain. Now that I think about it, I’m not really [...]

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