Should I be a nurse?

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  1. Elizabeth says:

    I seem to have all the qualities you mention – especially about keeping calm when people are not, but I’m not sure about “drug calculation skills” – I’m not very good with numbers! ;)

    I guess you can never know until you’re in the course?

  2. Ross says:

    @Elizabeth – sounds like you have most things covered. I guess regarding drug calculations, it’s fairly important you get doses etc. right. Most serious stuff is checked with two RN’s, so there’s a safeguard there, but you certainly need to be able to do some basic formula’s on your own. You’ll definitely be taught this kind of thing & have heeeeaps of opportunity to practice when you train, so you’ll discover it’s a lot less daunting in reality!

  3. ronald says:

    I am interested still to be a nurse but am I late already? I am 37 years old and by the time I finished schooling and have experience I may be 45 already.

    Any comment Ross? What is the average age that nurses retire in Australia or should we say the age they burnout?

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