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By: ronald

ronald — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:58:31 +0000

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?

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:56:29 +0000

@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!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:39:08 +0000

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?

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