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Merry Christmas
Hey all, Just a quick note to say have a great Christmas & stay safe this season. Have loads of fun & celebrate life!
- December 15th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Nursing Stories
credit: Katie Tegtmeyer Nurse In Australia is pleased to announce the new Nursing Stories pages! If you have something to share, we’d love to hear from you! Pages will be updated regularly, so…
- December 10th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Christmas ‘Cringeworthy’ Competition
We’ve all been through it from time to time – nurses and nursing students alike – situations that just make you cringe! Tell us in 25 words or less about any Nursing situa…
- December 9th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Will it change you
Blatantly Honest Responses to ‘Giving Up on Life’
credit: h.koppdelaney A few months back I wrote a post titled Giving Up on Life as a response to a search string that someone had used to visit here: “when it’s time to give up on life”…
- December 7th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Nurse “Webinars” – The Future of Education?
credit: cogdogblog ** Guest Post by Richard Williams of Rich Nurse Poor Nurse Nurse “Webinars” in 2010 I have been nursing for 21 years now and for the past ten years I have been working in Patie…
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
National Registration Coming to Australia
For those who are already Nurses in Australia, you would be aware that Australia uses a system of Independent Registration for each State or Territory where you work. This means that your registration…
- December 1st, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Will it change you
New Direction for Will It Change You
credit: Sam Ilic Photography Hi All, Well I’ve decided to take a bit of a new direction with this blog. In addition to some fresh posts & ideas, one of the biggest changes is the home page…
- November 24th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Obese? Get to the back of the line, thanks…
credit: Kyle May An Ipswich MP has suggested that obese people who are unwilling to change their lifestyle should have to wait longer for medical treatment. From the article at Queensland Times: Jo-…
- November 11th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
7 Tips to Survive a Late Night Hospital Shift
credit: the half-blood prince Guest post by Mary Ward Perhaps you are new to working at a hospital or just feeling out of sorts and just plain lousy. Working the late night shift at the hospital is i…
- November 4th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Job security luring more students into nursing
credit: Shermeee Job security has always been a great factor of nursing. In my experiences on the job, it’s pretty rare that a nurse gets fired – you basically have to be grossly incompe…
- October 28th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Can nurses light patient’s smokes?
An interesting situation regarding smoking and patient’s rights has developed in Tasmania this month, opening up a whole new world of questions on nurses obligations, rights and rules at work. T…
- October 20th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Are nurses injecting incorrectly?
This week’s interesting video comes from Western Polytech Hospital in America, where hundreds of people recently lined up for flu vaccinations in a makeshift clinic. What’s interesting abo…
- October 15th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Damning Hospital Reports, Government Takeovers… and all that jazz
credit: EMS_EMT Who should run our hospitals? Are our standards still comparatively high, or slipping further into embarrassing depths? Back in 2007 (before winning the poll, interestingly enough) PM…
- October 7th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Congrats!
This month Nurse In Australia gave away some cash simply for getting involved in the new Australian Nursing Forums. We’re pleased to announce that we have a winner – Meggles from Western A…
- October 4th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Piña colada for the patient, please?
credit: Kenny Hindgren People always ask me about what goes on behind closed doors in hospitals, so today I thought I’d give you a bit of an insiders view into emergency departments. Just to mix…
- September 23rd, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Overworked Doctors: Just Add Caffeine?
credit: SuperFantastic I was bemused by a recent news articled titled
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
A&E Staff Lying Down on the Job: So What!
credit: debora_rtv Bureaucracy vs Common Sense Staff members from Accident & Emergency at Great Western Hospital in Swindon, UK have recently been suspended after their role in the lying down gam…
- September 22nd, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Nursing Jobs in Australia
Hey all… We’re trialling a new Nursing Job Search function in collaboration with Career One. The search function gives you instant access to hundreds of current Nursing and Healthcare Jobs…
- September 16th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
New Blog Explores Exit Strategies for Nurses
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a guest post by Richard Williams from Rich Nurse Poor Nurse. New Blog to give Nurses an exit strategy. As speculation increases here in NSW that the State Govt is about to sac…
- September 14th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
3 Steps for Travel Nursing in Australia
credit: WTL photos For overseas nurses thinking about Travel Nursing in Australia: Where to start?! This is a really common question, so I’ll try and answer it in 3 simple steps! Your first po…
- September 8th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Research and Resource Links for Nurses
For nurses wanting to do research or find more information on a whole range of subjects, here are some links to the most popular Nursing Research and Resource sites. I’d love to have your input…
- September 7th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
$50 Cash Giveaway
Nurse In Australia is pleased to present our first Cash Giveaway! credit: payalnic How Do I Win? Excellent question…. It couldn’t be any easier – all you have to do is check out our…
- September 6th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
New: Australian Nursing Forums
credit: bingbing Nurse In Australia is pleased to announce that the Australian Nursing Forums are now up and running… Make your voice heard! I’d love to hear what you have to say, good ba…
- September 4th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
New look for Nurse In Australia
credit: Francesco Rachello Welcome to the new look “Nurse In Australia” website. Nurse In Australia is a nursing blog & resource center for current Australian nurses & nursing st…
- September 1st, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Will it change you
Congratulations + Scary Announcement
credit: René Ehrhardt Firstly, thanks so much to those of you who commented on the August $50 giveaway post. It was really great to hear about some good things that are happening to people around th…
- August 25th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Night Duty Revisited: apparently we LOVE it (?!)
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 ki…
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Will your Quest for Success be your Downfall?
Thought: When you find what you are looking for in life, what’s next? It’s funny how so many people are on a never ending quest to be better, richer, more successful. We want to be the be…
- August 18th, 2009
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Pay It Forward
A few years ago I watched Pay It Forward, a movie from the year 2000 based on the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde. While the movie probably could have been improved upon in it’s delivery of the the…
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New Concept: Drive-Thru Emergency
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 b…
- August 13th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Doctor’s don’t answer phones
Has anyone else noticed the strange phenomena of doctors vs phones? Maybe this is unique to Emergency Departments, because in all the ones I’ve worked in, when a phone rings in front of a doctor…
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Nursing in the Australian Health Service: what you should know
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…
- August 12th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Will it change you
Smile Therapy Challenge
credit: milena mihaylova A while back I wrote a post titled The Heart of Life, where I mentioned that world news seems to be quite grim these days. The question behind that post was what is at our co…
- August 6th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Will it change you
E-books vs Real Books: The debate rages!
credit: ginnerobot Like many other bloggers I’m a big fan of reading books. I’m also fairly involved in the online world, so I do a lot of online reading. While I subscribe to the theory…
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Nursing Wages in Queensland, Australia
The new Nurses and Midwives (Queensland Health) Certified Agreement (EB7) has gone to vote, with 94% of respondents supporting the agreement. Following the voting process, the agreement has now gone t…
- August 4th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Will it change you
August $50 giveaway
credit: Hamed Masoumi As the economic climate tightens, it’s natural to tighten our grasp on our own money and spending. It’s very liberating to find a place where you can let go of money-…
- July 29th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Should fathers be allowed in delivery rooms?
credit: Inferis Wow, what an age-old question, huh? A quick search on ebsco host shows me that this debate goes back at least to 1962, when volume 25, issue 4 of RN posed the question “Allow ex…
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E-book review: Thirty Days to Change Your Life
credit: eschipul Thirty Days to Change Your Life is a new e-book by Michael Miles of Effortless Abundance. Michael is an author who is passionate about concepts like meaning, purpose and the wonderfu…
- July 23rd, 2009
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The secret to 63 years of marriage
credit: Hamed Masoumi So I happened across an elderly couple recently, she was sick and he was fussing over her. They were foreigners, I could tell from their accents, perhaps Czech. I wondered (as I…
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Change Of Shift: Sunshine Coast Edition
Hi there – thanks for visiting, and a special thanks to emergiblog for allowing me to play host to the marvellous world of change of shift. The beautiful sunshine coast in Queensland, Australia…
- July 22nd, 2009
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Make money doing what you love – really?
credit: pfala Make Money Doing What You Love What a great concept, huh? If only it were that simple! For many people, me included, doing what you love has more to do with getting away from the mind…
- July 17th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Nursing shortages in Australia
Thanks to Jeff from TravelNursingBlogs for posing the following questions: “Is there a nursing shortage in Australia? What is the industry like there? Has the global recession hit it?” c…
- July 13th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Visa options for travel nurses
Visa options for nurses travelling to Australia For nurses or other health professionals planning to immigrate or travel in Australia, let me recommend the team at Live In Australia. The award-winni…
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How a business idea became a reality
I’m just so supportive of people who come up with great ideas, but especially so of those who have the perseverance, drive and motivation to push forward and turn that idea into a reality. Star…
- July 12th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Nurse In Australia
Nursing and Medical Books
I’m a massive fan of reading books, particularly new releases. I’ve ordered several books through Amazon online for shipping to Australia before, and the experience has always been great.…
- July 11th, 2009
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Giving up on life
credit: mkorchia A search string that recently referred someone to this site was the phrase when it’s time to give up on life. It struck a bit of a chord with me and got me thinking about the qu…
- July 7th, 2009
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Taeran has dugg: Australian Travel Nursing E-book Finally Released!
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Travel Nursing E-book Review: Nursing In Australia
Nursing in Australia: A Guide to Working and Living as a Nurse Down Under. I recently had the opportunity to review this brand new e-book written by Emma Bates from Nursing In Australia. Here’s…
- July 6th, 2009
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Taeran has posted a new entry on: Will it change you
Becoming a better person
credit: frotography.pl If you are completely happy with your life and people think you’re amazing 100% of the time, that’s great! Don’t even worry about reading this post, you can g…
