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Nice ad but does this really represent the life of an aged care nurse? If only it was like this!

Not sure if Sharon is an AIN or an RN, as both seem to be able to give meds these days.

From what I'm told, being an RN in Aged care is very different to this and entails endless paperwork, (most of it government-mandated to help administer their miserly, dysfunctional and cumbersome funding system) and very , very little actual patient contact except in times of crisis perhaps. Instead of floating around holding hands and having nice chats with the oldies, the RN is responsible for supervisng the care given by AINs or Care workers--legally and morally responsible. This seems like a recipe for stress, given that 1 RN might be "it" for between 40 and 80 pts, or even more, Much as I'd love to go back to the Aged care field (as an RN) I certainly wouldn't consider it under the current conditions.

Best side of nursing These ads are good but "touching peoples heart, making the difference etc" are only some of the reasons I am still nursing. The best aspect of my job (profession/career) and my motivator however is the power of the knowledge I have as a nurse. I have friends and family members who are academically high achievers and holding powerful positions but when it comes to health related information, well I am the one they think about. I feel proud and honoured when they ask for my advice. That leads me to reflect on this 'touching people's heart, making the difference'. Recently I looked after a gentleman who presented with chest pain (treated as ACS) but he "had to be at work" before his 2nd Troponin result came up as "he can not afford to take that particular day off". My job was to convince him to stay in hospital at least until we get his blood results. He tried to convince me that his presence at work that day was more important than his health (or life). Eventually I won even though this gentleman was much older, richer, more 'intellegent', powerful in many sense.