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Giveaway: FREE Movie Passes to Departures film
Giveaway: 30 In Season Double Passes To ‘Departures’ ‘‘The ‘encoffineers’: with loving kindness they preside at life’s final departure’’. Directed by Yojiro Takita and starring; Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue with Tsutomu Yamazaki. Original score by Joe Hisaishi, of ‘Spirited Away’ … Continue reading
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FREE Movie Passes to "Capitalism: A Love Story" by Michael Moore
Thanks to Paramount Pictures the NSW Nurses’ Association have been given the opportunity to attend an advance screening of Academy Award winner Michael Moore’s new film CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY SCREENING DETAILS Wednesday the 21st of October 6.00pm arrival for … Continue reading
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When Relatives Are Your Best Ally
I recently had the experience of being able to teach my sister how to care for her daughter when she was hospitalised recently. This was good for the following reasons: my niece enjoyed and preferred to be cared for by … Continue reading
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Dealing with needlephobic patients
I started this thread in the forum a few months ago and I got a lot of interesting comments from members. So, I thought I’d make an article about it. But first, what is ‘needlephobia’? According to Google, Needlephobia can … Continue reading
Building Positive Relationships with Patients' Relatives
In Aged Care, we tend to have quite a lot to do with residents’ families and visitors.We face many situations where we have to put ourselves in the the other persons shoes. As has been said in other blogs and … Continue reading
Advice Needed: 3 Questions for You
Some of our friends and visitors here at Nurse Uncut are seeking some advice. A student, alfigjam, asks: I am currently doing an acute care case scenario and my patient is on IV Tramadol 100mg 6/24 . I have looked … Continue reading
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Family Centered Care
Working in a children’s hospital you learn to develop an understanding of family centered care and how this can be applied to practice. Family centerd care (FCC) encourages and enables family members to be involved in the planning, delivery and … Continue reading
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Choosing a Specialty: Maternal Child & Family Health Nursing
How do you choose a nursing specialty? It’s a hard one to answer because there are so many nursing specialties to choose from. Like Forest Gump would say ….. “It’s like a box of chocolates” …. you really don’t know … Continue reading
Helpful Relatives In Health Care
This is the last of my 4 night shifts… woohoo! I must admit, I’m not a night person at all but nothing much I can do about not working the night shifts I’m afraid. I’m just whinging a little, but … Continue reading
Nurses' Tales: Edwina's Story
In this video, Edwina tells us what it’s like to be a nurse in midwifery. She gives us great insight on the difference that our nurses make in the lives of many women and children. Have you ever worked in … Continue reading
