Having the most outstanding and fantabulous time …… I will be back to tell a tale or two or three of my adventures in around a week. Take care…. ian. Published by impactEDnurseContinue reading: back real soon.

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I have spoken about AirSet before but hey, I think its a pretty useful tool and besides, they have just increased their functionality even more. We use AirSet as a private communication portal for our nursing staff. With well over 130 staff working in our department, getting out the important information and ensuring that it doesn’t […]

Yup, he sure is a cute little fella. Only he is far from little. Smudge the wonder dog is hung like a donkey.  The first time Kelly saw it, she thought he had exploded and his large intestine had shot out through the hole. I really don’t know where he hides it away. There surely cant be enough […]

Late last year our hospital participated in Exercise Cumpston to test our preparedness to respond to  a pandemic outbreak. Shortly afterwards an dependant audit was conducted by the Audit Office Of New South Wales. The audit examined whether the New South Wales (NSW) public health system is ready to respond to a public health emergency arising […]

Whilst talking to my mum about her award for kindness in 1957, she dusted off plenty of memories of her early experiences as a student nurse. As you will soon see, we have come a long way in our care of patients since the late 1950’s. Sure the technology has made incredible advances, but the quality […]

Picture and clipping form a Plymouth local newspaper circa a long long time ago: Nineteen years old student nurse Joan Startup, who is training at Mount Gold Hospital Plymouth, won the special “kindness” prize at the nurses prizegiving yesterday. The prizes were presented by Miss Joan Vickers, MP who said during the presentation: “We have a […]

Had a visitor the other day. Bart is an ambulance driver form the Netherlands who is on holidays in Australia. Apparently he is an avid reader of impactednurse.com and, as he was in the neighbourhood, thought he might pop in to see what we were up to. How cool is that. Thanks Bart, it was great to […]

As I sit down to write, Smudge arranges himself restlessly in my lap. Eventually he seems happy with the Feng Shui of things and plops down. Intent on mushifying a knotted rawhide chew, he occasionally looks up from under raised eyebrows to check on my typing or to release an operatic burp. Rather annoyingly, he […]

So. Who was the nurse who ducked out the other night with a police patrol on a mercy dash to obtain some hot chips for his colleagues? Only to find himself up to his rapidly retracting testicles in knife fights and gang wars. I just hope that was tomato sauce on those chips. Published by impactEDnurseContinue reading: […]

I live in a country that boasts 19 of the worlds top 23 most venomous snakes. Deadly slithering hypoderms waiting to sneak up an unguarded trouser leg and inject you with a coctail of neurotoxins, haemolytic and haemorrhagic enzymes, pro and anti coagulants, myotoxic, cytotoxic and nephrotoxic factors, all guaranteed to ruin your day. The Fierce Snake […]

I have previously stated that the world needs more big red buttons…..but now Im not so sure. [ hat tip to Blissful Entropy for the link.] Published by impactEDnurseContinue reading: pushing buttons.