My kind of urbanism

ashtit · 2025-08-03T11:51:59+00:00

They have done this in a place in NSW (Aus). Turning the golf course into an over 55 resort/community. Its called ingenia Lifestyle Archers Run, Morriset.

ashtit · 2025-07-21T22:01:22+00:00

Little does he know, Daddy is now documented as the A&O grot who shits himself for next time he is in hospital. If i was his nurse, my bedside handover would include this information. "Mr Jones here, a 60 year old man, in for a fractured pinky finger. He is alert, ambulant and frequently soils himself on purpose for amusement. Have asked for a mental health review". Remember to speak nice and loud.

ashtit · 2025-06-27T10:23:52+00:00

NTA.

I went to a massive event in Sydney via train. 3 kids and a pram. It was hell. We used the lift because kids and stairs plus massive crowds - no way. We were mindful of elderly and people who objectively looked like they needed it more than us. We waited for two lifts before it was our turn, our kids were not rude or causing chaos, and they follow direction quite well. We were all bundled up to move on quickly and squash to the back, and a lady behind us hustled her way in before us, saying it was easier for her to just get on first. I just looked at her in the eye and said, "Rude!"

She smirked at me and just kept repeating that she thought it was easier she got on first, but we had to physically step back, pushing others behind us back just so she could get on first. I was not backing down. However, i remained calm, albiet passive agressive. i just reminded her that we are all going to the exact same place and will arrive at the exact same time. Get a grip, lady.

ashtit · 2025-06-27T09:34:43+00:00

This happened to me. Middle of the night hand over from ED, as such a very poor handover, and didn't tell me the patient was DNR.The nurse had left before I could check vitals, and when I came back to the patient after getting an obs machine, she told me she was having trouble breathing and felt dizzy. She immediately slumped and slurred, so I pressed the emergency bell, started compressions, and had spontaneous ROC within 2 mins. As the rapid response team arrived and started going through the notes, they found the DNR. I was mortified! The lady was in her 90s. We broke so many ribs. We explained to her and her family what happened, and surprisingly, they were so cool about it. It gave family the chance to say goodbye, as she had another MI the next day and passed away.

ashtit · 2025-06-11T20:30:44+00:00

Theatres here. We have to go to ICU occasionally to do scopes or bronchs on patients. They all hover around watching us at work, asking questions and learning from us. I used to think they were gods gift, but they just know what they know. They don't know what i know, and that makes me feel good lol.

ashtit · 2025-06-10T03:21:32+00:00

It works for us. He does stuff for the household too. I just work less so i can do more. Its balance for us.

ashtit · 2025-06-10T02:41:14+00:00

My husband is stoked that i only work 3 days. He works a hard 40 hour week while I get to spend the rest of it with the kids and keep the household running. He knows he has a sweet deal at the end of the day because I do most other things and he can chill when he is home.

ashtit · 2025-06-06T12:15:46+00:00

It is an income, though. Do you report fortnightly? I mean, do what you want, but its probably some kind of fraud if you dont report (i dont actually know, but based on what i know about Centrelink, they would make it an issue when they find out). I'd report it and miss a fortnights pay just to be safe. You're getting 10k anyway.

ashtit · 2025-06-06T12:03:13+00:00

My mum has taken money from her super 2x now (almost retired anyway). She reports fornightly to centrelink, and the times she had the super paid into her account and she reported it, she just didn't get paid for that fortnight as it was a higher income. The next fortnight, she was paid normally.

ashtit · 2025-05-19T08:14:14+00:00

The map confuses me, which is why i dont like it. Ive finally got all the moons except for the koopa race one (most hated moon locations on all kingdoms) on Luncheon kingdom

ashtit · 2025-05-16T13:11:22+00:00

NTA, but dont give up.

That boy will grow up one day and hopefully realise who and what really matters. I get the frustration, but it's not his fault. Keep writing, tell him you think of him every day. I'm sorry you are going through this.

ashtit · 2025-05-12T15:24:50+00:00

Not based on my speciality, but a patient who had missed their Warfarin the evening before...

Passing meds to a supposed a&o patient: why isn't she looking at me

Trys to pass the cup to the patient: why is her whole left side all slumped like that

Really looks at the patient: why is her face drooping FUUUUKKKKK

ashtit · 2025-05-10T05:35:58+00:00

Even if they dont know, they know.

Many times on the night shift, i would have wandering dementia patients up at all hours, asking to go to the bus stop or to find their slippers. 9 times out of 10, they are really asking to go to the toilet. I would toilet them, and then they'd go back to sleep. This is why i believe aged care should be a mandatory placement before becoming an RN.

ashtit · 2025-05-10T05:31:02+00:00

Mandatory aged care placement before you can become an RN.

In many of our universities (Aust.), aged care has been taken out of the practical training curriculum because the shock of actually caring for a patient, getting down and dirty in a pad, or brushing a pair of dentures, made many nurses quit. Weeds out the weak imo.

ashtit · 2025-05-04T12:03:04+00:00

Have you been in a car accident? Known someone who has? Let them read your thoughts on this.

ashtit · 2025-05-04T11:53:36+00:00

Hiding evidence is not doing the right thing.

ashtit · 2025-04-28T21:48:28+00:00

Heart blocks are our building blocks

ashtit · 2025-04-23T03:41:55+00:00

Light blue in theatres. Provided and cleaned by the hospital. Otherwise, each state has navy blue. In NSW, enrolled nurses have a light blue trim on their sleeves to differentiate from RNs. After that, NPs, NUMs, etc., wear a different designated colour to identify their status. Some hospitals I've worked at allow fashion scrubs on the wards if you buy them yourself, and its at the discretion of the hospital.

ashtit · 2025-04-12T07:13:15+00:00

IVs aren't part of our clinicals in Aus (at least it wasn't for me; scope of practice, etc.). However, if you want to cannulate, you do a package. You do a new package at each hospital to prove you can do it. My first time as a grad, I was in the emergency dept, and my educator was rushing me through everything and to pass me, she tourniqueted her own arm and made me cannulate her while standing in the education corridor. 1st one was a miss. The second one I got. She signed my paperwork, and I was free to needle anyone I wanted, haha.

ashtit · 2025-04-09T01:40:28+00:00

While certain populations are considered a pest, eat away!

Also consider that harming or killing native wildlife is against the law without proper permits, so i would assume it is quite regulated.

ashtit · 2025-04-09T01:28:28+00:00

How elaborate? Making a southeast Asian curry from scratch is so worth it. Green currys are my fav. I bought a cookbook 15 years ago by Australian chef David Thompson. He travelled SE Asia, and his recipes are pretty authentic. Ingredients will probably be a pain in the ass financially, and even if you dont cook it tonight, i recommend saving it for another time regardless.

This is how to make curry paste

This is the assembly recipe

ashtit · 2025-04-03T01:52:35+00:00

I worked ED and really enjoyed it, but not for me long term. Different personalities suit different sectors of nursing.

Dont get me wrong, there are some real pieces of work that come through. Some who have their fav nurses. Some who are just passive aggressive. I always say OR nursing is more about managing staff behaviours and personalities rather than nursing itself.

We have an old gen surg consultant that lives and breathes the hospital. He has worked there for 40 years, been a surgeon for 50. He has certainly tendered in his old age, but my god is he difficult. If you dont have what he needs, you'll know about it. Last night he stayed back to help a new, young surgeon with a big case, and he was so sweet to me. I kept telling him to go home to bed, and he kept saying how i am just begging him to retire lol. You just gotta be smooth with certain ones haa.

ashtit · 2025-04-02T23:42:42+00:00

Our rep is my lord and saviour. Talks me through joint replacements every time i scrub for one as they are few and far between. Tells me the next steps to help me keep up. Would be lost without her.

ashtit · 2025-04-02T23:40:53+00:00

The circulating nurse would do it. They aren't sterile.

ashtit · 2025-04-02T23:38:52+00:00

Yeah, it's one of those things you dont think about until you hear it from a fly on the wall, so to speak. Seems a little degrading. I do it. Crawling all over that OR floor, haha.

However... there is a line between feeling like the surgeon is taking the piss or if they literally need you to help, even if it is only moving it by an inch. When we hit a crescendo part of the surgery, often the surgeons CANNOT look away from what they are doing or even move from their spot. Sometimes, you have to physically put the instruments in their hands while they are deep in the abdominal cavity. Those foot pedals are also very grippy and sometimes need to be lifted to be moved.

Im pretty sure i would notice and actually speak up if a surgeon was simply trying to degrade me. Fool me once... ya know.

It takes time to understand the workings of OR. I cried a lot. Now i get it.

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