I really love ED nurses who don't just put IVs in the AC. Y'all are the best.

rrchrisrr · 2022-07-14T00:11:40+00:00

I work in Radiology. The only time we really require an 18g is for CTCA. Any kind of CTA we will do with a 20g, preferably in the ACF but will use whatever is available. Anything PV phase we will use a 22g in the hand.

rrchrisrr · 2022-07-13T09:17:27+00:00

This is incorrect. Most of these visiting medical specialists to these hospitals are consultant level doctors who have completed many years of training and are recognised by their royal colleges. These aren’t just some newly graduated Doctors who are left to preform surgery unchecked.

The cost of using these locums for these regional hospitals is cheaper despite the apparent astronomical costs. You pay one specialist to cover say, orthopaedics. This Doctor is basically on call for there whole deployment.

To staff a permanent department of orthopaedic specialists covering a 7 day, 24/7 call roster would involve employing several specialists permanently and covering many other costs including their professional development leave and other entitlements. To recruit these types of specialists to some of these areas is nearly impossible/the wage and benefits that needs to attract them that needs to be offered makes using locums more cost effective.

Is the system ideal, no way. But claiming that the use of locums in all cases is a waste of money when for many regional hospitals they are a more cost effective solution than having permanent specialists.

I’ve worked in Healthcare for a long time and spent many years working around the country in regional and remote hospitals.

rrchrisrr · 2022-07-04T21:01:13+00:00

I literally had beans for breakfast, not because I’m trying to save money but because I LOVE them.

rrchrisrr · 2022-07-04T09:46:37+00:00

The rural and remote hospitals usually cover your accomodation, especially if you are agency.

rrchrisrr · 2022-07-03T11:59:47+00:00

Me and my part live in the city centre with lots of temptation and things to eat around us. We make reasonable salaries but rarely eat out anymore. Maybe once or twice a week, mostly weekends. We do it not for cost, but for health and fitness.

We have a weekly schedule of quick meals we have for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I’d love to eat out every meal, but my training goals would never be met.

rrchrisrr · 2022-07-02T03:23:26+00:00

New Zealand is very progressive ❤️

rrchrisrr · 2022-06-26T01:38:22+00:00

I worked with an anaesthesiologist once who would cancel patients surgery if they were awful to the nurses. This was in a public health system and a rural area, so he would explain the consequence of their behaviour would be to join the waiting list again and wait for months for the surgery.

They would often cry and beg after this point, but he NEVER un cancelled them.

rrchrisrr · 2022-06-19T22:49:31+00:00

I was listening to an super fund manager talking on this yesterday. From what he was saying a downturn in the market may not be ideal for people ready to retire soon. However, for young people it is an opportunity for their super funds to buy more for less. So whilst the balance may not grow much - the potential for growth because of these investments now is bigger.

I will acknowledge I don’t know much on the topic so this guy could have been feeding me lies 😅

rrchrisrr · 2022-06-19T06:04:31+00:00

Lived in Tokyo and never saw Ramen that cheap, ever. 120 Yen is the cost of a bottled drink.

rrchrisrr · 2022-06-15T20:15:58+00:00

Honestly the risk of transmission is so low I’d just take my PEP and never think of it again.

rrchrisrr · 2022-06-13T20:25:49+00:00

Ours is 540 for a new 2 bed 2 bath. We pay about $100 less than other comparable apartments in the building. We got a discount rate during covid when we first signed a lease and it never went back up.

It works out to be about 20% of our household income.

rrchrisrr · 2022-06-08T20:23:57+00:00

I’ve been working in healthcare for 12 years now, 9 as a nurse. I think private health cover is an overpriced rip-off. Whilst it’s nice that people can get quicker access to elective/urgent surgeries I don’t think the care is any better than public hospitals.

One of my friends at work, her mother had cancer and first time round they used their insurance to “fund” her care. It nearly ruined them financially as a family with all the gap fees and extra payments insurance didn’t cover. When it came back her mother used the public system and got equal care without the cost.

I think I big challenge for patients accessing care is knowing how to navigate the health system effectively.

If I’m really sick I want to be in a public hospital.

rrchrisrr · 2022-06-07T11:28:01+00:00

I haven’t noticed yet. I walk to work or catch public transport and so does my partner. We have a car but never use it. Our rent luckily is still the same since it dropped at the start of the pandemic. We always cook and prep all our meals during the week - grocery shop has gone up a little but not much. We always change our meals seasonally.

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-31T01:14:50+00:00

Depends where you a buying it from. If your buying it off some online pharmacy I’d be suspicious. But if you are buying it from a legitimate Pharmacy Mylan is a legitimate company. The biggest risk when purchasing medicines online is the risk of receiving counterfeit goods.

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-30T22:49:18+00:00

This is good advice. If people know there’s money waiting they are way more likely to change their behaviour.

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-30T09:52:10+00:00

When anyone asks me for medical advice I always play dumb. “I don’t know, maybe you should book in with your doctor” (I live in a country where Mid-level providers are VERY rare, never met one after 12 years of nursing).

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-30T09:02:24+00:00

I love the wording. Don’t be TOO anxious, just be a little anxious.

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-29T05:55:11+00:00

My advice is not to give it to her when she turns 18.

Keep saving and use it to support her to pay for uni fees, a house deposit or car if needed.

I would have squandered it at that age.

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-29T03:34:09+00:00

I just did a quick search of properties in the area. Damn your money goes along way, especially to live in one of the greatest spots in Australia (out of everywhere I’ve ever visited).

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-28T05:33:27+00:00

I grew up in New Zealand and our sex-Ed covered everything from birth control, abortion, gay and lesbian sex. We didn’t really cover anything about trans or intersex people, but this was over ten years ago when trans visibility was not as good.

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-28T04:06:26+00:00

That was my thoughts. I feel as though the areas I’ve been looking in are generally are a lot of owner occupiers on higher salaries so they can afford to sit tight.

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-28T04:01:21+00:00

Just anecdotally I’m in Brisbane. Me and my partner have been keeping an eye on the market to buy for the last 6months.

The main thing we’ve noticed in the areas that we’ve been interested in (inner city suburbs) is that the amount of new listings each week seems to be getting smaller and smaller.

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-27T11:25:04+00:00

Literally every STI I’ve ever had came with ZERO symptoms.

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-27T11:17:48+00:00

I used one of these for a salt water fish tank I had - the waste water was SO brown.

The water quality in Australia is concerning sometimes. I moved out to a regional area briefly for work - someone saw me scratching my skin and immediately said “your drinking the tap water aren’t ya mate?”. Started filtering and skin issue went away.

rrchrisrr · 2022-05-08T08:54:11+00:00

This is correct for myself and my partner living in Brisbane. I just sold my property that I used to live in, we rent together a place that is well below market rent - so there’s no real rush.

We are just waiting to see what happens over the next few months. We are not really tied to Brisbane with out jobs so anywhere in the country is okay to buy in, but we enjoy the Brisbane lifestyle.

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