Hi all. I have been a Enrolled Nurse since 1994 but haven't done any Clinical nursing since the end of 2002. (have been employed in other positions as a nurse in this time) I have been thinking of doing a "refresher" but from reading some ealier topics it seems that as an Enrolled Nurse even if you do the refresher, your still really "not wanted" if you don't have the medication endorsement. I was unaware that you couldn't do the medication endorsement without doing the full Endorsed Enrolled Nurse training now. Seems to me it's not woth doing the refresher at all.
I mostly did rural nursing for 13 years and now work as a phlebotomist and cord blood collector. I work in one of the major hospitals in Brisbane and am "shocked and appalled" at the way we (phlebotomists) are treated so badly by nursing staff. It makes me ashamed to actually say that i am a nurse. I have found this in another Brisbane hospital as well. I understand that "yes" nurses are busy but so is everyone else, and my opinion is that we have to work together as a team. Has anyone else found this disturbing?
Any info on whether the medication endorsement will be reintroduced would be appreciated.
