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Posted: 19th Mar 2005
Kids are fun sometimes. Personally or should I shall professionally however, I prefer not working with paediatrics.
I'm a radiographer and I find it hard to force little ones into having x-rays. I'm glad i'm at a hospital whereby the only paediatrics I see come with visiting adults. To each his own though. Some just love working with the kiddies.

Geez, I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Posted: 19th Mar 2005
yeah i love working with kids, however alot of them are scared of my needles because of the negative attitude most people in society have, but there is the odd kid who loves the needles, and that makes me smile lots!

which hospital in melb you work at ataxia?? if its st vincents- do you know a gorgeous gorgeous girl called andrea (also a radiographer)??

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Posted: 19th Mar 2005
Loves needles? Errr.... Tough kid.

I shall PM you for this one.

Geez, I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Posted: 19th Mar 2005
Kids are great I teach 4 hours of martial arts to children every day after school (at least, everyday I'm not working, which is still 2-3 days a week) and they are so much fun, even if they are made of rubber and can bend in ways normal adults sholdn't :O
And they have incredible amounts of energy too!
It brings a smile to my face and warmth to my heart when I can get the kids who have problems like ADHD, performing their katas for me, and building confidence in them selves I started doing it for my 40 community service hours, but I'm well into the hundreds now, because I love it so much

Errr, *is off topic now*
Little kids are great, and so are little animals Puppies = teh cutest ever!

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Posted: 19th Mar 2005
i love peads too i suppose being a childrens nurse you should lol
slightly off topic.... if you have prepared the child ie through play and support you should very rarly have to force a child to do anything force should be a last resort, a good example ... needly phoia, that many adults have comes from being forsed to have injections, spend time explain distract and play and most children will get through it.

Posted: 19th Mar 2005
yeah most kids are fine when they see the needles i use (acupuncture needles- for kids .15mm)... alot actually love the novelty of it, always makes me smile but you always get some that are scared, once you talk to them about it though they seem to liven up

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