RNsydneygirl replied to darby.obrien1's topic in Australia
Hi, I am an Australian RN currently in Brisbane, 6 years experience. For lifestyle reasons Husband and I are thinking of moving to Dunedin (Husband lived there briefly hence the location choice, we both like the city). Would you be willing to provide...
I hope this post finds everyone well and enjoying the lead up to Xmas! I am at a loss for which area to next apply for a position. There is a large trauma hospital with a very reputable ICU (I don't believe it is a speciality ICUx as such most speci...
After almost a year in PICU it just isn't my place and I don't see my future there. My shifts are so chalk/cheese, some days the patient is critically unwell, others they're LTC who can't leave the ICU yet due to the nature of the hospital... when I ...
RNsydneygirl replied to xsweng's topic in International
I've not worked in the United States but have experience in Emergency and now PICU across two states in Australia. There are points Clarke Bar makes which are correct, however I would disagree that nurses aren't part of the team, particularly in crit...
RNsydneygirl replied to RNsydneygirl's topic in General Nursing
I recently chased this case up; the exact cause of her sudden deterioration and seizures was never identified. She presented GCS 5 and was incredibly difficult to ventilate; initially CXR in Emergency showed complete white out of one lung and conside...
Dear All, I hope you appreciate this article recently written by the mother of a 23 year old patient. This young woman is a patient I cared for in our Emergency Department recently. She was critically unwell, still is, and her mother has written an a...
RNsydneygirl replied to Liv19's topic in Emergency
We are often discharging stable pneumothorax patients and asking them to have follow up chest X-rays (either in ED or outpatient) to check their progress. Also asked to return if symptoms worsen. Seems to save an inpatient bed plus no need for a drai...
RNsydneygirl replied to kp1987's topic in Emergency
I find the best way is to let them know we can't provide an exact time frame and there are xyz people waiting before you, however as your nurse I'm able to give you this analgesia, perform these blood tests, take that wound swab, order this X-ray and...
RNsydneygirl replied to SMK1812's topic in Emergency
Have a look through the Emergency forum, there are two fantastic posts last month about the common ER meds. Do some learning into EKG interpretation. Brush up on basic X-ray interpretation. Sheehys manual is a fantastic starter for emergency nursing ...
I'm not licensed in the US, so don't know specifics, however nurse to patient education is something we do all the time and comes with consenting for a procedure or administration of medication; you wouldn't give insulin without explaining to a cogni...
RNsydneygirl replied to LauB's topic in International
Hi, i recently have looked for the same thing. Deakin told me about a month ago they have no interest in offering those units again as A) not enough people interested to be financially viable and B) it was becoming very difficult to source placements...
Hi to all Emergency RN's out there, I work in a level 6 Trauma Emergency Department in Sydney. We are one of the busiest in our state, seeing an average of 220 presentations per day. Myself and some other RN's are part of a working committee aiming t...
RNsydneygirl replied to mcknzkthrn's topic in New Nurse
I agree with the above; take the offer, continuing interviewing and then decline if you get something more suitable. Multiple offers are better than no offers; I accepted three graduate positions and then later told two I would not be joining them wh...