bittybritty

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  1. American Nurse Seeking to Work in Australia

    Hi Krisd385, I sent my application and then requested my verification. However, I think doing it simultaneously would be the best in retrospect. Try to gather all of your documents and send them all at once. Once they receive your initial applicat...
  2. Community Nursing in Australia

    I haven't tried that yet. I'll give it a go :) Thanks
  3. Community Nursing in Australia

    Hello everyone, I recently located to beautiful Queensland from the States and need an interview with home health, community health or public health Registered Nurse for my online BSN program. I promise it won't be super long, just five measly quest...
  4. Desating and Suctioning

    When you're suctioning your patients what is their O2 Sat prior to suctioning? Are they alarming the vent? Tachnepic? Whats their peak pressure? Are you getting minimal secretions or copius amts? Basically what I'm getting at is that you should neve...
  5. American Nurse Seeking to Work in Australia

    gr9153- I just received my approval from AHPRA a couple of weeks ago. I think I may have gone overboard, but I heard the more info you send them the greater chance of being approved. My background is that I'm an ADN RN with almost 2 years of ICU ex...
  6. I'm tired of working 4 X 12's

    I live in California, and I get 8 hours of straight pay, and 4 hours of OT per shift. If I pick up a 7th day in a pay period (we're scheduled 6 shifts in a 2 week period), I am entitled to some sort of DT... I would definitely consult a lawyer as we...
  7. NCLEX-RN in Nov-Freaking out!

    First off, it is IMPOSSIBLE to know everything for NCLEX. Take a deep breath, and try and focus on your studying rather than focusing on your need to study. Freaking out is not going to do you any favors, so try and relax a little. As far as stud...
  8. New grad job woes - question (long)

    I've always taken the approach of why the employer needs to hire me. As in "I'm so amazing blah, blah, blah." It has seemed to work thus far landing me 5 job offers as a new grad in a very saturated market. Employers want the know why you have cho...
  9. reading material for new grad

    Hey, I'm a fellow new grad starting in SICU. I worked med-surg for 5 months and was fortunate enough to find a facility eager to train me :) I've spoken with my resource nurse on a few different occasions and these are what she recommended to me: 1...
  10. Hello All! I'm a New grad RN, currently working full time on a Med-Surg/Psych floor for the last 3 months. I am interested in moving to Australia over the next year, and am having a difficulty figuring out how exactly to go about it. I've looked th...
  11. UCLA New Grad RN SUMMER 2011

    Wow, okay that's a while longer to wait. I guess we'll just have to be patient!
  12. UCLA New Grad RN SUMMER 2011

    I'm still waiting to hear back from this unit. Have you heard anything yet?! Its killing me
  13. The CA New Grad Crisis?

    I am a new grad here in Los Angeles. I took my boards Feb 8th and passed, I called a local hospital this Monday and went in for my 1st interview on Wednesday. I also attended a new grad cattle call on Tuesday at a different facility. I was offered...
  14. Question with my concept map...

    How's her breathing? You mentioned contusions to her chest and being on 02. I'm thinking ineffective breathing pattern, or impaired gas exchange r/t ineffective chest wall expansion. Its usually better to use more actual diagnoses vs risk for. I...
  15. I know that in California we now do not require consent for HIV testing.