TheMiss

TheMiss has 10 years experience.

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1. What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

   TheMiss posted a topic in General Nursing

   A nursing friend and I recently discussed what we still learned in nursing school that later proofed to be utter nonsense outright or just became really outdated. I found it quite interesting and was wondering what everyone else remembers? One of the...

2. I want some tips on getting licensed in Australia

   TheMiss replied to katie.f.lowe's topic in Immigration

   Experienced CC nurses are in demand. We have the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency - Home which is your point of contact for all types of nursing anywhere in Australia. They will be able...

3. Anybody want to help me plan my career??

   TheMiss replied to kerussll's topic in NICU

   "I'm feeling overwhelmed by the new information right now and the thought of having more responsibility around these fragile babies scares me. I'm wondering about possibly taking on a CNC roll or an education leader roll instead." Seriously? You thin...

4. New hire and pregnant... need advice Please.

   TheMiss replied to Encast's topic in NICU

   First of all: Congratulations! I hope all goes well with this pregnancy! You are right, it is really hard to conceal a pregnancy in the NICU with all the x-rays you can't do. You should definitely get away from them and NOT do any of them yourself. W...

5. 7 weeks into orientation, now this?

   TheMiss replied to born2circulateRN's topic in New Nurse

   Maybe your preceptor just realized that he hasn't done the best job in preceptoring you and sees this as a way to improve. Take it as a chance - it'll be an easier day for you if you go along and shadow him. And you can ask him all kinds of questions...

6. NICU books

   TheMiss replied to littlepeopleRNICU's topic in NICU

   Uni libraries tend to have them - maybe you could just get one there so you don't have to buy one. Sorry, but I don't know the difference between the two editions.

7. Is the nicu and nursery easy?

   TheMiss replied to almostmadeit's topic in NICU

   Poor OP for being treated so badly here. I bet you most of those of you replying so full of rage have uttered the words "there is no such thing as a stupid question" before to someone. So why not treat this question like a not stupid question?? Sham...

8. isolettes and premies

   TheMiss replied to ladytraviler's topic in NICU

   @ Jory You can NEVER put a baby into an isolette without it being turned on. The Isolettes depend on the aircirculation they create when being turned on. So if they are off CO2 could accumulate inside and the air might become deoxygenated.

9. Low resting heart rate

   TheMiss replied to PEDSOBRN's topic in NICU

   80

10. Vaccinations in the NICU

    TheMiss replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU

    there is no licensed rsv vaccine! - the immunoglobulin given at the moment is a simple injection (synagis (palivizumab)). it used to be a long infusion but those days are long gone. many nurses confuse the immunoglobulin injection with a vaccine thou...

11. Neonatalogist or Neonatal nurse practitioner

    TheMiss replied to laronicavan's topic in NICU

    While their work overlaps in lots of areas it's also very different in others. Most people here will value the NNP more, since we all have a nursing background. As a NNP you always remain a nurse, so you can integrate family and patient centered care...

12. Vaccinations in the NICU

    TheMiss replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU

    I practice in Australia as a nurse immuniser (we prescribe and administer vaccinations without medical supervision). All our babies receive their first Hepatitis B vaccine right after birth, even the 23 weeker. There is no evidence whatsoever that va...

13. Is australia flooded with overseas nurses?

    TheMiss replied to round12tko's topic in Australia

    Australia is still facing a huge nurses shortage. The recent situation that there are more grad nurses than grad nurse positions is limited to few cities. Overseas nurses are hardly ever accepted into a grad program unless they did another year of un...

14. would this be useful?

    TheMiss replied to goats'r'us's topic in NICU

    Hey goats'r'us, have a look at Huggleboos https://www.facebook.com/Huggleboo They are an awesome gift for prems. A friend of mine who works in a Melbourne NICU came up with them and babies/moms love them. They are not knitted but sewn though I believ...

15. 24 weeker - how bad is it?

    TheMiss replied to goats'r'us's topic in NICU

    No, things do not always turn out right! Yes, there are a few miracles here and there.The ones the media focuses on. But there is the vast majority that ends up not just fine with varying degrees of intellectual and physical disabilities. Go and a...