sairin8

sairin8 specializes in mental health + aged care.

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1. Charting Bloopers

   sairin8 replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   Yep. As the M.O. reading it said, "Interesting". Admittedly, that seemed to be his favourite word, lol

2. Charting Bloopers

   sairin8 replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   For a #: "Closed reduction internal fixation"

3. Thats not what she said....

   sairin8 replied to leslielara's topic in Humor

   Apparently another way to check is to raise their arm so it's above their face and let it go. If it's post a true seizure, they'll hit themselves in the face (unfortunately). If it's not, the hand will somehow miss

4. Dream job if you weren't an RN

   sairin8 replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

   I'd love to be a mum. Hopefully I can actually manage that one day, producing child is harder than it seems sometimes

5. Dream job if you weren't an RN

   sairin8 replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

   Ecologist, either in my own country (NZ - although some of the subantarctic islands would be good too) or in Antarctica. I'd love to work in Antarctica one day.

6. Uniform color by discipline

   sairin8 replied to annetter's topic in General Nursing

   Isn't the point of a uniform that you DON'T choose what you're wearing? It seems a very odd question to me, but maybe that's a cultural difference between NZ and USA...

7. Charting Bloopers

   sairin8 replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   In a physicians notes: "Wound is healing well but a screw is loose." We're assuming he meant the metal ware, but you can never really tell My own notes (same day): Pt "Not initiating eating herself"

8. Nursing home interview

   sairin8 replied to neeke816's topic in International

   I started in aged care (but in New Zealand) and that got me a job in AT&R (Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation). Once I've had a bit of time there, I'm hoping to be able to move around into acute nursing and gain some experience in that. Onc...

9. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

   sairin8 replied to sethmctenn's topic in Humor

   So that's another reason to be concerned at that name, yeast infections aka thrush...

10. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    sairin8 replied to Moogie's topic in Humor

    I suppose that's better than turning 'six' into 'sex' like the Australians do though, lol

11. Alternatives to NetP in NZ

    sairin8 replied to sairin8's topic in International

    Nope, didn't get NetP but I think I've actually ended up better off without. Will have a postgrad certificate by the end of the year and am about to start in AT&R within a DHB that said I needed a minimum of one year's experience. I'll start with...

12. German nurse wants to do the Bacherlor of nursing in NZ

    sairin8 replied to The Bavarian's topic in International

    To get into the program, you will NEED level 7 IELTS in each area, this is non-negotiable. So, if you want to be a nurse, you simply need to work on your English. The only way to be registered with the Nursing Council is to actually be a registered n...

13. Theme song to your Nursing career?

    sairin8 replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Humor

    Always look on the bright side of life Had a number of set backs in my, so far, short nursing career. Thing is, some of the things that were absolutely devastating at the time have turned out to be the best thing that's happened

14. medication error and got fired..what to do now?

    sairin8 replied to efRN's topic in International

    Also, it seems really weird to give Trimethoprim in the morning, it's usually given od nocte... And the number of residents to one nurse is excessive! I'm also in aged care (only for two more weeks though) and have a workload that's acknowledged as b...

15. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    sairin8 replied to sethmctenn's topic in Humor

    A GP named Dr Martin (Doc Martins)