JoMcShane

JoMcShane

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About JoMcShane

JoMcShane specializes in ED.


I am a nurse working on the Gold Coast, Australia

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  1. I did the stupidest thing ever

    Oh yes, same me..... if you are a good nurse anyone will take you back! from someone with a 2yr old trying to work around a shiftworker partner and daycare...not easy!
  2. What is a good resource for learning Emergency Nursing?

    If you are Aussie and at work and have net access and try emergencyweb.net Dr and nurses use it, all over Aust and its a free resource.
  3. 1 year ICU...ready for ER?

    I love it when ICU nurses become ED nurses! (from an Australian perspective) firstly because they unsderstand ventilation. Its hard for a ED nurse to get good ventilation trianing because once we tube them we get them out ASAP. The only thing some IC...
  4. National Registration

    To the Co2 emmission person- it clearly states in the framework you must keep a portfolio. Check out the website!
  5. National Registration

    Just remember esp with the 3LP stuff- that the CPD has to be relevant to your area of practice. RCNA is $400 a year to be a member- I can't afford that! Rumours are going around about the $500 fee- will be around $120 next year, but who knows after t...
  6. Portfolio vs. Resume

    Im doing my masters paper on portfolios and am really suprised about the comments I have heard. From the literature I have been reading, I was under the impression that as part of registering in the USA, you had to maintain a portfolio? Nurses in Aus...
  7. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    I think that Im not the right person to compare Australian and American nursing, BUT from my personal experience, I had only been a nurse for a few years when I went there, and found doing a full secondary assessment on someone with a sore thumb tedi...
  8. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    Hi, I worked in Saudi just before the Iraq war broke out and was well liked as an Aussie (they did not care for Americans that much), but they probably don't like Aussies much now either. Either way, I went for the cultural experience- and it was wel...