AusRN

AusRN has 1 years experience.

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1. What's the task you like doing most on the job?

   AusRN replied to PreStudent101's topic in General Nursing

   Getting an IV in that no one else could manage. ABG bloods, I've done that plenty of times, but I still love doing it and interpreting results. And ECG's... love interpreting ECG's. However I hate assisting intubation, but only because I haven't done...

2. Code Blue

   AusRN replied to newnurseia's topic in New Nurse

   You won't have to run a code as a first and if you're not advanced life support trained. I'm advanced life support but quite junior, before that I was just scribing, which is a great way to learn how a code is run. As you learn more, you'll recognise...

3. First Code

   AusRN replied to AusRN's topic in New Nurse

   Wow... the ones where blood going everywhere sound horrible. My first code was a elderly lady post op who had massive pulmonary odema, and went straight into asystole. Had great staff on but for the life of me couldn't remember how the bag and mask g...

4. The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

   AusRN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

   "Run!" "Thank god you're here." "This person here is waiting to code and we don't have a NFR" "Another admission."

5. First Code

   AusRN posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hello! I know this has probably been done before, but I was just wondering if people would like to share their first code stories? Or their most interesting codes? We've had a lot of resus and codes lately and would love to hear other peoples stories...

6. Highest Troponin Levels You've Seen?

   AusRN replied to Dogstar's topic in CCU

   I think we measure in nanograms- our old system used to be anything over 0.02 as positive. The highest one I saw the other day was 8800, but I think our measuring system in Australia is different- the old style would have been 8.80. Inferior ste...

7. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

   AusRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

   A nurse I worked with left an 28 year old with respiratory distress and sp02 of 82% and did not notify MO. Pt ended up coding and intubated.

8. Behaviors you've learned to lose when at work.

   AusRN replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

   Calling everything a "thingy". Swearing when hurting myself. Being too loud.

9. Do you take daily supplements?

   AusRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in Stress 101

   multivitamin, vitamin c, fish oil and glucosamine for my joints as they hate long shifts. fish oil tastes blergh!!

10. What did you want to be when you grew up?

    AusRN replied to demylenated's topic in General Nursing

    When I grew up, I wanted to be a vet, then a lawyer. I decided that was too hard and became a nurse instead.

11. Grace and Love

    AusRN replied to guest358111's topic in General Nursing

    This is so touching, and so true.

12. Need to interview a nurse who has graduated in the past 5 years.

    AusRN replied to OSUshane's topic in General Nursing

    Would but I'm in Australia and don't know how well that would correlate

13. Comments about personal appearance

    AusRN replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    I get the "wow you're so tall.. do you play netball?" all the time, it makes me laugh I never get the i'm too skinny bit except from my workmates who see me eat so much food.... I never find it offensive from my workmates, and I'm lucky that I don't...

14. What do you do to destress?

    AusRN replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Fill up the bath with bubbles, grab a glass of wine, chocolate, music, and chill for a couple of hours. Can't do that atm due to having a piercing in my belly, but when I get some waterproof dressings I'll be right back at it. I cuddle my two dachshu...

15. Does anyone enjoy nursing?

    AusRN replied to jedimom09's topic in General Nursing

    I love nursing. I love being able to help people, to watch them get better even if they are seriously ill, watching them rehab. I hate that we are understaffed and don't have the time to spend with our patients. I hate the way I'm always tired and m...