suga_junkie BSN, RN

suga_junkie has 3 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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   US RN-ADN moving to Australia

   suga_junkie replied to lsgmason's topic in International

   Yes, you're right. In Australia to work in maternity areas you must be a midwife. It's not a different educational path here, you may do a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, then do a post graduate degree to specialise in midwifery. Most Aus midwives we...
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   WILTW 7/24: Serving up specials

   suga_junkie replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

   Yep, tapatalk isn't working for me either anymore. I will probably stop coming to allnurses, the website is that bad. I hate it. It's a shame because I have been reading the forums daily for years now and I will miss it.
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   Question about fent OD?

   suga_junkie replied to benmca13's topic in CCU

   300mcgs in 4-5 hrs doesn't sound excessive to me. It's not like you gave it in one go. I assume you were assessing her and she wasn't becoming really sedated/ showing signs of respiratory depression. Fentanyl had a fairly short half life also.
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   Question about fent OD?

   suga_junkie replied to benmca13's topic in CCU

   If the narcan didn't work then it wasn't the fentanyl. Sounds like the surgeon is trying to deflect responsibility for post op complications. Has she had any scans?
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   Do you feel safe at work?

   suga_junkie replied to Nurse4babies's topic in General Nursing

   Yup, I feel safe but I live in Australia. We have almost no gun crime and zero mass shootings since gun control laws were changed in 1996. Obviously we still get intoxicated or mentally ill people throwing punches etc but nothing close to the gun or ...
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   RN Suspended

   suga_junkie replied to j0ginder's topic in General Nursing

   Hough
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   Welcome To The Hospital - From Your Nurse

   suga_junkie replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

   Are you a nurse or a nursing student? If not, then why are you on the allNURSES forum? This is a place for nurses to discuss issues and vent in a safe, (fairly) anonymous arena. This allows us to blow off steam so we can provide excellent, unbiased c...
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   Lucky he was constipated, or he'd be dead

   suga_junkie replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

   We've discovered a few large ovarian masses during routine post void bladder scanning in post op spinal patients. Usually after re-insertions of catheters with minimal output despite large amounts of fluid showing up on the bladder scans, we've sent ...
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   So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

   suga_junkie replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   - inserting IVs/taking blood, including from art lines/CVCs etc - lumbar drains/ EVDs - maintaining fluid balance charts (I & Os) on people with lots of infusions/drains etc (appeals to my OCD side haha) - complex gross wound dressings (but not e...
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    Nursing's Transition: Creating Inclusive Healthcare Settings for Transgendered Patients

    suga_junkie replied to Jessica Quigley's topic in General Nursing

    This. Every human being deserves to receive compassionate, unbiased, competent nursing care. We care for people at their most vulnerable, words and attitudes can do a lot of damage. Anyone who cannot or will not leave their religious beliefs/prejudic...
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    RT vs. RN? Is RT a useless profession?

    suga_junkie replied to AspiringRN27's topic in Career Support

    Not that I know of. We have respiratory physiotherapists though. They get patients up and moving, do deep breathing/coughing exercises, peak flow measurements, chest physio, incentive spirometery etc etc. They don't do any medications though, definit...
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    RT vs. RN? Is RT a useless profession?

    suga_junkie replied to AspiringRN27's topic in Career Support

    I live in Australia, we do not have RTs. Nurses do all the respiratory stuff including manage patients on ventilators. As far as I know, RTs only exist in North America.
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    4 corners

    suga_junkie replied to K+MgSO4's topic in Australia

    At my hospital the orthopods are probably worse than the neurosurgeons. We have one or two neurosurgeons who will very occasionally yell and swear, usually when something goes really wrong with one of their patients (can't take any hint of criticism ...
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    Code Blue Systems

    suga_junkie replied to WillowNMe's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital doesn't do overhead pages. We press the emergency bell to alert ward staff, someone calls the emergency line and this sends pages to the MET call team (in ICU), the duty nurse managers, PCAs and resident doctors. It works well, usually t...
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    69 Medications Every New ER Nurse Must Master!

    suga_junkie replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in Emergency

    I've always been surprised at how US nurses usually refer to drugs by their brand names. I'm often stumped by meds they're talking about until I google them and find out the generic name. I'd bet you'd know almost all those drugs if the generic name ...