Sian

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1. Seeking Advice From Nursing Educators

   Sian replied to CarolM's topic in Educators

   There are some really good A&P books around aimed at nurses. I think you should get one out from the library (or buy the one on your booklist ahead of time) and have a glance through it. Most textbooks these days are well set out with great ilu...

2. PHARMACOLOGY COURSE

   Sian replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

   I can't believe that your school is not offering pharmacology as a basic part of the curriculum, I think they are short changing you. Try everything to get to that course because if there is one thing you need to know on the wards it is pharmacology...

3. Siderails in acute care

   Sian replied to goldgram's topic in General Nursing

   You could consider siderails a form of restraint in that they fit the broad definition of limiting the freedom of the patient. However, we don't treat use of siderails in the same way that we treat use of other physical restraints eg shackles, becau...

4. Coping with death/dying

   Sian replied to Toby1's topic in Safety

   I found it incredibly helpful to do a course on death and dying from the nurses perspective, that was put on by a hospice near me. There are a lot of styles of coping but there are some that are definitely worse than others, and can lead to escalati...

5. How to help my wife

   Sian replied to gary roddy's topic in Educators

   Believe me, I feel for your wife as after doing a past grad degree by distance education I had writers block on many occasions and it is a really frustrating, lonely and upsetting experience. All I can offer is advice to your wife from my own experi...

6. Working in the States

   Sian replied to Irishorchid's topic in Immigration

   Have you considered Australia or New Zealand? Both areas have chronic shortages in ICU nursing, and neither require you to sit any further exams - you would easily get full registration and work permits. I can recommend Australian nursing in partic...

7. Top 10 things you'll see/take care of working in med-surg

   Sian replied to adireen's topic in Med-Surg

   I don't know how relevant my views are as I have spent most of my working life as an RN in Australia,in the field of general medical nursing (we don't tend to have combined medical and surgical units. However, clinically speaking,I would like to add...

8. New LPN grad working Med/surg needs advice

   Sian replied to irish777's topic in Med-Surg

   Congratulations on your new career Irish. I agree with you that the best place to start is on a med/surg unit, because there is endless variety. I have been working in general medical nursing in both Australia and NZ for several years, as well as t...