canned_bread

canned_bread has 11 years experience and specializes in Cath lab, acute, community.

Latest Activity

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   Psych in the ER

   canned_bread replied to ReadyToListen's topic in Emergency

   I think prompt attention to their psych help is needed. They should not have to wait until 8am - chances are they can't sleep anyway. So yes, getting them help ASAP is indeed good. I can't see why we should wait? I would be outraged to hear that vol...
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   New to OR -need advice -arrogant rude surgeon

   canned_bread replied to ORGeek's topic in Operating Room

   The best thing you can do is ignore him and act professionally. In surgery this is 100% guaranteed. Doctors can be arrogant. Watch how others handle it, or ask how others have handled it. Blowing up and being upset about it is pointless and it will j...
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   Amiodarone

   canned_bread replied to BecomingNursey's topic in Safety

   Hey - as everyone as stated, during a code with the ACLS protocol its rapid. BUT more importantly is you should be trained to know this, and know how to handle this. You should be ACLS trained and thus know the algorithm and what not. So push for th...
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   Nurse with active MRSA OR previous history caring for pts

   canned_bread replied to LetsFixNursing's topic in Education

   Most of us, especially after working in healthcare, have MRSA in our groins and arm pits etc. It's a community bacteria. We did a test when I was at university and swabbed each other. A good 60% of us had it in our nose, groins, armpits. It's suscept...
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   How hard is the maths to become a Registered Nurse?

   canned_bread replied to Chory's topic in Australia

   I was really bad at maths in high school, I did "general maths" for my year 12 certificate, and basically struggled through it! Then at uni, I had to focus, but it was mainly learning the algorithms and I somehow managed to get through. They started ...
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   Practice Nursing

   canned_bread replied to RNnomad's topic in Australia

   Hey - basically experience in scrub, scout, anaesthetics or recovery is what they would want. Any experience in endoscopy is often a bonus too. It's quite an easy area to get in to I have found
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   General Practice Nurse

   canned_bread replied to KyAnRN's topic in Australia

   What debbieuk said I most certainly agree with. It's also viewed as a form of "career death". With the experience in community nursing, you will be fantastic - you will have the skills, both with communication and knowing what you are doing. However ...
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   Training course for Radiology Nurse or Cath Lab Nurse?

   canned_bread replied to abibabz's topic in Australia

   No there isn't, it's on the job training. Most cath labs will view experience in cardiac (ecg interpretation, caring for cardiac pts), surgery, ICU/HDU and neuro to be a bonus. Then from there they will take you on ALS courses, or ECG courses as requ...
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   Got fired as a grad

   canned_bread replied to Lil_chicken's topic in Australia

   I think you need to have a sit down with either your preceptor, or educator at the hospital. I am quite shocked that this wasn't brought up prior, as part of the new grad process is that you are precepted. I do feel that they failed. When I was a ne...
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    Feeding tube holds

    canned_bread replied to cxe008's topic in Gastroenterology

    Gastric motility decreases whilst we sleep, so I don't blame him. I've found reducing the speed of feeds or stopping them entirely is the only way to go. I would chart that he refused them, and leave it for the AM. Unless it's critical, nothing can b...
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    Cath v/s EP

    canned_bread replied to Flyboy17's topic in CCU

    It sounds like the key issue is that a division has been created. To rectify this issue, the team leader or manager needs to help the team understand that EP is just like angio's and everything else, that it's all part of the days work, that there is...
12. 

    Medicinal Honey

    canned_bread replied to NicuGal's topic in NICU

    A friend of mine has epidermolysis bullosa - a disorder where basically the skin falls off, nothing holds it on. Anyway, her whole life she has been covered in open sores. It's basically the worse disease you've never heard of. Anyway, she started us...
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    Career - where to from here?

    canned_bread posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need some career advice and ideas... I am 28 years old, and have been working in the cardiac cath suite/angiography suite for most of my career. I've done my back in (permanently). I love patients, I love nursing. I loved the angio suite, but now I...
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    Question for cardiac or ICU nurses

    canned_bread replied to klone's topic in Cardiac

    Great question - yes, they do show up. In fact, I have noticed I can tell "really deep effective compression" by whether it shows up on the ECG or not and how it shows up! If it's consistent and deep it shows up in perfect big wave forms. And, it doe...
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    Do you wear a back brace?

    canned_bread replied to noelly10's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a cardiac cath lab, which basically means I wear lead aprons all day. I wish I had worn a back brace because I now have a torn vertebrae and disc problems (at the age of 28!!!). The thing is, if you wera a back brace incorrectly or for to l...