Michelle123

Michelle123 has 3 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, ED, ortho, urology.

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1. How often do you document fht's?

   Michelle123 replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Just curious, you are talking about continuous aren't you? Doesn't that cause issue with requiring the woman to lay in bed throught her labour? Or do you have portable monitors? Do you get many women that refuse? Or place their own restrictions? Say ...

2. 'Us and Them' mentality

   Michelle123 posted a topic in Emergency

   I'm concerned with the 'us and them' mentality between the wards and emergency at my hospital. I'm just wondering if it's just me or does it happen in other areas? It feels like I am always inconvienincing them when I take a pt up. We get icy recepti...

3. Medical shows...

   Michelle123 replied to Jenni811's topic in Humor

   Yeah seeing docs do IV's and stuff on TV. Doesn't happen in real life. The only time I see a doc routinely do IV's or bloods is in emergency. Actually the only time I see a doc routinely do anything practical with their patient (aside from assessment...

4. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

   Michelle123 replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

   I must admit I'm pretty ok with most things now. I still get watery eyes from being up close to the really bad BM smell, and sometimes vomiting will do the same, but the one thing that really bothers me are babies/toddles crying, like really crying, ...

5. New to Emergency

   Michelle123 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi everyone, I have just started a 2nd yr Emergency nursing program. I am in my 6th week of it. I rotate between a few different hospitals the main one being a major trauma centre, which I get to spend the most amount of time. The hospital I am at c...

6. Applying for student midwife position, any tips?

   Michelle123 replied to Michelle123's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Over here they ONLY employ midwives in L&D. So this is the only way for me to get experience. So back to the original question, any tips?

7. Tell me again....it does get better?

   Michelle123 replied to Michelle123's topic in New Nurse

   Nope.

8. Applying for student midwife position, any tips?

   Michelle123 replied to Michelle123's topic in Ob/Gyn

   No, here you can't get experience unless you are a student or registered midwife. The whole point of the program is not only for you to complete the post grad diploma, but you are employed as a student mw throughout the program. I guess we do things ...

9. interventions?

   Michelle123 replied to nicetomeetyou's topic in Med-Surg

   Some of the HTN that I come accross is because due to the length of time the person has been in ED, or due to their injury (I'm on a surgical ward), the person either hasn't had their regular antihypertensive meds, or their regular med weren't all ch...

10. Tell me again....it does get better?

    Michelle123 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I'm currently rotating on a busy surgical ward.. We have ortho, general surgery and a few urology as well as general medical patients (the overflow from the medical ward). Most days we are above capacity -44pts. The ratios are 5 patients to one nurse...

11. Applying for student midwife position, any tips?

    Michelle123 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi, I am currently a new grad RN and have just applied for the post grad diploma student midwife position. They will probably have interviews the end of this month beginning of september. Do you have any advice for the interview (if I get one?) also,...

12. When a patient dies

    Michelle123 posted a topic in Hospice

    I am a new grad who has just spent the last 20 weeks rotating in a medical ward where we have a portion of palliative care patients. We have had patients die before. But there was this one patient who I had been nursing for a while, she was in hospi...

13. Need to Vent: Slow and Stupid NG

    Michelle123 replied to Little_Mouse's topic in New Nurse

    The main thing that changed for me, was when I sat back and watched the other nurses. I listened to them in handover, and on the floor and I heard things like, "Oh I forgot to do that" or "I can't read my writing it is something about this" in handov...

14. Learning to prioritise/become effecient

    Michelle123 posted a topic in New Nurse

    Thanks for all the replies to my other thread. I feel like I keep asking the same questions over and over again.... How long does it take till you can do things quickly? It took me almost an hour the other night to mix up three (different) IVAB's, ge...

15. Why aren't we assessing patients?

    Michelle123 replied to bluebelle0604's topic in Med-Surg

    This is the first thing I do when I come on shift after report. I do a full set of obs and an assessment. I also look through the chart for when meds are due and to see where they are up to with their care plan. To me, it is an essential part of the ...