eternal student

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1. Interview questions

   eternal student replied to Gailsimpson's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Gail I am a nurse practice co ordinator in Australia. I have used scenario questions often when interviewing nurses of all levels. I usually incorporate all aspects of the selection criteria eg- You may ask about a patient who has recently come ou...

2. Sharing atrategies to attract and retain our rehab nurses

   eternal student posted a topic in Rehabilitation

   I manage a 28 bed rehabilitation unit with a 6 bed acute stroke unit in Brisbane Australia.It is a great unit with happy staff. As many of you will agree rehabilitation nursing is a very special field of nursing and brings great rewards, however we a...

3. Patient falls

   eternal student replied to kcs's topic in Rehabilitation

   Hi, I am a nurse practice co ordinator of a rehab unit in Australia. We benchmark our falls rates at below 1%.Mostly it is achievable with a lot of strategies.I think our rate is higher than medical wards too. Hope it helps.

4. Question

   eternal student replied to CashewLPN's topic in Rehabilitation

   We work on 4.0 HPPD which usually works out to 1:5 or 6 depending on acuity. Our unit cares for people with acute stroke or geriatric assessment, orthopaedic, neurological rehabilitation. It's just the same in Australia- shortages of staff and funds!...

5. Is TB causing problems for nurses in countries other than the United States?

   eternal student replied to iheebear's topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone There has indeed been quite a substantial increase in the number of TB patients treated in our hospital. Many patients are immigrants from third world countries who had not been diagnosed before coming to Australia. It poses a great pu...

6. Looking for effective rehabilitation nursing models of care

   eternal student posted a topic in Rehabilitation

   I am a nurse practice coordinator for a rehab unit in Brisbane Australia. I would love to hear of any effective models of nursing care for rehab patients. Our nursing hours per patient day is 4.0. We have a mixture of RN's and EN's, who are medicatio...