kiwideb

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1. Post-op pain managment

   kiwideb replied to crissrn27's topic in Pain

   find evidence based articles on post up ortho patients, print them out, highlight the "important" bits and post them to his practice blunt and too the point?? is it not poss to go thru his register or anaethetist or acute pain management team at the ...

2. Aussie Nurse Moving to London

   kiwideb replied to macca81's topic in International

   hi macca, i'm from nz and arrived in june, it was sheer luck that when i applied to the nmc i got in a day early and avoided doing the ONP. i know a couple of other girls who have done it, and it's a real pain in the ass but has to be done to work as...

3. Nclex London - over at last!! :-)

   kiwideb replied to Elleann's topic in NCLEX

   how long did you study for and how much did it cost to sit the exam?

4. Codeine and coming to America

   kiwideb replied to madwife2002's topic in International

   is it true that you would need to be without for a full 8 weeks? that it would show up if you'd had it within that time? just curious :)

5. What are in your opinion the realities of nursing

   kiwideb replied to sweetpealoubylou's topic in International

   lol, fabulous myth/truth answer, was waiting for some myths to be put out there only to be dispelled, especially like the last one :)

6. Nursing in the Big Smoke, London!

   kiwideb replied to NurseyNurse19's topic in International

   i'd find temp accom first, have a look around a few places.... see what area you like. the biggest thing is finding a job that you want then getting somewhere close to that to live really! i moved here in june and do agency work, it can and more ofte...

7. Question about Stryker Drains

   kiwideb replied to Red251078's topic in Orthopaedic

   our surgeons use stryker drains tho it appears our hospital's protocal is slightly different to all of yours! we start the clock at the time the drain was inserted and this time is handed over when picking a patient up from PACU as well as actually b...

8. Post total hip/knee pain management

   kiwideb replied to sharann's topic in Orthopaedic

   also often use PCA's one to two days post op in combination with oral analgesia then move onto oral analgesia with IM morphine/pethidine charted for breakthru pain. never come back from PACU with epidurals still infusing in PCA form or otherwise and ...

9. no abduction pillow w/ THR

   kiwideb replied to mommynmaddie's topic in Orthopaedic

   what is an abduction pillow? we just use an ordinary pillow to lay between the patients legs while in bed and while swivelling around i.e. to get out of bed.... was wondering if this is what you mean when talking bout the abduction pillow, tho it alm...

10. Change of shift report

    kiwideb replied to SweetnurseS's topic in Med-Surg

    i work in a 32 bed surgical ward. we tape our report. all nurses on next shift have a patient list with name, age, dr, how many days post op, operation, diet, then blank space to fill in whatever we want to take from the tape ie. when meds last given...

11. New Zealanders Please Reply

    kiwideb replied to gwenith's topic in International

    hi from another kiwi (and newly graduated RN!) funny how the sporting teams between the two countries didn't make it on the comparison list.... however i think we all know why! not much to compare really.... lol

12. ER Care or lack of

    kiwideb replied to Kayzee's topic in Emergency

    Sorry to hear you and your daughter had to experience that. I would definately write to the hospital ED and voice your concerns. The more incident reports and 'concerns' from patients alike 'should' help influence poor staffing levels and provide 'co...

13. New Zealanders and Australians please reply

    kiwideb replied to Tookie's topic in Australia

    I like the idea of incorporating them all together. How about including Oceania into it i.e. NANZO, thus Aus, NZ and the south pacific would all be included. I think sometimes the smaller dots (inc. NZ) on the globe are sometimes forgotton about, so ...

14. New Zealanders and Australians please reply

    kiwideb replied to Tookie's topic in Australia

    I like the idea of incorporating them all together. How about including Oceania into it i.e. NANZO, thus Aus, NZ and the south pacific would all be included. I think sometimes the smaller dots (inc. NZ) on the globe are sometimes forgotton about, so ...

15. Dreading going into work tomorrow....

    kiwideb replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    i would even put number 1. as yourself and take upon kittyw's suggestion!