Kyli

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1. Nursing is taking over my life!!!!

   Kyli replied to Samantha2000's topic in General Nursing

   Hi There, I too used to stress out about silly little things I did wrong when I was a student and also as a new grad. Eventually, these feelings get a lot easier to deal with....unfortunately, it takes time and experience to get to that stage. In th...

2. Is This True? (extra coccyx bone, tail?)

   Kyli replied to Meerkat's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My Mum has an extra bone in her coccyx - shown by x-ray. You can't tell just by looking at her ie:she doesn't have a tail!!

3. We need a Nursing TV show

   Kyli replied to jbeck817's topic in General Nursing

   Goats'r'us mentioned this earlier in the thread and summed the show up nicely! "ALL SAINTS" has been a successful show here in Australia for a few years now. It's the most realistic show I've ever seen in regards to the nursing profession or even th...

4. Reconstitution of India Ink

   Kyli replied to Endo Diva's topic in Gastroenterology

   We use SPOT down under too!!

5. Protocols for discharging patients who have sedation

   Kyli replied to chrisf1969's topic in Gastroenterology

   I work in Australia. We use anaesthetists in our unit - whom administer propofol, midazolam and fentanyl. Our outpatients are kept for at least an hour and a half and then discharged home. They have prearranged transport home, as they are not to dr...

6. Which is better-PENTAX or Olympus??

   Kyli replied to Jbahoffman's topic in Gastroenterology

   We use Olympus scopes and when talking to our Drs, whom work at other hospitals that use Pentax - Olympus seem to be the favourites. Apparently the picture is very clear and you can get the fullscreen picture. Our Docs love their VS scopes - we use ...

7. PEG/PEJ placement

   Kyli replied to SerenaT's topic in Gastroenterology

   that's what I was taught too.

8. Propofol

   Kyli replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

   Another pat on the back to kmchugh. Well said. I mentioned earlier that under no circumstances do we nurses in our Endo Unit, give propofol. We have anaesthetists administer it, and have all necessary equipment in the room for the possibility of ad...

9. Propofol

   Kyli replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

   We absolutely DO NOT give propofol. Nor do the Gastroenterologists. Only the anaesthetists are supposed to according to our policies.

10. Nurses advancing endoscopes

    Kyli replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

    I think it is the old school Drs that expect nurses to advance the scope for them - from the days when the scopes were non-video. I did it a few years ago for 2 particular Drs, but I had a few yrs experience up my sleeve. Now days, I would not do it...

11. Calling all GI nurses !!

    Kyli replied to EndoRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    I've been doing endo for 6 yrs now. We use anaesthesia routinely (using anaesthetists, so always 2 Drs in the room now days) - started doing so about 2-3 yrs ago, although some Drs still use Midazolam and Fentanyl. We have recently stopped doing ER...

12. Do U Apply Abdominal Pressure During Colonoscopy?

    Kyli replied to JEEMA's topic in Gastroenterology

    We often give abdo pressure too. Not always though. Usually just when there is looping etc and also depends on the Dr and each individual patient. The more experienced you are at endo nursing, the easier it gets to determine where to push!! The si...

13. Anyone using Steris for processing?

    Kyli replied to IAKaren's topic in Gastroenterology

    I forgot to say that we use 3 machines too.

14. Anyone using Steris for processing?

    Kyli replied to IAKaren's topic in Gastroenterology

    Hello, I'm new here too! My unit also uses Steris and does 20-30 procedures a day, and yes, our machines are always playing up!! :angryfire We use Olympus scopes too, and can confirm that Olympus believe Steris to be very aggressive on the scopes. ...