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  1. New Grad Stupids

    Your stories are all great, gave me some great tips on what NOT to do. bbqchick, you sound like you are really stressing! I finish my degree in ONE WEEK, have 2 more lectures this week, one more assignment to finish by Friday & one more exam nex...
  2. BSN vs. ADN

    Thanks guys, now I'm even more confused. Just for the record, in oz, people can enter the Bach. Nursing course (3 years f/t, 6 years p/t) directly from school (after satisfactory uni entry grade in year 12) or apply as 'alternate entry' application (...
  3. double checking insulin doses

    Yes ICU nurse, oz has similar policies. ALL injections (IV, IM, SC) MUST be double checked. This includes heparin, insulin, flushes, ABs, flu injections on ward, you name it, its checked if it goes in parentaly. Even though legally (under the drug &a...
  4. BSN vs. ADN

    Hi all, just out of curiosity, do the different programs have different clinical components? I get the impression that the BSN degree course does not have clinical involved & that this must be undertaken externally? Also, there is talk of prereqq...
  5. BSN vs. ADN

    What an interesting article Sooner, I would have to agree that if there was one entry path for RN more potential nurses will apply due to the min. confusion, however in oz we are starting to experience a shortage also. Our undergrad nos aren't decrea...
  6. Socialized Medicine/Nursing

    Yes it was NZ first with GST bunky. I have really enjoyed this discussion, so often we have been told here "we don't want our health service becoming like the american system' . Hear, hear! would say but did we really understand 'the american system'...
  7. Policy on Normal Saline

    Hi Beth, thanks for your reply. Boiled water with salt a great idea so long as it is not kept too long (24hr should really apply here). Always works for sticky eyes with kids. What did we do before autoclaving? boiling ofcourse!. Main problem is cros...
  8. BSN vs. ADN

    Good luck for your new job angela, i finish my degree this year & am looking forward to getting out there as an RN also. Here in oz is where we have only one pathway for RN, we used to have hospital trained rns but that is fazed out, all must do ...
  9. Policy on Normal Saline

    Hi KT, our policies down under are usually 24hrs also (never seen one longer). I agree it is a waste of money throwing away unused portion & costly to use small sterile vials. Again, like barb we try to use the 250ml bottles. HHnurse, are you wa...
  10. It's hard to live with a nurse because...

    What a laugh! And I thought I was the only one who had no sympathy for my kids. Yes I also ask "is there blood, can you breath, are there bones protruding, hows your head, how many fingers am I holding up?" Now I don't feel so "mean". In fact, when ...
  11. CARE PLANS - HELP..HINDERANCE...N/a

    So are you saying that you have to write out clinical notes, careplans and Kardex (not heard of Kardex down here, assume they are a filing system will days Tx, pts needs, ect) each shift? Like I said, we use NCP as legal docs so they must be accurate...
  12. Socialized Medicine/Nursing

    Don't beleive this, just spent half hour writing a post now I have lost it all!! Well lets start again, been away for a week (escaped kids on our motorbike) so am trying to catch up with all the posts. With my wage down here, I am working casual &...
  13. CARE PLANS - HELP..HINDERANCE...N/a

    I'm with you Nancy, km, in oz nursing care plans (NCP) are our legal docs that identify what we did for the pt on our shift. Maybe they are used different in USA bunky? RN writes plan each day,(often continuence from day before) but alters care as n...
  14. Socialized Medicine/Nursing

    What a lot of info to absorb. I agree with bunky that socioeconomic status & health are directly related (the poorer one is the worse their health) with education & knowledge identified as the main variables. And in a system where accesibilit...
  15. Socialized Medicine/Nursing

    Got to agree with you Lee about the military system, yes it is a socialist system but you are right that the pt has little control & there is a reduction in accountability (worked as civilian in army hospital & it was like being a fly on the ...