kitdikat

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1. My Favorite Parents

   kitdikat replied to Double-Helix's topic in PICU

   Great story to hear! I thoroughly enjoy having parents like that at the bedside. It makes up for all the times when parents bring in their chronically ill child who has AT LEAST 10 medications but they're "not sure" of the name of the medication or ...

2. US to AUS RN registration questions & frustration.

   kitdikat replied to kitdikat's topic in International

   Thanks for the feedback. I guess my biggest frustration is that the AHPRA application for overseas qualified nurses wants, on like page 2 or 3, the address of employment (or something along those lines) in AUS. Well, I don't have that ! I'm merely do...

3. US to AUS RN registration questions & frustration.

   kitdikat posted a topic in International

   Hello. I'm planning to move to Aus in about a year and have been scouring the net looking for information and advice, and at this hour of the night I just want to throw my laptop on the floor!! I have been seeing/reading conflicting things, so, someo...

4. Sutter New Grad Program

   kitdikat replied to mrs.kuzmenko's topic in California

   Good luck to you all! I have worked for Sutter many years and it's nice that we are finally hiring nurses again (after losing so many). Sutter is a great company to work for, and for the most part they seem to care about their employees.

5. Californian to Sydney experienced PICU nurse looking for advice.

   kitdikat replied to kitdikat's topic in Immigration

   Thanks for your response, talaxandra. Well, I was surprised that the cost of doing my masters overseas as opposed to in my home country is the same, because we have RIDICULOUS fees for international students here in the USA! When I was an undergrad, ...

6. What do you guys use for art lines??

   kitdikat replied to Nursemommi's topic in PICU

   Hello, a few people have provided feedback but I guess I will as well. We also have a lot of pediatric as well as neonatal hearts that we recover in our unit. For our pediatric patients' art lines, we use the closed system--the same we use for our CV...

7. Californian to Sydney experienced PICU nurse looking for advice.

   kitdikat posted a topic in Immigration

   Greetings, I have been reading allnurses.com off and on since I first entered nursing school, but finally decided upon making an account here. I am a RN (with a bachelors) with 4 years of experience in PICU and NICU. I have traveled to Sydney about 6...