Mary3010

1) What is the mechanism of action of gentamicin? Does this have anything to do with the drug working by either simple chemical or physical action? 2) Are hearing problems and kidney damage the main problems that the patient can suffer with from tak...

1) If a patient who has conjunctivitis spread their symptoms to a patient in another room, how could this be prevented in the future? Is there something in the chain of infection that needs to be done? 2) How could it have been transmitted to the pat...

Thank you so much Wuzzie I appreciate it!! It was much easier to understand talking to someone about it. You should look into doing nursing and education ?

We were only given online textbooks. Thank you! I didn't even know those websites existed! I'll have to refer to those next time.

To break the chain of infection it would involve trying to prevent the pathogen being spread to another person. This might be though isolating patients from people e.g. conjunctivitis. This is important because some people are susceptible to contract...

Thank you so much for your help! I understand it all now!

I think I understand it. So would gentamicin just be something that can break the chain of infection then? Also the only other part that I was confused about was the mechanism of action of gentamicin. Would that just involve drug absorption, distribu...

I was just really confused and it might be really simple if someone who knows explained it to me. I've been doing heaps of research and it's stressing me out because I need to understand this and I think I am confusing myself. Just to clarify, are t...

I've tried researching but I don't understand the medical jargon. I thought it's easier to have it explained.

Yeah still learning. I was just really confused and needed help understanding this.

I'm just trying to understand because I am confused. Would it spread through contact transmission and patient placement? Would cleanliness and sterilisation break the chain of infection?

I just need help understanding because I'm really confused.

I was basically wondering if you could do some of the following: *Prescribe or have knowledge of medications. *Perform first aid/treat physical injuries. *Read, interpret or maybe just understand scans/results such as ultrasounds, x-rays, ECG etc. Ca...

Is it wiser to start off by becoming a certified nursing assistant before becoming a registered nurse? Maybe it is quicker doing it this way and maybe there are similar duties.

Could you do any of these if you were a new nurse or would it look bad?

River and Mountain RN: Did working as a CNA help you to understand if you were suited physically/emotionally to nursing? Did you need qualifications?

Vampire girl: What made you decide to become a CNA before an RN? Is it quick to become one?

Hi everyone, I just wanted to ask if this would be the type of work within an Australian emergency department (I'm guessing fast track or urgent care) or if it is the work done elsewhere. I'm thinking of becoming an Emergency nurse and I know that th...

Thank you for your comment! What would be the difference in duties between working as a doctor and nurse in Australia? From my understanding the doctors will give the orders and the nurses carry out the bedside tasks. Though I think ED and anaesthesi...

Sparticus2008 and K+MgS04: Thank you for your comments!!!! Would you say that the description of my interests is closest to that of an Emergency Registered Nurse? Could an advanced nurse fix broken bones/dislocated shoulders etc. maybe then? Some of...

Thank you, Pixie!! I don't suppose you would know what emergency nursing in Australia would be like? There's this website but I think it's more aimed at giving an overview of what nursing is, rather than a description of emergency nursing: How to bec...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to ask if this would be the type of work within emergency (I'm guessing fast track or urgent care) or if it is the work done elsewhere. I'm thinking of becoming an Emergency nurse and I know that the television would portra...

Thank you Pixie. Is there somewhere where I can go which lists these duties like a website for instance?

Yingtsay, LadyFree28 and Hey Love: Thank you everyone for your comments...I really appreciate it!!! When I mentioned the part about medications, I was referring to basically having knowledge of different medications and applying that knowledge in hel...

BurnedOutICU: Can you do your master's part time? It just might take longer to do.