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bethem

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  1. Beware of hand-cranks on hospital beds.....sad.

    bethem replied to funnygirl_rn2's topic in General Nursing

    Has she spoken to her union rep? I am not up on US labour laws (see? I even spelled it with a u), but that would never be allowed to happen here in Australia. She would be covered by worker's comp...

  2. Beware of hand-cranks on hospital beds.....sad.

    bethem replied to funnygirl_rn2's topic in General Nursing

    Has she spoken to her union rep? I am not up on US labour laws (see? I eben spelled it with a u), but that would never be allowed to happen here in Australia. She would be covered by worker's comp...

  3. Hello! I'm a "Physician Extender"

    bethem replied to PackMule's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It sounds like seafood extender to me. You know, that stuff you use when you can't afford the real thing. That makes "physician extender" suggest that the "extender" is a pseudo-doc, but they get paid...

  4. Fun nursing interventions!

    bethem replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Those are fantastic, creative ideas! I love them. I haven't started nursing yet, although I just finished orientation for an AIN job (equivalent to CNA). I think these tips would be really great for...

  5. okay, I'm a little weirded out...

    bethem replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    If they did, would you listen? It seems like you do know that something isn't right, otherwise you wouldn't be asking about it. Go to your doc, and I hope it all works out well for

  6. Feeling humiliated/Vent.. How would you respond?

    bethem replied to purseOnalityRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have said "Yes, I am "just a nurse", and that's why the attending asked me to make this call for him. Because I'm "just a nurse", I have the time to make calls for other people who are too...

  7. What do patients say that irks you?

    bethem replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I myself am a student, and I find this so funny. I can relate to it because in the job I work in now (non nursing) people ask questions that seem, to us, SO stupid. It's just familiarity and...

  8. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    bethem replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    Amber, I'm a student nurse in Oz too, and trust me, our Aussie sense of humour can come up with a lot worse! In tutorials in first year, a tutor told us a few - like SOB SOB SOB: Silly old bugger...

  9. Aussie patient loads

    bethem posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hey, Aussie nurses. I'm a student in my second year of the 3-year RN course at uni. I've been reading some really scary things about patient loads in the US, especially on night shifts. On my pracs,...

  10. New Grad in Australia??

    bethem replied to ShortyLPN's topic in International Nursing

    Yes, doesn't the song say "four seasons in one day"? NSW has predictable

  11. Student cath question

    bethem posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I have a question that is bugging me: Is a suprapubic catheter the same as a Foley catheter? If not, what is the difference, and is a suprapubic catheter harder to insert? I want to do...

  12. Student cath question

    bethem replied to bethem's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, that's

  13. Addressing patients?

    bethem replied to CanopyCindy's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know whether it's just the hospitals I've been in on clinicals, but everyone refers to people as Mr/Mrs Whatever in handover, and then calls them Joe or Mary in person. We're pretty laid back...

  14. What can you just NOT take?

    bethem replied to Jerico's topic in General Nursing

    I hate colostomies too, but for me, it's not the smell of them, it's the look. I HATE them. They totally gross me out, and that skin paste stuff looks so much like skin, and when you peel it off -...

  15. Consent forms?

    bethem replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in General Nursing

    In my uni we are taught, and I have seen it in practice, that it is absolutely the doctor's responsibility to get the consent form signed. Recently I saw a patient who was due to go to another...

  16. Appropriate for a student?

    bethem posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing student and I have just finished a rotation at an aged care facility. I was only there for two weeks and I was on a floor that had a lot of demented patients. There were two or three...

  17. Aussie nurses working in the U.S-know one?

    bethem replied to fourwalls's topic in International Nursing

    The University of Newcastle provides education and clinicals in Mental Health nursing (1 semester of theory and 2 weeks clinicals) and has just changed its program to include Sexuality, Child and...

  18. Is Your Last Name On Your Badge?

    bethem replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I am a student, and I have my last name on my badge but I cover it with tape and a butterfly sticker. In our first year on clinicals, the nurses at the hospital I was at told me that they would never...

  19. How do you give a painless injection

    bethem replied to guzzebear's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My doctor is really good at giving injections, even IM, without pain. He told me to get the needle in fast, using a motion like you're throwing a dart, and then push the drug in slowly. It certainly...

  20. I had some trouble with a CNA...should I talk to the manager?

    bethem replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    It was violence in the workplace, ergo, it was workplace violence. Not on. I agree with the posters who suggested you speak with the CNA. I have a strong belief that if you have a problem with...