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  1. Working with pca's

    katie258 replied to ceridwyn's topic in International Nursing

    The ambos said if they are called they have to resus. I don't know but seems a little odd to me. Mind you these are the same people who bring us drunk and disorderlies too, love to know what the rules...

  2. Working with pca's

    katie258 replied to ceridwyn's topic in International Nursing

    Short sideline. We got an ambulane in about two, three months ago with a DOA from our local nursing home. When the boys got there the RN was holding her hand telling her everything would be allright....

  3. Enrolled Nurse vs. Endorsed Enrolled Nurse

    katie258 replied to pink_margarita's topic in International Nursing

    Oh my goodness! When I did my training they drummed into us no hypertensives with out a current ( within 15 mins) BP, no anginine without apical beat. I wont give first or second abs either but that...

  4. Can anyone recommend a decent pair of work shoes?

    katie258 replied to ProudofmyNursingart's topic in International Nursing

    I have spurs and am too much of a girl to get the shots. I wear crocs all the time, they are the only shoes I can wear all day and still be able to walk after shift. I have crocs thongs, beach shoes,...

  5. culture-shocked...i want to understand why

    katie258 replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I turn 80 I back smokin' and drinking like when I was 18 and indestructable. No-one stand in my way unless you want to be walked over. Once you hit a certain age and stage of life you might as well do...

  6. Enrolled Nurse vs. Endorsed Enrolled Nurse

    katie258 replied to pink_margarita's topic in International Nursing

    Oh man that is too bizarre! I am an EEN in New South Wales and I can give up and including S4s, check S8 (always have been able to though) and start IV's give meds IV and SC,IM, not S8s though. I...

  7. to sleep or not to sleep???

    katie258 replied to trmr's topic in General Nursing

    Always wake them. If they need meds or obs, If they have an IV running I dial up for two hours then they wake up anyway and I'm the one who shuts it up, and while I'm here I might as well get a set of...

  8. kids and parents

    katie258 replied to sister--*'s topic in General Nursing

    Really? there are foods that kids don't eat? My lot even fight me for my oysters, eat sprouts, all the stuff their friends wont eat. My son invited a friend over to sleep the night. This...

  9. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    katie258 replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Oh my goodness, If I went and bought that much food, well the boys would probably have it eaten by the end of the week. But it is scary isn't it? I think I'd go to work but I think then I'd be too...

  10. Did he get too much morphine?

    katie258 replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    This is interesting. In Australia you need to have two staff members present to give a schedule eight drug. We confirm the prescription, get it out of the cupboard, count how much is left and write it...

  11. Enrolled Nurse vs. Endorsed Enrolled Nurse

    katie258 replied to pink_margarita's topic in International Nursing

    A circular went around my hosp about a month ago with a list of competancies(I can never spell that word, you should hear me pronounce it!) for EENs, also a list of proposed ones included...

  12. Night Shift and Nausea?

    katie258 replied to Poopsie Gigglebuns's topic in General Nursing

    Hasn't it got to do with the release of glucagon into the blood stream too? I find an apple helps a lot, I also turn my days upside down, have breakfast at dinnertime and dinner when I get home I also...

  13. The "TRUE" Blue Bloater on Oprah

    katie258 replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    Wonder what colour his pee is? Wonder if the silver is somehow attatching to the red blood cells and that accounts for the colour change? You know like attatching to the haemaglobin. Wonder what his...

  14. red leg ?

    katie258 replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    Fell into a large vat of beetroot

  15. Working while sick- what do you think?

    katie258 replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    Don't go to work sick, your co-workers don't want your bugs, your patients are dealing with enough bugs of their own with out having to deal with yours as well and when you are sick things always go...

  16. Have I displayed drug seeking behavior??

    katie258 replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it funny how migraines react so differently in different people? Personally I take two aspalgin ( aspirin and codiene), turn on the air con and go to sleep. It usually is resolved by the time I...

  17. When will hospitals "go green"?

    katie258 replied to itsmycalling's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just inside our hospitals here. In the middle of the biggest drought in Australian history, when we aren't allowed to use water for anything outside the house, this hospital and others in the...

  18. Fat People Save Healthcare Dollars

    katie258 replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Always knew I was a cheap date! Now I have the proof to back it

  19. Am I the only one?

    katie258 replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I try to get all my work done on my work days that way my days off are just that. That and I hired a house cleaner to do the floors, windows and bathroom twice a week. It all helps when you have four...

  20. Funniest thing a confused pt. has told you...

    katie258 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Had someone tell me I was the devils girlfriend once, went home and told the MOTH, he asked " So how do I know him

  21. Perception vs. Reality

    katie258 replied to Altra's topic in General Nursing

    See now, let me explain this to you, it's a very common phenomonen.A time bubble, happens all the time. You stepped OUT of your patients room and then a time bubble appeared, completely enveloping the...

  22. Computer charting-what do you think?

    katie258 replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    :roll We only have two computers in our hospital! I could just see us all crowding round trying to get on there to write our notes! When I started here they didn't even have printed handover sheets!...

  23. Continuing Education

    katie258 replied to Sunni_Lpn's topic in General Nursing

    I think in our job we are always learning, keeping up to date, learning from other staff, patients, new situations etc. I have just completed my ENs and am now starting my RNs. Later I'll do FLEC...

  24. Nursing shorthand symbols!

    katie258 replied to aimezly's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and plusses mean lots. Like in GCS scores, or exudate. You usually have one, two or three. meaning some, plenty or

  25. Nursing shorthand symbols!

    katie258 replied to aimezly's topic in General Nursing

    Tee Hee, additt = to add to, like if you make an entry into notes and sign them and then you have to add something else you write "additt" then the further notes. BTW you are not supposed to use any...