kaeri

karen: even though i dont have to write the responses, i do need to verbalise them. oldphat: just amazing. that is a huge amt of help. i cannot thankyou enough. Thank you so much. you have made it easy for me. it was exactly what i needed to have explained. i do think HR is a universal virus. i have been researching for advice on google and UK is the same too. have you guys got "clinical governance"? this is one is new for us. anyway must g o get my notes ready, cheers again, kaeri

this is probably stretching our friendship - but i have found a way to attach the job info. in case anyone has nothing to do for the next 36 hrs of their life............................. the job is for a telenursing centre......... BS-H07QEII99-PD.pdf

hi there, i am new to this selection criteria cr*p. all my other jobs have been "can you start today?!!". i do not understand the s/c writers' sentence construction - i believe they are all drunkards. could someone please give me an idea of examples? i have been doing ccu, ed, icu for quite a number of years plus i did drug and alcohol detox/rehab. :trout: if i paste these things here - could someone please give me an idea of what sort of examples i would use? oh yeh - i/v is on tues. they only told me on fri and i've got 12hr shifts all weekend. ac1 demonstrated ability to provide quality customer focused nursing care within an acute or primary health care environment using a problem solving framework with an ability to make clinical decisions under conditions of urgency or stress. i put tpca + stent - urgent case from beach. ac2 demonstrated skills in communication; including interpretive listening;:uhoh21: challenging situations; appropriate escalation of issues; written communication and team work. no idea ac3 demonstrated ability to incorporate the principles and practices of documentation, data collection, information management and confidentiality into the role of the registered nurse. ac4 demonstrates the importance of evidence based practice, continuous quality improvement and participation in continuing professional development whilst contributing to optimum standards. ac5 understanding of contemporary human resource practices including workplace health and safety, employment equity and antidiscrimination. i managed the 1st one - but these others just do not work for me. what words do i use to demonstrate the importance of something? what is interpretive listening? how do i demonstrate that i listen? how do i describe all these as a situation in the workplace? i have been researching s/c all evening and i am nauseous with exhaustion. then i thought about you guys and i got a little feeling of joy - "there may be someone out there who can help me" thank you so so so much kaeri you can email me if you like. do you know my email? can i write it?

i am pleased to hear you say that as i was beginning to believe i was the one in the wrong. i felt like alice in wonderland with the looking glass backwards. i am feeling happy now that i don't have that daily intimidation. thankyou for the new perspective re the long time away from these calcs. i can feel proud of my weakness. it shows i have strength because i can admit to being dumb and dangerous!!!! cheers wdo.......

you people are all fantastic - thank you so much. i thought i may need to wait a few days for a response. no wonder nurses have such a fantastic reputation. no 2 is running over 90 mins - that was an integral piece of information wasnt it! to recap: fluid remaining in 1000ml that has been running at 41dpm for 90mins and df of 20. i have gotten brave now and am going to post a question re job hunting. i hope i get the same wonderful responses - i am sure i will. ps: i have been having a really bad time at work with my (male) (35yo, married, early male pattern baldiness, ex-guitarist, ccu for 17 years) t/l and his over-zealous interest in 22yearold new grads and his open contempt of women in their 40s. has actually said he would rather work with 6 new grads than 1 middleaged bird. i said "it's because you want to look at them" and he agreed! can you believe the outrageousness of his arrogance. he knows no-one is going to complain. but i did. i tried to be heard a number of times - but no one listened and then it all blew up at easter with him calling me a "f'n moll" (aus word meaning "slaht" or "happily unpaid enthusiastic ho"). i responded by complaining to don of cardiology. i asked one young grad if his obvious interest in her made her feel uncomfortable. she said that she had noticed only a few small events. the problem with that statement was 99% of staff did not believe it. all staff had begun to comment on how many moderately sized sleazy events were occurring and her obvious enjoyment of his attention and how she manipulated him to get a better workload/more assistance and advice/and competencies signed off etc. i was hoping i could prevent her developing a bad reputation. but, everything went bad and i ended up wearing a sht hat. poop slides down hill, doesnt it? while nurse unit manager began enquiring into my complaint re this t/ls abuse in my direction, the story got diverted to how i had made comments etc about him being lazy, creating inequity in the workplace, plus sexualising the workplace by his obvious decision to not ever ever speak to us old ones. (you could see him make an instant appraisal - i'd do her/i wouldnt do her and he then approached you based on that evaluation. this young bird then complained to num that i had made her feel "dirty" by my questions. therefor i had a complaint of sexual harassment against me and he had an apologetic admin making him tea. and trying their hardest to avoid any complaint of sexual harassment being directed towards him. "oh that's just the way he talks/behaves/reacts blah bloody blah" - as if that makes it alright. i sad "well jeffrey dahmer was acting exactly as his personality told him to, and that was obviously a bad choice for all concerned." why do some people get their bad behaviour absolved by someone saying "oh that's just the way thay are." anyway: short version - i am not welcome in the unit for a few months until these couple of regular staff have calmed down. (i was on 12 mnth contract.) i now have to join an agency so that i can work without running into these injured parties. it is a complicated story and i have glossed over quite a bit. but my point is that i was feeling quite down on my colleagues - but you people have helped me smile again. so thank you. do you think i should cut and paste this and see what opinions are out there? what do you think? i am hoping for support

i have been trying to get some iv calcs done, as i realised i hadn't done them for ages and i am going to do a few ward shifts in the near future. apart from them being nonsensical, as calcs often are; i.....cannot......do.....them!!! i have been in ccu & icu etc for too many years and have had the luxury of technology doing my drip rates for me. i am embarrassed to admit this, but i have to so that i can ask for help. plus: menopause and it's various exciting experiences has given my a brain that is soft on the outer and hard in the centre...:smackingf would someone please be able to give me a hand? i'll put them in and see what happens.... calc completion time for iv dex 5% 5ooml if running at 28 drops per min and drop factor 20. iv commenced at 0900. i got 5 hrs 57 min as in 1457. am i right? :uhoh21: calc remaining fluid in 1000ml n/s that has been running at 41dpm with df of 20. all i get is dizzy when i think of this one. amox to be infused @ 100mg/hr via a set calibrated to 60drops per ml. inf is 500mg in 500ml. what flow rate is required? i started off on a fast roll with this one and then slowed to a dribble. now i cant even look the question straight in the eye. then these conversions: 567mcg = ?mg: .567mg?? 12.6mg = 0.0126g?? 1.56g = 1560mg??i realise i look really really daft asking for help on these, but i have gotten into a panic over how stupid i had become and then i lost my confidence. please be kind - i definantly do not need anyone telling me i am a stupid, or an embarrassment to the profession. i have just gotten my mathematical brain into a knot and i need some help to untie it. cheers to you all. kaeri

" "fear of bad hair day?" or "panic re bad hair"

ooha = out of hospital arrest biba = bought in by ambulance puit = pu in toilet. have been nursing since '78 and heard these for first time in last 6 months i am sure someone in our critical care units has made them up.

you did so well - google or no google. what about OOHA and it's brother BIBA? as in "OOHA BIBA" PUIT = Passed Urine In Toilet (sounds like an order at the falafel shop) 2 OOHA BIBAs and 1 PUIT please. here's another: MIL and FIL One thing which I've noticed is the number of variations in these abbreviations. The potential for error................. ecs when you get bad handwriting or serious accents. seriously - i dont even want to think about it - i want to get some sleep tonight.

We must speak a different language down this way - although some have got it right. 1)*PAFO* 2) *PONV* 3) *OOHA* 4)*INR.= International normalised ratio 5)* PND* 6) *FITH'S DISEASE* = NOT a spelling error (is F.I.T.H. Syndrome) 7) *CAD*=coronary artey disease 8) *PUIT* 9)*TURP*= trans urethral etc any more guesses? btw - i love love LOVE the medics' terminology. so dry and straight to the poimt.

here's some down under ones 1) PAFO 2) PONV 3) OOHA 4) and this is one I accepted without thinking, until I realised I didnt know what it stood for - INR. 5) PND 6) FITH'S DISEASE 7) CAD 8) PUIT 9)TURP cheers kaeri

as you have gotten personal and assumed i am ignorant or prejudiced: it may surprise you "living in the land of the free" that some places of the world - maybe the ones that havent been invaded by your guns, your bible or your media - still regard homosexuality as illegal. of course, we in australia dont have many modern conveniences. my thinking may change when we no longer give a belt of whiskey to some-one needing a leg amputated.

thankyou lacie - someone who has a self-deprecating humour is so refreshing. Yeh - I get the title - which goes back to my point.......and why do all the story-tellers have to have such a righteous tone?

"sit in the outback and take ectasy" - anericans can be quite ridiculous when it comes to how others live, cant they? no idea..... and to the others who are hoping for the perfect world: have you got your questionaires ready for your next health professional to fill out? "do you have any illnesses? are you taking sudafed? did you drink last night? good luck with that. jeez: why do you people believe you are so right?

When nurses trained in hospitals they saw immediately what they were up against. Plus the theory and philosphy of a nursing degree does not prepare you to be a handmaiden to everyone. We help everyone - from medical to ward clerks to cleaners and kitchen staff and back again via physio, pathology, social workers et al. No-one helps us - except wardsmen. And we often dont help each other either. How do police and doctors become so "clubby" and supportive of each other but nurses take such glee in pointing out how dangerous/useless/lazy their colleagues are. The prevailing theme seems to be one of "I am the sole voice of professionalism. knowledge and reason on my ward and the place would fall apart if I werent there." I have had my first read of some of the posts in the forum and the things nurses are saying about each other are damaging to all of us.