kaeri

kaeri

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  1. i cannot do selection criteria - please help......

    kaeri replied to kaeri's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  2. i cannot do selection criteria - please help......

    kaeri posted a topic in General Nursing

    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....

  3. i cannot do selection criteria - please help......

    kaeri replied to kaeri's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  4. been too long on the electronic pumps....

    kaeri posted a topic in General Nursing

    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...

  5. been too long on the electronic pumps....

    kaeri replied to kaeri's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  6. been too long on the electronic pumps....

    kaeri replied to kaeri's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  7. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    kaeri replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

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

  8. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    kaeri replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  9. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    kaeri replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  10. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    kaeri replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  11. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    kaeri replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  12. My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

    kaeri replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    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...

  13. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    kaeri replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  14. My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

    kaeri replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    "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...

  15. 2nd thoughts about being a nurse

    kaeri replied to smileysenior's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  16. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    kaeri replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I am so thrilled to see so many nurses who are happy to point at other nurses and report their failings. It is also heartwarming to see that no-one here has ever done something rotten....

  17. My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

    kaeri replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    PS: This use is not a drug habit. It is what is termed recreational. Would you be saying that a person who takes anti-depressants daily and has formed an addiction, in that sudden cessation would...

  18. My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

    kaeri replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i believe you should not report them. it may be that the substance is illegal - but so is under-age drinking/drink-driving/homosexuality/ smoking pot etc.they are not using mdma the night prior to...