Hi there. I am in my final year of nursing school. Looking at working in paediatrics possibly in Sydney next year. Does anyone have an opinion on what hospital is 'better' to work at between Childrens Hospital at Westmead and Sydney Childrens Hospita...
Rach101 replied to youngandnursing's topic in General Nursing
im 22 but look young for my age so i get asked ALL the time how old i am? if im old enough to be a nurse? etc. at least once everyday im asked about my age. most people are pretty polite about it though...you can almost see people trying to figure ou...
hi! i also work on a paeds medical floor with a mixture of general and infectious disease. Common respiratory- bronchiolitis, pneumonia, asthma, pertussis, apnoeas Infectious- gastroenteritis, chicken pox, Tb, tropical diseases eg. typhoid., HIV, MRS...
there was a child on my ward just yesterday- 7yr old with mystery illness spiking temps over 40 degrees celcius and having febrile seizures. The nurse looking after her applied cooling measures- damp washcloths and a fan. Parents were emphatic about...
Rach101 replied to adboehnen's topic in International
Hi. Yes she will be working for Auckland District Health Board (ADHB). ADHB is made up of Auckland City Hospital, Starship Childrens Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre. The DHB means all services in the Auckland Region are covered by one board of d...
Rach101 replied to adboehnen's topic in International
Hey. I have a friend who will be starting as a new grad in ICU this year at Auckland. She has worked there for 2.5 months as a student and loved it. Staff very friendly and helpful!
i cared for a child who was in hospital with symptoms of seizures and becoming increasingly unsteady on their feet- child learnt how to walk and then was having difficulty standing, started falling more and hitting their head on objects. They were ab...
WOW its all over! definately time to celebrate and relax over the summer!! i agree that the questions, particularly mental health were very straight forward. im wondering how much my study actually helped...i think i would have known most of it just ...
eek. yeah i should be spending more time studying rather than on the internet! anything is distracting me right now. i have got sick of nclex questions i have now started reviewing straight pathophys/anatomy. i figure if i know what normal is i can ...
im not sure about the safety and drug calc. i ASSUME that they will only be contained in one of the two exams. i think that is my biggest worry...what if you accidently get a question that you have to get right wrong. it would be so sad to fail becau...
Hey. I am also sitting state on Nov 20. Dont stress too much- talking to people who sat it last year it seems fairly straight forward. I know several people who only studied for 3 days and still passed. Have you got a review book? I have a NCLEX revi...
Hi. Im on clinical placement at the moment and have a question... Heres the scenario. Pt needs AB's given over 1/2 thru burette. Nurse tells me to prime extension tubing then put 30ml NS into burette and add AB's to that. Then we go to bedside to con...
hey. one idea- maybe you could get a needle and practice jabbing it into an orange a few hundred times. If the thought of holding a needle etc freaks you out maybe practicing on inanimate objects might help. Like you'd get used to how it feels comfo...
We work all shifts during our training. Including 1-9pm and 3-11pm. If we work on a ward doing 12 hour shifts we do those too including 7pm-7am night shifts. Lucky for me i enjoy doing them .
i am a student and recently did a placement in NICU. They had a male new grad working there who said he was really enjoying it. All the nurses on the unit thought it was great and spoke very highly of having a guy on the staff. They said it bought a ...
Rach101 replied to BomberGirl's topic in International
Hey. I spent ages choosing my nursing dictionary. I wanted one that was small enough to easily take to the hospital but one large enough to include good explanations, diagrams, tables of norms etc. I ended up choosing the Oxford Dictionary of Nursing...
Rach101 replied to tess5548's topic in International
Hi there. Im sure someone out there may be able to give you better info than me (im still nursing student, but im currently doing my final rotation for 10 weeks in paeds) but ive lived in Auckland since forever so i may be able to offer some insight....
Rach101 replied to Christie RN2006's topic in General Nursing
Hi. I am in my final year of nursing school and we learnt about IO access and how to insert them last week. You are right in that sternum IO access is usually only used in adults, it was designed to be used by the army because it is much easier than ...
Rach101 replied to Sarah LnDHopes's topic in Ob/Gyn
Hey. At my nursing school we dont do a L&D placement as such. We have a large (over 60pages) assignment to complete where we find a woman in the community (through friends/family) who is happy for us to follow her through her pregnancy, birth and...
Thanks pie_face. It has been great getting your perspective on this. You are right, i am worried about 'missing out' but i guess every hospital has its good and its frustrations, i realise i will never find 'the perfect hospital' (if one existed they...