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  1. Collective "punishments" like the one described are not caused by a few irresponsible people using their cellphones rudely, but rather by a lazy, and sneering culture in the management.
  2. AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

    True, this happened to us on a couple of placements. Cheers,
  3. administering B-12

    RE: SC/IM I was thinking about this earlier. In light of what SD said, I think it's probably because Hydroxy-cobalamin would not be very lipid soluable. So giving it SC wouldn't seem to make much...
  4. administering B-12

    Hydroxy-Cobalamin Chloride is IM Only(with rare exceptions). There is another variant called Cyanocobalamin. I don't know if you can give that SC. Do you know which variant you use SD? IV B-12 can...
  5. Do anyone in healthcare in the US wear these?

    Yeah I've always used them.
  6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7238142.stm "Mr Ramos-Horta was shot in a pre-dawn attack on his Dili home, and later airlifted to Australia for treatment. He received three gunshot wounds -...
  7. The homless guy in room 12

    It could just be a local variance, I only have data for Australia but the rates vary between the range 60/40(M/F) and 40/60(M/F) over the years.
  8. They finally did it. I got laid off.

    There fixed it for you Levin P.S. Good luck with the Job
  9. Union

    Also the fact that we have the subsidised education and access to nursing journals, i think has benefits for patients and the wider health system as well.
  10. Union

    Well I find my union dues very modest. For them I get. * Professional indemnity insurance. * Free access to nursing journals online. * A nursing library. * Workcover top up insurance. *...
  11. Rudd going to honour his pledge

    Grace Oz, Rudd was pretty upfront about his intentions. This was from February last year. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21269514-5001028,00.html Levin P.S. Personally I think we...
  12. Australia has a new Government!

    Howard looks like he has lost his seat. Well he did say he wanted to make history. Only the second PrimeMinister EVER to lose his seat while still PM.
  13. Oh, the irony . . .

    Does your software have progress notes? If so then you could document the reason the drugs were scanned late in them. Regards,
  14. "Med Student" syndrome

    It's probably lupus P.S. very common, happens to med students as well. Regards,
  15. http://www.nbv.org.au/faq/registration-faq.aspx and http://www.nbv.org.au/contact.aspx Might prove helpful,
  16. Lovenox

    You pinch the skin with a subcutaneous injection to increase the size of the lipid layer. Makes it less likely that the injection goes into a muscle, Letting the pinch go before you inject would be...
  17. Using BP cuff to access certain veins?

    OK. That worries me a little bit, because the forearm has 2 bones. And all (well most) of the important stuff, gets run down between them, veins, arteries, nerves etc. Which would make it rather hard...
  18. Do you just turn the homeless back out onto the streets?

    I'm glad it worked out so well. :) Well done.
  19. Do you just turn the homeless back out onto the streets?

    You really have to understand the subculture. If you want to deal with it. Shelters are often not safe places. Many have serious violance issues, that goes for womens and youth shelters as well. Odds...
  20. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22416283-5005961,00.html http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/14/2032672.htm http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22416283-12377,00.html...
  21. Shakeup of nurse education.

    Found something official on all this. Documents from the Ministry of Health and the Prime Ministers office. http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Release/2007/Media_Release24555.cfm Cliff Notes: So now it's...
  22. Shakeup of nurse education.

    Grace I am not, nor do I think others here are, dissing hospital trained nurses. Even if I believed hospital training was the way to go for the future, (which I don't think it is). I would still...
  23. Shakeup of nurse education.

    One of the big issues I see here, is that all this experience will be very one dimensional. Working in one place, for 18 months would be nowhere near as good as working in 4 areas for 3 months each...
  24. Shakeup of nurse education.

    Oh no, it gets WORSE! http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22420497-662,00.html Cliff notes: That is a blatant turn-around, the governments Press release said "Tafe Qualification...
  25. Shakeup of nurse education.

    Australian Broadcasting's AM interview is up (only 1.6M 56Kb modem users welcome). http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/am/200709/20070914am04-nurses-training.mp3 Worth listening to: Abbot would...