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    Former preceptor yelled and humiliated me in front of everyone. Do I keep quiet?

    talaxandra replied to mnf4ever's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Clearly she has some kind of issue that has nothing to do with you - either she was in a bad space that day or she's a little whackadoo. If the patient hadn't been on telemetry and should have been...
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    Nursing Research Topics! Any Ideas?

    talaxandra replied to judieli's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That sounds fascinating, Selene006 - any chance you could post it in the essays section here? I'd never thought of this as a topic but am now really interested (and know that looking it up myself...
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    nursing career without touching people

    talaxandra replied to confusedstudent2011's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Like other members, I'm surprised you were able to finish your clinicals. As has been made clear, all non-clinical nursing roles require experience and are highly competitive. I'm not sure what the...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    talaxandra replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Once upon a time female doctors were very rare and outside the norm, and patient opposition was used as a reason to prevent their practice. My former NUM was a midwife in the eighties and early...
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    Male OB nurse

    talaxandra replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do they also not employ male
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    What advice could I have given but...?

    talaxandra replied to 34nmotivated's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised the doctor who gave her the results didn't give her the opportunity to discuss this, but maybe she was too shocked to be able to think about it then. I'd have been inclined to advise...
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    UAP d/c-ing peripheral IV's

    talaxandra replied to Lorien_LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Obviously practice in Australia is very differnet from where you are, because I don't know what a UAP is (but assume it's some kind of minimally-trained aide role?). In over twenty years I've never...
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    nurse/patient ratio

    talaxandra replied to efRN's topic in International Nursing

    Thus far Victoria is the only state (and the first in the world) to have legally mandated nurse/patient ratios. During the forthcoming enterprise agreement renegotiation there will be an attempt to...
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    Advice for a NZ new grad applying for Australian jobs

    talaxandra replied to Libby3's topic in International Nursing

    Australia has a poor track record compared with NZ when it comes to our First People, so there's no Treaty equivalent; mentioning your experience with patients/relatives/staff from different cultures...
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    Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    talaxandra replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    talaxandra replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Yes, I know you think we're all incompetent. I suspect that your systemic bacteremia is not, however, from the medical team's failure to remove your access when you thought it should come out, but...
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    Help with Selection Criteria.

    talaxandra replied to sharelle's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    That all sounds fine to me - good work and good luck
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    If YOU were the patient, would you feel comfortable...

    talaxandra replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've certainly seen any number of jibes about the supposed inferiority of universal health care in general, and the NHS in particular, so I can see how someone working there could respond as Zippy...
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    Help with Selection Criteria.

    talaxandra replied to sharelle's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Hi Sharelle, welcome to allnurses. I'm not sure what a professional portfolio is, or what the criteria are, so more information would be helpful. I can suggest that you run everything you plan to...
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    We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    talaxandra replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree - study after study demonstrates that the more educated the staff, the better patient outcomes. Where I work (tertiary care) we have no aides and only a handful of Enrolled Nurses. Our...
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    Nursing home interview

    talaxandra replied to neeke816's topic in International Nursing

    Maybe you should look at getting another year or two od experience state-side, if that's what they say you need. Good
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    metaphors

    talaxandra replied to frisco96's topic in General Nursing

    Someone on another thread compared hyperglycemia to little knives cutting blood vessels, which I liked. When talking to relatives I often compare unconsciousness to being under water - the person may...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    talaxandra replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I do love a bit of Bryson - his latest book (At Home) is a fantastic roam around US and UK history, framed by a room-by-room exploration of a nineteenth century vicarage. but I
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    USA RN to Melbourne!!!

    talaxandra replied to neeke816's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    If we worked together I might ask you what you think the Republicans are trying to achieve, because I assume you've got a greater insight than I into US party politics, but I'd be pretty uncomfortable...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    talaxandra replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Physical restraint isn't illegal in
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    Charting Bloopers

    talaxandra replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    A friend fell asleep while writing her notes and woke up to find she'd written "I know that you can see
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    USA RN to Melbourne!!!

    talaxandra replied to neeke816's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Hi resilient :) Australians tend to think of ourselves as egalitarian and accepting, and we're certainly a multicultural lot, but the only people who think there's no racism here are white (and that...
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    Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    talaxandra posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I'm about to begin a Masters research project about ICU nurses talking to brain-dead patients (oh the joys of ethics approval committees!). My interest in this started when I read 'Rethinking life and...
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    Suicidal man at nurses' station

    talaxandra replied to *Posh*'s topic in General Nursing

    Also, 'seclusion' is very much a psych concept - seclusions rooms don't exist on the med/surg wards at my hopsital, and the only place I've heard the term is during my psych education and rotation....
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    Epworth richmond parking

    talaxandra replied to miss_vegemite's topic in International Nursing

    The Epworth's currently undergoing refurbishment - I don't know about staff parking but visitor parking is being interupted. The hospital is directly on two tram lines (48 and 75) that have great...