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    lost my mojo

    talaxandra replied to jadelee's topic in International Nursing

    Hi jadelee, I'm sorry you're going through a difficult time. I don't have any useful advice, unfortunately, except that I hope you're taking care of yourself. I'm not sure where you are or what kind...
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    Transition to specialty practice courses.

    talaxandra replied to Sun*shine's topic in International Nursing

    I'm in Melbourne - I don't work in ICU but several friends and former colleagues do (sorry, that was a little unclear in my post). I'd be surprised if the department wasn't as multicultural as the...
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    Soon to be newly qualified in the UK looking to work NSW area.

    talaxandra replied to RachaelR's topic in International Nursing

    That, but I'd also recommend at least a year under your belt. And absolutely don't apply for or accept a position in rural or remote nursing straight off the plane! Good luck
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    Division 1 and Division 2 Nurses in Victoria

    talaxandra replied to boardshorts's topic in International Nursing

    You're welcome
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    Division 1 and Division 2 Nurses in Victoria

    talaxandra replied to boardshorts's topic in International Nursing

    Hi WizzFizz, and welcome :) You have three options: 1) go straight into a Bachelor of Midwifery (direct-entry programs in Australia) 2) do a combined Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery (double...
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    General queries on nursing

    talaxandra replied to timetostartliving's topic in International Nursing

    1) What is the difference between an enrolled nurse and a registered nurse in terms of responsibilities, etc? This depends a lot on where you work - on my acute medical unit RN's and EN's have a...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    talaxandra replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for reminding me - I hate it when people handover that "Mr Jones came in for a stroke/chest infection etc." Really? So he was fine, and decided to change all that - "please can I have a R)...
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    Suicidal man at nurses' station

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

    Exactly.
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    Suicidal man at nurses' station

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

    I agree that the OP may not have phrased this optimally, and maybe should have said that this patient obviously had a significant, active psych issue. He came seeking help because he was at risk of...
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    "Nurses Are So Mean"

    talaxandra replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I see you haven't been a member of AN for very long. I've read dozens of threads by junior nurses that really do start "I've just started in my first job and OMG the nurses are so catty and horrible...
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    If YOU were the patient, would you feel comfortable...

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

    We use disposable washclothes, which does away with one of the OP's concerns - it's not for hygeine, though, apparently they're cheaper than cleaning the fabric ones. I'm not at all worried about the...
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    Suicidal man at nurses' station

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

    seizetheday - I didn't get from the OP that she saw the guy as a menace in need of quarantining so much as an unknown with the potential for harm to self or others. And supporting her position? The...
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    Is this what a EEN is all about ?

    talaxandra replied to BanoraWhite's topic in International Nursing

    There are four EEN's on my ward - we're a medical specialty unit in a tertiary referral hospital, so the patients are acute, the throughput is high, and our patients are complex. The EEN's work in a...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    talaxandra replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    As has been discussed ad infinitum on this thread, oriented and orientated are geographically determined and neither's more or less correct than the
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    "Nurses Are So Mean"

    talaxandra replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think anyone's denying the existence of bullies or bullying. As has been clarified many times, by the OP among others, this thread began talking about nurses who, due to their lack of insight...
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    How do you treat headaches?

    talaxandra replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    licensedcertified:
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    Contact Isolation

    talaxandra replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an ID unit - we leave inhalers in the room, but our patients are adults and generally with it, so if wither of those aren't the case for your patient the ziplock bag idea's not bad. We also...
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    My resident died yesterday. What should I have done differently?

    talaxandra replied to NN2BVE's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's such a shame that so many laypeople think that having a full code will help in these kinds of situations - if only the patient and his family had understood that resuscitation efforts would be...
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    Transition to specialty practice courses.

    talaxandra replied to Sun*shine's topic in International Nursing

    If you were looking for a mid-term move to Australia (say a couple of years) you might be in luck; otherwise it's just not worth the hospital's while to train you up only for you to move on. I know...
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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

    Good luck, EarleyDaysYet - I think that, as long as you get that the nurses are people, and that they've got more than just you to look after, you'll be fine on the nursing ire front
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    AHPRA

    talaxandra replied to ErinJ's topic in Nurse Registration

    Based on the recent experience on an Australian-trained nurse seeking re-registration, there's nothing you can do but provide the information they've asked for. Bear in mind that, if you're sending...
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    Blood transfusions??? just say no...

    talaxandra replied to macgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read anything that was whine or a whinge from the OP in this thread, nor any claims that "nobody understands." I have read a whole lot of extreme theoretical scenarios that I strongly...
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    Step one?

    talaxandra replied to lsid16's topic in International Nursing

    AHPRA are a nightmare - one of my friends is in the process of re-registering after letting her registration lapse; though it says this nowhere on the site, her witnessed documents were rejected...
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    Us RN 2 months in melbourne. Advice

    talaxandra replied to livv's topic in International Nursing

    A friend of mine works on the 3CTC (cadiothoracics/cardiology) at the Alfred - there are vacancies now: click here for the online ad, which includes links to information about the unit, and a position...
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    us rn needing info about nz, oz

    talaxandra replied to perris109's topic in International Nursing

    Macadamia - Kiwi's don't need a visa for anything; aside from voting they're virtually the same as Australians