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    Drs. handwriting - Can you read it well?

    talaxandra replied to RN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I read a great book by a medical sociologist who studied nurses - his theory, after seeing small crowds of nurses trying to decipher particularly difficult scrawls, was that it's about power: the...
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    Future student, oncology nursing

    talaxandra replied to timetostartliving's topic in International Nursing

    I haven't been to UQ, so I'm no help to you there. That depends on your background and where you are now, both geographically and in terms of career and experience. I assume you're not Australian -...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    talaxandra replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    On a related note: don't self-catheterise with a garden hose... - but wait, there's more - ... then drop fish hooks into your bladder. Just
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    Recent Graduate of BSN, asking some opinions

    talaxandra replied to Ardz's topic in International Nursing

    Although a grad year contract is only for 12 months, all our grads have the option to stay on if they want. Although different area vary, there's turn over everywhere, and that means available...
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    Recent Graduate of BSN, asking some opinions

    talaxandra replied to Ardz's topic in International Nursing

    Option one is the best in terms of having you be best prepared for working here, even though it's the hardest. I think the second option will be unlikely to get you a position here, because you'll be...
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    Australian equivalent of NP?

    talaxandra replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in International Nursing

    Good luck
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    Discovering how harmfull most prescribed chemicles are how do you live with yourself?

    talaxandra replied to steveogurule's topic in General Nursing

    As CourtneyLR pointed out, the number of people taking prescribed medication vastly, vastly outweighs the number of people taking illicit drugs - while the (outdated, poorly-researched) statistic you...
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    Working with a nurse who nursed you

    talaxandra replied to imaginations's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't a situation I've come across before - my experience has been the other way around, caring for people I've worked with. Unless you were unhappy with the care you experienced from him, I...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    talaxandra replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    It also depends on the type of diabetes - you almost never withhold insulin from someone with T1DM, even if their sugar's low, though in this case I'd wait a bit, and also consult with the endo reg...
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    Ampule Question: Does this make sense?

    talaxandra replied to L&DWannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm. Though we don't use filter needles we do always change the needle if the med's going to be given IM or SC - 18 or 9g for drawing up, 23g for IM, 25g for SC; using anything smaller than a 19g to...
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    Ampule Question: Does this make sense?

    talaxandra replied to L&DWannabe's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of it - I agree that the ampoule interior's sterile. If it isn't, we've got bigger problems that drawing up technique! Also, it's been discussed here before, but I've never used a...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    talaxandra replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh dear, that's... worrying. Do I want to know what happened? Well, I can guess to a degree, but how bad was
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    Do I need IELTS for AHPRA? (overseas nurse)

    talaxandra replied to adyhottie's topic in International Nursing

    enfield, you'll probably get a more useful response if you post this in the European/UK section - members look here for enquiries etc around
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    Do I need IELTS for AHPRA? (overseas nurse)

    talaxandra replied to adyhottie's topic in International Nursing

    according to the australian nursing and midwifery council's website: although ahpra manages registration and administration of registration, the anmc sets the standards of registration. in other...
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    What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    talaxandra replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Or they don't tell you anything, then tell the doctors they've had chest pain all
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    True ER stories

    talaxandra replied to Kel Cardaras's topic in Nursing Humor

    Dear lay-people reading this thread, We get to help people when they're at their most vulnerable, in pain and distress. We do our best to make them better or, when that's not possible, to relive their...
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    Demerol 75 mg was given IV instead of IM. Fired!!!

    talaxandra replied to mirtesen's topic in General Nursing

    In an ideal world, clinical errors would be managed the way they are in engineering - rather than focusing on individual actions, investigations would look at what systems contributed, and what...
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    What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    talaxandra replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    "Keep nurses
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    We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    talaxandra replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    And that right there would be the way the Australian public health care system's funded - everyone who earns over the threshold (which is assessed annually and linked to inflation) pays 1% of their...
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    We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    talaxandra replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Back to the OP: first, I love that, despite mounds of research demonstrated a clear and consistent correlation between skilled nursing care and better health care outcomes (fewer errors, shorter...
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    We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    talaxandra replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that's easily fixed - here everyone has access to subsidised health care. Preventative education isn't a panacea - there will always be people who prioritise things other than their health, but...
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    We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    talaxandra replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, in Australia, NZ and GB midwives clearly have a wider scope of practice - at least in this aspect - than their US
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    talaxandra replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of my patients just rang this weekend after a house fire - if it had been benzos or narcotics I'd have been more suspicious, but the call was for ARV's. I feel bad that my first thought was to...
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    The Great Double Standard?

    talaxandra replied to Doog's topic in Men in Nursing

    Maybe it's because we're less litigious than the US, but my hospital at least has no policy requiring male nurses to be chaperoned when performing intimate care with female patients. There's certainly...
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    The Great Double Standard?

    talaxandra replied to Doog's topic in Men in Nursing

    I don't think anyone's claiming (or has ever claimed) that every female nurse is perfect. Of course there are instances of female misconduct, sexual and otherwise - what's your