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    The best hairstyle for female student

    talaxandra replied to Raewynv's topic in General Students

    Maybe check what they mean by not touching your collar - when I trained, a hundred years ago, our hair wasn't allowed to touch the collar if it was down. Mine reached 2/3 down to my waist and I...
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    CEU's - Preferred online source?

    talaxandra replied to MiaLyse's topic in General Nursing

    You're welcome - enjoy and spread the word
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    CEU's - Preferred online source?

    talaxandra replied to MiaLyse's topic in General Nursing

    Medscape.com has a massive range of CEU's - membership's free, there's a permanent record, and you can also subscribe to weekly updates on literally hundreds of topics (I get around a dozen, though I...
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    studying IRON at Alpine health Myrtelford

    talaxandra replied to rojy's topic in Immigration Advice

    Hi rojy, welcome to AN. I suspect that the reason nobody's responded is because nobody who's seen your post can help. Not only do I not know anything about Alpine Health (including which state it's...
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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

    "If you have a problem with your GP, sort it out with her. I don't care that she's made it a condition of your methadone program that you can't see another provider, and no, I don't know if that's...
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    Why can't you write people's names in your note: Rationale?

    talaxandra replied to Sehille4774's topic in General Nursing

    I document for two reasons - to communicate what happened while I was caring for my patient, and to cover myself if something goes wrong. I don't ever write something I wouldn't be happy to either...
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    Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    talaxandra replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    In Victoria (Australia, as we seem to have lost national flags in the AN upgrade), we're three months into what looks a lot like a six month campaign, mostly to retain conditions we won in 2000 and...
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    Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    talaxandra replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'm not sure whether to be comforted or crushed that the same thing's happening here as everywhere. I certainly think a significant part of why our work and value aren't recognised is gendered, on...
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    Need help with exam revision; 24 year old Muslim with viral pneumonia

    talaxandra replied to kate_2ndyearstudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You might also like to consider whether the patient has any special needs that aren't physical
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    penis

    talaxandra replied to jessica2012's topic in International Nursing

    Yep, I belatedly call troll,
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    Sometimes it's hard to tell a drug seeker from a patient in pain.

    talaxandra replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Re: Conrad Murray - one of our former frequent fliers had a decades-long history of chronic back pain that a GP had somehow decided to treat with patient-administered IM morphine, diazepam and...
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    Sometimes it's hard to tell a drug seeker from a patient in pain.

    talaxandra replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    I work in acute care - that's in no way the best time to be working on issues of addiction and dependence unless that's part of the reason for the admission. So for my patients who have issues with...
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    penis

    talaxandra replied to jessica2012's topic in International Nursing

    I've been nursing 22+ years and have to say that, unless my patient's had cancer of the member and a partial amputation, has phimosis, has an IDC and needs special penile toileting above and beyond...
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    Why can't you write people's names in your note: Rationale?

    talaxandra replied to Sehille4774's topic in General Nursing

    I got a call from the lab the other night about an Hb of 79, which clearly is a mandatory notification because my patient's last three Hb's were 80, 80 and 82 and she's got multiorgan failure, two ICU...
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    Why can't you write people's names in your note: Rationale?

    talaxandra replied to Sehille4774's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's because Australia is generally less litigious than the US but I'm far more concerned about ending up in front of the Coroner with inadequate notes than I am about ending up in court because...
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    Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    talaxandra replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Not the closest match between thread and ad I've ever
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    Is there a maximum amount of urine to remove at one time during an In and Out Cath?

    talaxandra replied to SkullCandy's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, dishes - I was going to refer the OP to that thread but I see you saved me the trouble :) Edited to add: Just this week I had an elderly confused man who kept getting up to pee, with no...
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    Is becoming an RN still worth it?

    talaxandra replied to round12tko's topic in International Nursing

    I'm one of those happy nurses and I would never classify someone who's lost (or never had) joy in the job as being passionless. As I wrote in my initial response on this thread, - there's no right...
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    What is the highest temp you have seen?

    talaxandra replied to momthenRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    One of my patients at the moment is a nurse who works in a non-clinical area. She's hella sick and pretty disempowered, and I've been talking about highests and lowests - if I did know she wasn't...
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    Why can't you write people's names in your note: Rationale?

    talaxandra replied to Sehille4774's topic in General Nursing

    I always use names, too - there's no way I'll remember which doctor, AH person, family member I spoke to months or years after the event. An extract from my notes last night: "Tachycardic (125bpm),...
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    Code Blue Drills

    talaxandra replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The last official code blue drill I've been to was over a decade ago - I've been pushing for them ever since then, but nobody seems to be at all interested. I think it's even more important now than...
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    Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    talaxandra replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    in australia, though, union membership in general continues to grow. the anf is the second largest union in the country, with almost a third of members living in victoria (the second most populous,...
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    Best one sentence handoff report

    talaxandra replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    DKA frequent flier "BSL was 99 [1782 mg/dl], so she still hasn't cracked the ton, but the pH was only 7.15 - usual 4 lines, probably home in two
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    Is becoming an RN still worth it?

    talaxandra replied to round12tko's topic in International Nursing

    To the OP: as you can see, there's no right answer. A lot of how you're going to feel about nursing, assuming you decide to go ahead, will depend on where you work, what the stresses there are like,...
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    Is becoming an RN still worth it?

    talaxandra replied to round12tko's topic in International Nursing

    I'm guessing you live in Victoria. It's true we're facing the biggest industrial relations battle with the government of my career to date, but the stakes are so high that we cannot afford to lose. It...