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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

    To the former patient who came in last night for a visit while on day leave from rehab: - I know you're worried about cancer - you've been diagnosed with MS - MS and cancer look different on the scans...
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    Nursing in the europe

    talaxandra replied to Vesna's topic in International Nursing

    Okay, that's narrowed it down to four countries, which is a start. Do you know if you meet the work visa and registration requirements of any (or all) of them?? I would imagine fluency in the dominant...
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    US nurse looking to relocate to OZ needs assistance

    talaxandra replied to Rachi321's topic in International Nursing

    Seawitch is right about CRAHPRA (which I'm now going to have to use widely!) - they seem to have no idea what they're doing or how to do it, so starting the registration process as early as possible...
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    Nursing in the europe

    talaxandra replied to Vesna's topic in International Nursing

    No, I live in Australia, and have no contacts with European-based obstetric units,
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    US nurse looking to relocate to OZ needs assistance

    talaxandra replied to Rachi321's topic in International Nursing

    And the
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    Nursing in the europe

    talaxandra replied to Vesna's topic in International Nursing

    Being in Europe helps, but you'll still need to narrow it down. Also, as Serbia isn't part of the EU you may have trouble working in EU
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    To get the flu shot, or not to get the flu shot...

    talaxandra replied to jordansnapp's topic in General Nursing

    i haven't read everything on this site, but what i did read included a lot of conjecture - in the links attached to frightening titles like "baby death fromswine flu vaccine" no correlation was made...
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    To get the flu shot, or not to get the flu shot...

    talaxandra replied to jordansnapp's topic in General Nursing

    We're still getting H1N1 patients, and it's summer here. Fortunately most of ours haven't been too sick, but more than 75% of them have been under 45 and previously well, and a 22 year old physical...
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    Nursing in the europe

    talaxandra replied to Vesna's topic in International Nursing

    There are fifty countries in Europe, forty-four if you only count those wholly in Europe, twenty-seven if you're only interested in the EU. Every one of those countries have obstetric services, and...
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    thinking of all the northern Queensland nurses

    talaxandra replied to K+MgSO4's topic in International Nursing

    K+MgSO4 - apparently they had to do surgery in the trauma centre of ED because all the theatres had to be shut down. There was an awful lot of water coming out of the
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    Practice in AU

    talaxandra replied to link51411's topic in International Nursing

    No worries
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    Practice in AU

    talaxandra replied to link51411's topic in International Nursing

    Does prostrate cancer make you lie flat?! The Flagyl was easy - I knew it was an anti going in and there's not much competition for met- beginning oral
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    Becoming a nurse in Australia with a United States degree.

    talaxandra replied to Mindylane's topic in International Nursing

    Silverdragon is, as always, right. There are two hurdles for OS-trained nurses, and the relative ease you'll have clearing one has no effect on the other. There are several US-educated nurses working...
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    Intensive Care- tips

    talaxandra replied to AusRN's topic in International Nursing

    I've got several friends who work in ICU in Melbourne. I'm pretty sure all of them just kept an eye on job vacancies and applied. My understanding from them is that, at least in the ICU of my (large,...
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    Practice in AU

    talaxandra replied to link51411's topic in International Nursing

    Hi dhellwege, While there are certainly differences in practice here and in the US, I suspect it's far more likely your friend doesn't know much about nursing scope and responsibility in general....
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    MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    talaxandra replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    Hi amps, welcome to allnurses. In general I'd agree with you - our doctors more often prescribe 1-5mg (usually 2.5-5mg) between 1-4 hourly PRN, titrated to distress, for our dying patients. Although...
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    Postgrad degrees in Australia

    talaxandra replied to joe_mulligan88's topic in International Nursing

    What ceridwyn said, and - to the best of my knowledge we don't have any kind of nursing anaesthesia practitioners, but do have NP's in other
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    RN in US moving to Australia

    talaxandra replied to MR2012's topic in International Nursing

    The best place to start is the Department of Immigration and Citizenship - the Visa Wizard helps you work out what visa/s you should apply for and will help get the bal rolling. Good luck
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    25 Craziest Interview Questions of 2010

    talaxandra replied to SweetBabyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    1. if you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get out? i'd sit at the bottom of the blender crying until i filled the blender, float on the salty water, swim to the...
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    Things colleagues have taught me NOT to do...

    talaxandra posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Inspired by the thread Things patients have taught me NOT to do... I bring you a few things my colleagues have taught me not to do: 1. Do not have your mouth open to talk or breathe when doing...
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    Ridiculous, overbearing restrictions on volunteers

    talaxandra replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What an interesting thread. OP, what kinds of things do you think volunteers ought to be able to do, and why do you think these are currently restricted to licensed
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    talaxandra replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think that, interesting though this discussion is, we're moving beyond the scope of the thread - perhaps a new thread debating and discussing this
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    talaxandra replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The costs associated with orientation start before the staff member does - factor in decisions about staffing requirements, advertising, labour costs of screening applications and setting up...
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    *Easy* things I just hate doing

    talaxandra replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    The plastic bag trick involved slipping a bag over the foot, then gliding the stocking on over the bag, which is removed through the foot hole. I find an easier way is to turn the stocking partly...
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    *Easy* things I just hate doing

    talaxandra replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    Well that's ridicuous! Our DKA's are on hourly BSL's while they've got insulin running, but the only thing that changes is the rate of the Actrapid/Novorapid, which titrates to the BSL: eg 1unit/hr...