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    University nursing programs

    talaxandra replied to kaitmaree's topic in International Nursing

    I'm pleased to hear that sciences aren't pre-req's :) And most of the maths you'll need is relatively straightforward. ceridwyn and joannep are right - I've never heard of anyone making a...
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    University nursing programs

    talaxandra replied to kaitmaree's topic in International Nursing

    Hi kaitmaree, this isn't at all my area so I can't help you with deciding on an institution, sadly. I'd talk with each of them about pre-req's because I suspect not having HSC science may be a...
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    Healthcare Issues In Australia

    talaxandra replied to Kids4Life's topic in International Nursing

    Australia has elective private health insurance, underpinned by Medicare, the government-supported universal health care program. 1% of taxable income is paid as a Medicare levy. Anyone who takes out...
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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

    Not only that, we have other patients to consider as well as the one you're visiting - they need rest, and we need space to do our work. Having a constant stream of people coming on, going out, making...
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    Any aussie/zea nurses went to uni knows ?

    talaxandra replied to ladyscorpian14's topic in International Nursing

    I assume from your post, though you didn't actually say so, that you're planning on studying nursing in Australia or New Zealand. In both countries nursing is an undergraduate course, so the admission...
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    Silly question. Urine output per hour?

    talaxandra replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Students

    In a way they're both right - 0.5ml/kg/hr is the minimum output indicating adequate renal perfusion and function, but >1ml/kg/hr indicates optimal hydration and adequate perfusion/function. The...
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    National registration - English requirements

    talaxandra replied to ozViking's topic in International Nursing

    I appreciate your frustration. And if you're an Australian nurse, fully educated in a native English speaking country, you need to take an English proficiency exam to get registration in the UK - but...
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    jobless/unemployed Au RNs

    talaxandra replied to glioblastoma's topic in International Nursing

    Although there are more grads than grad places in Melbourne, to the best of my knowledge there are plenty of positions in acute care for nurses with at least 12 months
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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 able-bodied 25 year old admitted with query H1N1, who on three consecutive occasions buzzed for something just after removal of full PPE despite his nurses asking "Is there anything I can do...
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    New grad in Melbourne

    talaxandra replied to victoriaplum's topic in International Nursing

    Yes, that's before tax. You can decrease the amount of tax you pay by salary packaging, which allows you to use pre-tax income to pay for allowable items (including rent/mortgage, personal loans,...
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    Advice sought for a successful transition

    talaxandra replied to KJStarling's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Kate - congrats on your decision to move to marvellous Melbourne, not that I'm biased There are many differences in health care practice, but you'll have plenty of support if you work in any of...
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    New grad in Melbourne

    talaxandra replied to victoriaplum's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Victoria - welcome to allnurses :) Except for WA, we do now have federal registration, but states differ in pay grades and other conditions. Newly registered nurses start as grade 2, year 1 in...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    talaxandra replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't know what's nastier - the wound, or the
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    Death work and talking to the dead

    talaxandra posted a topic in General Nursing

    Four years ago I started a thread in the Neuro ICU nurses' forum about nurses speaking to the brain dead (you can view it here). I researched the topic for a Masters, and found the process really...
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    they think i don't care

    talaxandra replied to JadeRN7's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Obviously I can't speak for the more experienced nurses on the OP's ward. However, I've worked with a number of junior nurses who have been oblivious to the seriousness of their patients conditions,...
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    I need 25 people to answer the following question....

    talaxandra replied to ctyler98's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a yes, too
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    Charting Bloopers

    talaxandra replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    That's considerably less distressing
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    PICC Line Insertions / IV Team

    talaxandra replied to courtz0383's topic in International Nursing

    My hospital has a nurse-run PICC team, so it does exist here :) We also have a vascular access nurse, but he coordinates haemo patients rather than inserting vascaths and permacaths, so that may not...
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    Charting Bloopers

    talaxandra replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, november17 - I hope that's a charting blooper rather than reportage, but I can't imagine what it should have
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    New Grad Programs in Australia?

    talaxandra replied to Linds91's topic in International Nursing

    Pay and other conditions vary by state. In Victoria graduate nurses currently earn $907/week base rate (with an additional 3% from October 1st), with penalty rates for PM ($22.70) and nights ($52.80),...
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    How to refer to self when writing a nursing note

    talaxandra replied to lashuna1028's topic in General Nursing

    Whereas I'd be more likely to write: - still no personal pronouns but a little more detail. We still paper document here - longhand all the
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    MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    talaxandra replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Vancouver Son, I'm glad to read that you don't think the morphine caused you mother's death, as I had thought from your first post that maybe you were concerned about this aspect. A couple of...
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    How to refer to self when writing a nursing note

    talaxandra replied to lashuna1028's topic in General Nursing

    I've only seen allied health use "writer" and it always strikes me as odd, though I'm sure some of that is just because I see it so rarely. I had frequently noted pronoun loss in health care...
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    MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    talaxandra replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    Vancouver Son - in my experience, low-dose morphine can, sometimes, shorten the dying period, but only by a period of hours, and only for a person who's already close to dying. Its primary use in...
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    any recommendations for places in OZ?

    talaxandra replied to tamie's topic in International Nursing

    Well, not that I'm at all biased, but as a Melburnian I think you may have made the right decision If you lock that in, or want any Melbourne-specific info, you know where to find me! Good luck