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    any recommendations for places in OZ?

    talaxandra replied to tamie's topic in International Nursing

    okay, so where to settle? i don't know how much you know about australia, so forgive me if any of this is well-trodden ground. except for canberra, all the capital cities are along the coast, with the...
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    any recommendations for places in OZ?

    talaxandra replied to tamie's topic in International Nursing

    I admit that, as a non-parent, childcare isn't much on my radar. It probably helps that my hospital has an onsite daycare centre open with extended hours, though I have no idea what the rates are...
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    any recommendations for places in OZ?

    talaxandra replied to tamie's topic in International Nursing

    I have to disagree a little with ceridwyn - though costs are going up on a number of fronts (including utilities and housing, both renting and owning), Aussies still have it pretty good. We've...
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    why SaO2 monitoring is important for a patient with a history of bleeding?

    talaxandra replied to jaywife's topic in General Students

    This sounds like an assignment to me. Before giving you my opinion I'd be interested to know what you think the reason might
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    Flu shot this year

    talaxandra replied to kenpochic's topic in General Students

    I'm from Australia, where we're coming to the end of flu season. I have the flu shot every April, but didn't quite manage to this year and ended up (for the first time in my life) with the flu - I was...
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    What constitutes falsifying documentation?

    talaxandra replied to physioex's topic in General Nursing

    I have to add that there is, of course, a massive difference between the kind of pre-documentation I discussed and The Commuter's example. Inventing observations, signing for medications not given,...
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    What's the difference between medicine and nursing?

    talaxandra replied to Livinstrong85's topic in General Nursing

    Medicine and nursing differ in two key ways. The first is related, but significantly different, philosophies. Medicine's dominant ethos is about the preservation of life; nursing's prevailing belief...
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    Why did you if you hate it ?

    talaxandra replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect that there are two reasons nurses don't like their jobs. The first applies more to newer nurses - it's not what they went in to nursing expecting. The reality of nursing is very different...
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    What constitutes falsifying documentation?

    talaxandra replied to physioex's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a little conflicted about this. On one hand, I completely agree that pre-timed documentation is wrong for a number of reasons, the specificity of which depends on what kind of pre-timing's done....
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    Brain surgery last week, then coming to ED for pain. Wait 4 hours to be seen.

    talaxandra replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with the majority - if post-op bleeding occured to you as a possibility, I'm sure it crossed the mind of the triage nurse. As a student there are many things you don't see, including ongoing...
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    Outback nursing suitable for inexperienced nurse?

    talaxandra replied to carly123's topic in International Nursing

    Like Carol says, the issue is that remote area nurses are unsupported (in some cases the only healthcare provider of any kind) for hundreds of kilometers. These nurses need to have experience to be...
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    Non-Nurse considering NP route Please help

    talaxandra replied to elipscombs's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi Eric, the NP role is very new in Australia, and our funding & economy's quite different from the US expereince, so I can't offer you any useful information about your employment prospects -...
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    Professional hospital visiting?

    talaxandra replied to talaxandra's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks, Sharrie - I've got a definite meeting on one unit of one hospital and am waiting to hear from the acting clinical nurse lead of another, which is start :) I very much appreciate the help, even...
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    Professional hospital visiting?

    talaxandra posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi all. I'm coming to London in August and was thinking of visiting a couple of hospitals to see how practices differ between the UK and Australia, particularly in my areas of clinical practice...
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    Professional hospital visiting?

    talaxandra replied to talaxandra's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks, babbyfresh - I'm not planning on coming over to work, though. My plan is equal parts taking advantage of the opportunity to compare & contrast practices, and make that leg of my trip tax...
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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

    Like CrunchRN I agree with both nocturne & Ruby. And, as usual for me, I have a story. A friend and I were working together one evening. Louise was caring for an elderly Chinese woman who, despite...
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    Professional hospital visiting?

    talaxandra replied to talaxandra's topic in International Nursing

    Thank you, Sharrie :) I'm looking at Chelsea and Westminster, and Barts and the London, who between them cover the units I'm most interested in. It sounds like the clinical nurse lead's role is...
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    Professional hospital visiting?

    talaxandra replied to talaxandra's topic in International Nursing

    I've found a couple of hospitals that sound suitable (based on their units) - does anyone have a suggestion about contacting the charge nurse vs clinical nurse lead? And what is a clinical nurse
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    Difference between RN and EN

    talaxandra replied to jack92's topic in International Nursing

    While there is, at first glance, little difference in the care EN's and RN's are able to provide at a beginner level, there's considerable difference in their scopes of practice down the track,...
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    MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    talaxandra replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Julie. Some people who are dying, particularly if they're ill for a while and dying over a period of days to weeks, do have an unusual, sweetish, almost chemical smell. My experience with...
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    How do you document when drug withheld?

    talaxandra replied to ziggyldy's topic in International Nursing

    rozymisty - single checking is considered an earned privilege where I work; anyone caught not properly double checking loses it for a minimum of three months or, is they're still doule checkers, a...
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    Best cardiac hospital in Melbourne

    talaxandra replied to livv's topic in International Nursing

    My cardiac experience is limited and quite old, but I'm pretty sure most of the hospitals that do cardi caths have an outpatient service similar to the one you described. You previously expressed...
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    Working and gaining nursing registration in Australia

    talaxandra replied to gemini_star's topic in International Nursing

    Since I posted a friend tried contacting APHRA about reregistering after her registration lapsed - she was on hold for 25 minutes before speaking to a guy who had no idea how to help (and not a huge...
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    So confused on Masters of Nursing and/or specialties... please help!!

    talaxandra replied to SWE3TLILSHORTY's topic in Nursing Career

    Please don't shout at me. My training program had over 4,000 clinical hours over three years; eight relatives were nurses, one a dentist, three doctors, one a physio - and none of that increased my...
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    So confused on Masters of Nursing and/or specialties... please help!!

    talaxandra replied to SWE3TLILSHORTY's topic in Nursing Career

    There are also hundreds of little things you can't possibly now unless and until you actually work in the role, in the same way that school didn't prepare you for every aspect of the actual practice...