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    EMTs

    talaxandra replied to shinobuchan's topic in International Nursing

    I know two people who did nursing solely to enhance their ambo careers - it can be pretty
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    What brand shoes and where from?

    talaxandra replied to totally_nuts's topic in International Nursing

    I'm currently wearing black lace ups from Naot - Israeli-made, really comfortable, hard-wearing and no wearing in required. Before them I wore Doc Marten's - heavy and lasted ages (2+ years) but they...
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    insulin drip protocol for mixing/priming: how do you mix it?

    talaxandra replied to TraumaJunkieRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I just noticed this bit of your post and was wondering what the pH and bicarb were, just because we so rarely give bicarb for DKA. My highest ever BGL, BTW, was 120.8mmol, or 2,176.6
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    insulin drip protocol for mixing/priming: how do you mix it?

    talaxandra replied to TraumaJunkieRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I do, but unfortunately it's through my uni so a link wouldn't work for you. I have access to both hardcopies and e-journals through work, as well - perhaps you could check your work intranet and see...
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    insulin drip protocol for mixing/priming: how do you mix it?

    talaxandra replied to TraumaJunkieRN's topic in Patient Medications

    There are two problems, despite hourly monitoring. The first comes when you change the flask and tubing, and the previous dose is ineffective. Which leads to the second problem - it takes much longer...
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    Pt fainted on me while standing up

    talaxandra replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Your first (and second) instinct is to catch falling things, whether that's a needle-tipped syringe or a person. It takes practice not to try, which is why my ward instituted a safe sharps routine...
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    insulin drip protocol for mixing/priming: how do you mix it?

    talaxandra replied to TraumaJunkieRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm not aware of any research done comparing various priming methods, or even the rates of insulin absorption. At my workplace we get around it by using a syringe line - the plastic of the syringe is...
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    Sharing Personal Information at Work

    talaxandra replied to Urban_Durga's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a problem discussing this kind of information with my colleagues (I'm old, boring and have been there forever, so nobody really cares anyway) but I get them a lot from patients. Are you...
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    help!!

    talaxandra replied to sanstorey's topic in International Nursing

    Yes - we're going to national registration on July 1st, as part of new legislation that covers all health care professionals in Australia. I can't speak to acceptance of ADN-qualified nurses or LPN's,...
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    The Great Emergency Prank War

    talaxandra replied to murphyle's topic in Nursing Humor

    Or Ivy Pole, Billy Rubin, Melina
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    Top 10 Myths of the "MURSE"

    talaxandra replied to mikethemurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've come across 'murse' before, and am a little conflicted about it because of the whole "we don't identify other professions by their gender," though a number of the guys I work with use it. That...
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    Plz tell me aged care is not that bad!

    talaxandra replied to Heinz beans's topic in International Nursing

    The Royal District Nursing Service provides government-subsidised in-home care, including assistance with hygeine, chronic dressings, diabetes and management. To learn more, check their
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    Trying to get a job in adelaide

    talaxandra replied to han21's topic in International Nursing

    The first six months of the year are when staffing is least the issue, because of new
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    ANF Student Membership

    talaxandra replied to gogirlgo's topic in International Nursing

    Is his weight relevant to his
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    Need Help with hostile enviroment?

    talaxandra replied to RN2go99's topic in General Nursing

    TDCHIM articulated far better than I why you need to involve the parents, rather than creating and trying to enforce behavioural change alone - that's what I
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    Need Help with hostile enviroment?

    talaxandra replied to RN2go99's topic in General Nursing

    Can you talk to the parents in a more direct way? Something like - I really enjoy working with X but if we don't start setting limits on his behaviour and instituting consequences then I'm sad to ssay...
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    The Great Emergency Prank War

    talaxandra replied to murphyle's topic in Nursing Humor

    We once told the morning staff that we'd had a quadruple amputee admitted with hypertension and carbon monoxide poisoning - the bed was empty except for a red smily-faced balloon. The samae balloon...
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    National Registration

    talaxandra replied to Sophia36's topic in International Nursing

    I agree with dvsbec - fees will stay static for a couple of years and then jump. It will be interesting to see what happens to the fees of other professions with this change,
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    Plz tell me aged care is not that bad!

    talaxandra replied to Heinz beans's topic in International Nursing

    We need enthusiastic nurses working in aged care so I say go for it! Plus there's growing demand, so you can be guaranteed never to be at a loss for employment opportunities and, down the track,...
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    Info for new grads wanting to work in Oz

    talaxandra replied to Ellie10's topic in International Nursing

    There are certainly some small, private hospitals around and they're likely to be less competitive than the bigger hospitals mentioned by ceridwyn. However, bear in mind that it's easier to scale down...
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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

    LaurenBoog - have you read the rest of this thread? Your vents don't begin to sound
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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

    Oh honey, I feel for you, I really do - being told your two year battle with cancer has been unsuccessful really does suck. But the reason your oncologist hasn't been in yet today isn't because he's...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    talaxandra replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    My bugbear is Random Capitalisation - unless it's a proper noun or the start of a sentence, please consider whether or not it really needs a capital letter. Thank you
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    Info for new grads wanting to work in Oz

    talaxandra replied to Ellie10's topic in International Nursing

    Really? Because two of my friends managed to bypass the English language test when they got UK registration by virtue of British grandparents. That was almost three years ago, though, so maybe things...
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    The Great Double Standard?

    talaxandra replied to Doog's topic in Men in Nursing

    Back to the thread - I have to disagree with baila. While some women prefer female OB/GYN's many women are happy to have male physicians, or are more interested in the calibre of care delivered than...