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    How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    talaxandra replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    To respond to the OP - the Australian system: Ratios - the rest of the country uses a variety of other staffing models, while Victoria has legally mandated ratios. This was the result of lobbying and...
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    How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    talaxandra replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    It's interesting that you're happy to accept annecdotal evidence to support your position but deny ghillbert's statements validity because of your qualifications. This is particularly interesting...
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    morbid question about post mortem care

    talaxandra replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    The towel's a common tool but it usually doesn't keep close the mouth all the way, and can be more distressing than the mouth gaping
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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

    "Fantastic! So you understand why you legally cannot have access to the file/lab tests/more information. You know , so many family members/friends/neighbours/random passers by think they should be...
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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

    You are not my only patient. You are not close to being my sickest patient. I am sorry you (allegedly) had to wait five hours for someone to replace that half-full jug of room-temperature water with...
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    I hate studying the ENDOCRINE system!!

    talaxandra replied to sweetmya's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I love endocrine - once you get your head around what the hormones do when functioning normally it will be much easier to understand what happens when they are low or high. And pretty much every...
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    cost of living in nsw australia

    talaxandra replied to ewol's topic in International Nursing

    ewol you might like to check out poms in oz - many of your questions will already have been addressed there, and people who have experience in moving from the uk to australia are available to answer...
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    Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

    talaxandra replied to VickyRN's topic in Holistic

    Experienced clinicians aren't aware of all the assessments they do unless something's off. For example, except when I'm doing the shift check I'm not aware that I check the O2 + suction equipment when...
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    How do you make them go??

    talaxandra replied to missmissyann82's topic in General Nursing

    You can't make anyone who's competent seek medical attention. All you can do, as you have already, is encourage them. I'd be careful harping on about the potential risks too strongly, if I were you -...
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    Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

    talaxandra replied to VickyRN's topic in Holistic

    Only woodenpug knows if he was being sarky, and I have to admit that I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt, particularly as I've been misinterpreted on other occasions. Face to face...
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    Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

    talaxandra replied to VickyRN's topic in Holistic

    Wow, I must have completely misread woodenpug, because I didn't see anything like that in his post. He beat me to the punch, incidentally - I, too, was going to say how great that is. If it could be...
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    We're number one!

    talaxandra posted a topic in International Nursing

    http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25602993-26103,00.html take that, all you other, under-performing
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    Advice. Support. Anything!!!

    talaxandra replied to ProudofmyNursingart's topic in International Nursing

    That sucks. Are you an ANF member? This is the kind of thing their legal department is designed for. Good
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    Full timers-how many sick days do you use per year?

    talaxandra replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Rarely more than three, though a couple of years ago I was off for seven weeks after breaking a bone in my
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    IV codeine vs paracetamol/acetaminophen

    talaxandra posted a topic in General Nursing

    A colleague asked me tonight about the merits of IV codeine vs paracetamol (acetaminophen for North American members). She was particularly interested in neuro patients, which is why she asked me (I...
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    Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

    talaxandra replied to VickyRN's topic in Holistic

    I agree that science doesn't know everything, even about medical interventions we use. For example, aspirin was used in some form since the 5th century BC (as willow bark), and in it's current form...
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    Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

    talaxandra replied to VickyRN's topic in Holistic

    I hadn't heard about the controversy so thank you. However, all the articles I found about George Lundberg's firing say it was because he fast-tracked a paper about research on US teenagers'...
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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

    yesterday was my twenty year anniversary - i've officially spend more than half of my life as a nurse, which i think is a cause for celebration, all at the same hospital. one of my patients, who i've...
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    Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

    talaxandra replied to VickyRN's topic in Holistic

    I've read about the well-publicised Rosa et al study several times, and read the paper itself once or twice. It's certainly a common criticism of research into complementary therapies that the way the...
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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

    Yeah, that right there is a sign - your hands and arms are designed to reach around to your rear. I am by no means tiny
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    Ethical/Professional situation....

    talaxandra replied to mwboswell's topic in Emergency

    That's where legally mandated ratios are brilliant. It's illegal so I won't do it - get more staff or don't admit them to the ward. Not much help to you,
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    Night duty nurse

    talaxandra posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    A friend just sent me this and I thought I'd share. Did you hear about the nurse who was working night shift in ED? She woke up after a few hours of fitful sleep and remembered the morph that was...
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    No live chickens in the hospital...

    talaxandra replied to matchsticktgt's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm afraid to read more of her blog - it's awesome. Almost as good as this were the comments - I quite liked the anonymous commentator who thought Head nurse lacked compassion and understandng...
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    ROFLMAO!!

    talaxandra replied to SonicnurseRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I really liked ABITHAD. My favourite when I rotated through Cas: PFO (------ and fell
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    Jaded with lack of end of life quality?

    talaxandra replied to shocker29's topic in General Nursing

    I really like how "allow natural death" reframes the question from being 'do you want us to stand by and let your family member die when we could save them.' I'm going to start using that from now