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    Jaded with lack of end of life quality?

    talaxandra replied to shocker29's topic in General Nursing

    I work in acute medical and see this a lot too. It's frustrating enough at that level, and with medical staff who are prepared to overrule families on occasion to block a transfer to ICU. The only...
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    When a patient is dying, am I expecting too much?

    talaxandra replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I once received a dying patient from theatre (they opened her and everything had infarcted). She was sick when I left the room to greet the family, who were wlaking up the corridor, and dead when I...
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    I think my professor is making up stuff.......not sure what to do.

    talaxandra replied to katmarieRN's topic in General Students

    For all of you defending the lecturer's position on breat feeding: - providing demonstrably false information is counter-productive if the aim is to convince women to breast feed because when they...
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    Homeopathy

    talaxandra replied to CharlieNylund's topic in Holistic

    I believe you. My point was that I hadn't seen any "venomous negativity" on this thread. People who don't agree with you or whose opinions are different, or who ask questions about a topic with which...
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    Homeopathy

    talaxandra replied to CharlieNylund's topic in Holistic

    I think venomous negativity is something of a highly charged response to a few dissenting opinions. I have a question - how does the water know what it is meant to be carrying? Why does it remember...
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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

    I think your elevated blood sugar is less likely to be due to the nurses pushing your Meropenem too quickly and more likely to the chocolate bar and family bag of chips I can see th wrappers of in...
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    Your favorite nursing gadget?

    talaxandra replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    My penlight torch - essential on night duty for avoiding tripping on things, checking pumps and looking in on patients without waking them up. I've also got a mini pulse oximeter I picked up at a...
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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

    Ah, the same principle as: if you can yell at the top of your lungs that you are dying and cannot breathe then no
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    documentation and getting MD orders

    talaxandra replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm with roser13 - it'd be really hard to support your asking for meds when the nursing documentation not only doesn't mention any agitation but actually says the patients were settled. I fanything...
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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

    "Are you serious? You want to make a formal complaint about my colleague, who you refer to as 'the Asian invasion,' because you didn't like her attitude when she attended your buzzing - though not...
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    death of canadian icu nurses?

    talaxandra replied to sister s's topic in MICU, SICU

    Although around fifteen Canadian nurses were infected during the 2003 outbreak I can only find reports about one nursing death, Toronto nurse Nelia Laorza. I suspect that if more health care workers...
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    H1N1 Vaccine in October, IF all goes well.(that is a big IF)

    talaxandra replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Australia's Commonwealth Serum Laboratories estimate they'll have a vaccine for H1N1 by August -
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    Anyone ever been recognized on AN ?

    talaxandra replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    It wouldn't be difficult to work out who I am for another AN member at my hospital, but nobody's said anything yet. I don't really post anything I woudn't say in RL,
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    Swine Flu - Cruise to Nowhere

    talaxandra replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    the media here are certainly keeping the public aware that a major outbreak is likely despite quarantine precautions - predictions of up to 20% of the population being affected have been made by...
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    I think my professor is making up stuff.......not sure what to do.

    talaxandra replied to katmarieRN's topic in General Students

    Write it down - even if you decide against taling this further it will make you feel like you're not just letting it go and give you an unbeatable source of annecdotes when you and friends reminisce...
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    I think my professor is making up stuff.......not sure what to do.

    talaxandra replied to katmarieRN's topic in General Students

    And some women desperately want to but are unable to and do not need more pressure or guilt. One can always come up with a reason to justify unethical behaviour. The motivation is unimportant - what...
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    NSW brings in pre-packaged hospital food.

    talaxandra replied to frellyou's topic in International Nursing

    My favourite
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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

    "First, it's 3AM - what has made you suddenly think your sodium is low? Yes, it was slightly lower than normal two days ago, which is why you're fluid restricted and not allowed to drink plain water,...
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    Please help. I need a e-mail buddy for class by Crystal

    talaxandra replied to Ketisha79's topic in International Nursing

    You're welcome :) The terms of service prohibit you from posting your email address here. My best suggestion is that you post on the website anough times that you can then use the PM system. the rule...
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    I think my professor is making up stuff.......not sure what to do.

    talaxandra replied to katmarieRN's topic in General Students

    Excellent! When you opened with her 'fact' that 90% of allergies were caused by giving babies milk/formula I suspected she had a particular axe to grind. So you want to demonstrate that her personal...
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    Please help. I need a e-mail buddy for class by Crystal

    talaxandra replied to Ketisha79's topic in International Nursing

    I'm happy to help - I won't post private information in a puiblic forum but you can send me a PM. Be advised that you need to have 15 posts to allnurses before you can use this
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    I think my professor is making up stuff.......not sure what to do.

    talaxandra replied to katmarieRN's topic in General Students

    You might want to have more support for your position before taking this further. Asking her where the "90%" statistic came from was a good start, but maybe you could go back and say you couldn't find...
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    Questions regarding work conditions in Australia

    talaxandra replied to DiverChick71's topic in International Nursing

    You'll find the answers to many of these questions by looking through other threads in this forum, particularly this and this. I haven't worked overseas so I can't give you any specific information...
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    Would you get treated at the hospital where you work?

    talaxandra replied to Goingthere's topic in General Nursing

    Would and have - two years ago I had surgery there, and I've presented to my ED on multiple occasions, and brought family there. I wouldn't be comfortable being treated on my own ward, but if the...
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    NSW brings in pre-packaged hospital food.

    talaxandra replied to frellyou's topic in International Nursing

    My favourite thig about our airline meal experience - when asked why they ate the chocolate, every single patient who ate the Freddo despite having diabetes said "It was on the tray." Uh-huh. And the...