talaxandra

Medical

Member

  • Content

    3,037

  • Visitors

    24,352

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    51

All Content by talaxandra

  1. talaxandra

    Diabetic- wondering if i should do nursing

    talaxandra replied to DiabeticGirl18's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I work with a couple of nurses who have T1 diabetes. As long as you make sure you eat regularly you should be fine
  2. talaxandra

    really disappointed after my trip to the BON

    talaxandra replied to picurn10's topic in General Nursing

    I have really mixed feelings about the first case. I can certainly see the side that addicts tend to be manipulative etc, but it still seems really harsh. I have no doubt about the second case -...
  3. talaxandra

    The strangest thing you've ever seen on an x-ray?

    talaxandra replied to Spirit of Humor's topic in Nursing Humor

    A woman who cathed herself with a garden hose and dropped fish hooks into her bladder Another female patients who inserted a dozen or so pins and needles under her skin - she looked like she'd been...
  4. talaxandra

    ~!~ ...SERIOUSLY ...~!~

    talaxandra replied to 2bNurse22*'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You won't need all the A&P you learn as a student once you're registered. The problem is you never know which bits you need, and without a good grasp of what you do need to know none of the...
  5. talaxandra

    online BSN accepted in Australia?

    talaxandra replied to Alibaba's topic in International Nursing

    I would have thought that, provided you're registered, your qualifications would be recognised. It would, however, be unwise to make emigration plans based on my advice, so confirm this with the...
  6. talaxandra

    women working with women, why its so hard

    talaxandra replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like your workplace to me. The overwhelming majority of nurses I work with are female (maybe half a dozen guys out of fifty or so nurses) and we don't have an issue with back-biting,...
  7. talaxandra

    Weaker nurses at night?

    talaxandra replied to LeeniesMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    There are very few permanent night nurses where I work, hospital-wide not just on my floor, so the doctor the OP write about would be getting the same staff whenever he
  8. talaxandra

    NSW brings in pre-packaged hospital food.

    talaxandra replied to frellyou's topic in International Nursing

    Though they're often good in a pinch, I can't imagine eating nothing but prepacked meals long term, and that's without being sick. My hospital tenders out its support services (orderlies etc). When...
  9. talaxandra

    Weaker nurses at night?

    talaxandra replied to LeeniesMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ack! Sprung at
  10. talaxandra

    Ummm, I think the patient looks bad....

    talaxandra replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    I think part of the problem is that you weren't acknowledging then that the information you provided here was factoring into your assessment that there was spmething going on. Sometimes it won't be as...
  11. talaxandra

    Help on Spiking Blood Bags

    talaxandra replied to GlennRN's topic in General Nursing

    That would be
  12. talaxandra

    Help on Spiking Blood Bags

    talaxandra replied to GlennRN's topic in General Nursing

    In twenty years of nursing only once have I seen a spiked bag and that was during an arrest when the doctor hanging the blood was a little adrenalised. The plastic of the port is thicker than the bag...
  13. talaxandra

    Visiting Cambridge - learning experiences

    talaxandra posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I will be visiting Cambridge at the end of September/beginning of October. Though not my primary reason for going, I am interested in differences in practice between Australian and American hospitals,...
  14. talaxandra

    Night Shift? When do you exercise?

    talaxandra replied to Rabid Response's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I do an aerobic video as soon as I get up, then walk to work most days (90 minutes) and take the stairs to my 7th floor ward. One the morning of my first day off I swim for an hour between leaving...
  15. talaxandra

    Tipped?

    talaxandra replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    Off the top of my head, nurses refuse tips because: - you tip service staff, not professionals - it changes the dynamic of the patient/nurse relationship - you can not prove the money was given...
  16. talaxandra

    Why is there no "Neuro Nursing" under specialty??

    talaxandra replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in General Nursing

    I could not agree more! It could combine non-ICU neurosurg, neurology and stroke - if an admin is interested in following this up
  17. talaxandra

    Outback Nursing - Aus ... whats good/bad

    talaxandra replied to Deejay's topic in International Nursing

    I think all graduate nurses benefit from having general medical/surgical experience before specialising, whether that specialty is ED, ICU, OR, community health or rural (among the hundreds of other...
  18. talaxandra

    Parents never cease to surprise me

    talaxandra replied to NFB2008's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Did you say "that would be a fantastic outcome - most infants with holoprosencephaly so severe that it includes cyclopia die within
  19. talaxandra

    I need help from an RN from another country!! (I'm in the US)

    talaxandra replied to tanyaRN09's topic in International Nursing

    Sorry, I forgot about the 'number of posts before you IM' rule - you can email me
  20. talaxandra

    Things to do on night shift

    talaxandra replied to epg_pei's topic in General Nursing

    Visit
  21. talaxandra

    What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    talaxandra replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    ihave no idea what SBAR is but I agree with the rest of it - I feel like wrenching the phone from their grasp and apologising on behalf of nurses who have a clue. Ditto ringing for a Warfarin order...
  22. talaxandra

    I need help from an RN from another country!! (I'm in the US)

    talaxandra replied to tanyaRN09's topic in International Nursing

    I'd be happy to participate - I';ve been nursing twenty years next month and have two Master's (though not in nursing). PM me if you're interested
  23. talaxandra

    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    talaxandra replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing this isn't what you mean, but we quite often have painful (inducing psychic pain in us) patients and family, so that doesn't sound too bad to
  24. talaxandra

    Need some good summer reads!

    talaxandra replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    some medical/health books i've enjoyed recently: fiction: perri klass writes interesting literary fiction with medical protagonists - i particularly liked the mystery of breathing. tess gerritsen (who...
  25. talaxandra

    sorry to be nosey but whats the average nursing wage in australia

    talaxandra replied to wilksjo's topic in International Nursing

    Australia is almost as large as the contiguous US, so accommodation prices vary hugely. Much of the country is scarcely populated; the capital cities (except for the NT) are on the coast and cluster...