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    Best place to settle down

    talaxandra replied to pink flower's topic in International Nursing

    I so hate to say this but that sounds a lot like Adelaide, the capital of South Australia - it can get a little warm, but the weather's mostly warm, housing's more reasonable than the Big Two capital...
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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

    One of my patients has chronic back pain - she's now 150k (~330lb), can only mobilise 5 steps (to her electric scooter), and has chronic cellulitis from injecting 120mg morphine 4/24, plus TDS IM...
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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

    And "Well, that's the downside of being admitted to a major hospital - you get great service from very experienced staff but sometimes get bumped for trauma
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    How do you keep your hands in good shape?

    talaxandra replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    Also make sure you wet your hands before squirting on antiseptic liquid soap - it's the single biggest thing you can do to decrease driness in the first place (everything else is to counteract it once...
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    Does anyone ever feel guilty about care not given by the end of your shift?

    talaxandra replied to rtbabb's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is 24-hour care: it's the nature of the job that there will sometimes be things left over, either because you were too busy, they came up too late in the shift for you to address, or because...
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    Nursing and abortions

    talaxandra replied to breakinglightx's topic in General Nursing

    Not all hospitals even have gynae departments, so you could work in theatre or casualty without concern. Re: the post about Catholic hospitals performing D&C's - to operate as a recognised...
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    Do you think removing an NG tube is "killing someone"?

    talaxandra replied to krenee's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of ethical issues in health care can - like removing an NG tube - present like routine tasks, and it's not until someone draws attention to the potential ethical dimensions of the act that we...
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    Med Errors: Share Your Stories

    talaxandra replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I've made a number of drug errors that I know of, usually caught when a patient picked it up ("I usually have the yellow tablet in the morning/why is there only one blue tablet?" etc), and I'm sure...
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    Melbourne is awesome!

    talaxandra replied to frellyou's topic in International Nursing

    It's only cold and dreary some of the time, Grace, and not that much if you compare it, say, Tassie! Congratulations on your marvellously good taste, frellyou, and welcome in
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    Too young to be a nurse?

    talaxandra replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

    Almost all our grads are aged twenty three or under. The only reasont he average age of registered nurses is fourtyish is because so many young nurses leave the profession, not because you need to be...
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    Honouring the victims of Black Saturday - Feb 7 2009

    talaxandra posted a topic in International Nursing

    ~~I AM AUSTRALIAN~~ Bruce Woodley and Dobe Newton, 1987 I came from the dream-time, from the dusty red soil plains I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame. I stood upon the rocky shore, I...
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    Honouring the victims of Black Saturday - Feb 7 2009

    talaxandra replied to talaxandra's topic in International Nursing

    I don't think the new verses are as strong as the originals, but they more than make up for it with the emotional power or the lyrics Thanks, Janis - fortunately my family members who live in 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

    "Okay, so you knew you were comining in for an elective five day/four night admission that included being confined to bed (for continuous video/EEG monitoring). You haven't used your bowels since...
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    How to prevnt Medication Administration Errors

    talaxandra replied to NurseMike9111's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Can you post signs and/or include it as part of patient/family orientation that nurses doing medication rounds must not be interrupted? If you combined this with a
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    How to prevnt Medication Administration Errors

    talaxandra replied to NurseMike9111's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was going to suggest identifying where the errors occur, but reading your full post I see that's not the problem. Can you look at what the most comon interruptions are, and by whom? Obviously you'll...
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    new nurse biggest mistakes

    talaxandra replied to smtwinfalls's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    7. If it's more than two tablets or three ampoules, check the dose
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    insulin regime

    talaxandra replied to coffeekat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's possible, but way high. The highest reading I've had on a patient of mine was 120.8mmol/L (2174.4mg/DL) - she had started to trend high and treated her thirst with flavoured milk and fruit juice,...
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    10 years or longer in nursing?

    talaxandra replied to ICAN!'s topic in General Nursing

    High Velocity Intra-cranial Lead Therapy - oh for the love of all that's holy will someone please shoot this patient/relative in the
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    insulin regime

    talaxandra replied to coffeekat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think I'd still rather use a syringe,
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    I think we missed the signs and my pt died because of it

    talaxandra replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    I also forgot to say that I'm usually loathe to take a stance on how nurses ought to have acted when students have stories like these, but in this case there seems to be a really clear case of cause...
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    10 years or longer in nursing?

    talaxandra replied to ICAN!'s topic in General Nursing

    In June I, like tryingtohaveitall, will celebrate my twentieth year of nursing - full time, at the same hospital, on the same ward. I work at an acute tertiary referral hospital, so the patients grow...
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    APD regimes?

    talaxandra posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Greetings all :) We recently admitted a patient who's usually managed by a different hospital (he'd come in for an elective surgery with us) and I was struck by the difference between hospital...
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    Honouring the victims of Black Saturday - Feb 7 2009

    talaxandra replied to talaxandra's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Sue, there's a youtube (I think, but as youtube is blocked at work I'm not certain - the google search link is here) from yesterday's day of mourning service. Though the fires are still burning...
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    I think we missed the signs and my pt died because of it

    talaxandra replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    Also, I think it's great that you see this as "we missed something" - that indicates t me that you'll do well as a team member once you're registered
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    I think we missed the signs and my pt died because of it

    talaxandra replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    Those other conditions you mentioned (SLE, HT etc) all contributed to why she was at risk of stroke. The clinical picture you paint certainly indicates that she was at increased risk of that happening...