kidznurse

kidznurse

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  1. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

    kidznurse replied to gwenith's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    What does 'lol' mean keep getting it from the Americans and don't know if its an insult or

  2. Merck suspends lobbying for Gardasil vaccine

    kidznurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    would be better don't you think that the requirement for school attendance be either a certificate of vaccination or a certificate of exemption for those who don't believe in the vaccination. that...

  3. Please help!! US Citizens using Aus BSNs to work in the US

    kidznurse replied to Murasaki81's topic in International Nursing

    Maybe its different now but I found the NCLEX a

  4. Low income women out of luck?

    kidznurse replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    then again one idea of mmr ( measles mumps rubella) vaccination is to prevent infection to future unborn foetus, and to prevent sterility in post pubertal males so it's given in immunisation...

  5. Please help!! US Citizens using Aus BSNs to work in the US

    kidznurse replied to Murasaki81's topic in International Nursing

    When I worked in the States I did a CGFNS exam prior to going then sat the New York NCLEX after 6months working there. lew through . No issues with my NZ quals .it was in 1990 though so don't know if...

  6. Documentation

    kidznurse replied to AussieTina's topic in International Nursing

    I found a systematic approach helped me. Do top to toe assessment description using headings to jog your memory eg neuro: Alert and active, or lethargic and irritable. Febrile temp. 39.0c now 37.8 2...

  7. Low income women out of luck?

    kidznurse replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    But HPV as a sexually transmitted disease will affect others. Other sexual partners then contract the virus so surely it is therefore a communicable disease. It is insidious and will take a while...

  8. Low income women out of luck?

    kidznurse replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Free vaccintions for childhood diseases are available in NZ with HPV vaccine is being introduced now but our uptake rate across theboard still lags behind other OECD countries among the disengaged and...

  9. Social Inequality Kills

    kidznurse replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Money per se is not the answer .Not everyone uses money wisely . Children are valued more in countries with low per capita birthrate . Where life is cheap children are surplus commodities and traded...

  10. Teamplaying or Enabling?

    kidznurse replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    bottem line always has to be how safe are the

  11. Foreign-trained nurses

    kidznurse replied to mysfit5's topic in General Nursing

    I think the term foreign trained nurse is interesting. I find that nurses who are trained in English speaking or OECD countries tend to nurse in a similar way. But nurses from poorer countries where...

  12. Scary!!!!!

    kidznurse replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the community and found a new immigrant family with their O2 tank next to a couple of primus stoves they were cooking on . We'd ascertained that they wouldn't smoke around the o2 but not...

  13. Post-traumatic nurse disorder ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    kidznurse replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I lie awake at night worrying about clinical decisions I've made in the community , was it the treatment , will that mum cope with the NG Ive just inserted etc. When I worked in hospitals I could...

  14. Generational Differences: kindly share your opinion/experience

    kidznurse replied to yuuki's topic in General Nursing

    1. Gen x born in 1962. But I trained the old apprentice style hospital system which started phasing to tertiary ed institutions just before i started so in terms of nursing generation I'm a baby...

  15. New Nurse needing support, or I'll quit!!

    kidznurse replied to Diva Nurse Dani's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sorry to hear your feeling overloaded. I'd been working about 12 years before doing paed oncology and I think that my previous experience had helped me to cope with what is a very demanding area...

  16. 4 month old with chronic constipation

    kidznurse replied to jprn05's topic in Pediatric

    As both a paeds nurse and a mother whose fully breast fed (until 6months) infant son was constipated from 4months until 3years I haven't a definitive answer. Some would say mixed breast and bottle...