gwenith BSN, RN

gwenith is a BSN, RN and specializes in ICU.

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1. Rudd's attempt to lure nurses back

   gwenith replied to Grace Oz's topic in International Nursing

   Totally agree Grace! I might actually talk to my local member who is in the Rudd cabinet about ways to fix the nursing shortfall. One initiative is to break the universities of the january to december...

2. Q on NZ and Australian license

   gwenith replied to dindog's topic in International Nursing

   Write ALL your experiences down. Personally judging by relatives who are accountants - she is probably just as likely to pick up a job as an accountant as a nurse (and will possibly make more money!!)...

3. Doyaspeakadaenglish?

   gwenith replied to Grace Oz's topic in International Nursing

   I know there are some people born and bred here who are very hard to understand - Gympie is developing it's own accent for example. What surprised me was that this was the EEO office's view of the...

4. Doyaspeakadaenglish?

   gwenith replied to Grace Oz's topic in International Nursing

   I am surprised since I was informed that even asking someone to repeat what they said because you could not understand thier accent was in fact

5. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

   Well at least we have some rain in the dams lately so the drought it not so bad. (but a long way from being broken yet) Happy and prosperous new year to you

6. Stupidest reason to go to ER

   gwenith replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

   Don't freak but over here we actually ask people to bring the snake in with them - aids in identification (a lot of ours look similar - just don't ask me to do the actualy ID because for that you have...

7. Q on NZ and Australian license

   gwenith replied to dindog's topic in International Nursing

   You stand a better chance of getting jobs if you have experience. There are a couple of good threads here about how to go about doing a challenge test. Otherwise you will have to do a bridging...

8. requirements of a foreign nurese?

   gwenith replied to manila07's topic in International Nursing

   Hmmmm - seems Queensland health is running a refresher/re-entry program and they USED to be a way to register if you were trained overseas http://www.thinknursing.com/ AIN position description and...

9. Aussie Citizenship Test

   gwenith replied to nyapa's topic in International Nursing

   It is a total load of crock and with any luck it will be scrapped

10. Not asking for medical advice, but...

    gwenith replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    You need to talk to someone. The condition is highly variable and NOT YOUR FAULT!! It's the ol' hormones dear;) BUT PLEASE - see your

11. new to neuro icu--will I ever be comfortable?

    gwenith replied to newohiorn's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Hang in there mate! It will all come together soon - remember deep breaths and say after me "Think calm blue ocean, think calm blue

12. Sepsis....I called it!

    gwenith replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you!! Personally I think ALL doctors should spend some time in ICU - just to see what Septic shock is all

13. Personal Care Assistant Issues (long!)

    gwenith replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

    Wound care - especially packing wounds would not be in any CNA/personal carers job description I would think. This sounds WAAAAAY" outside your scope of practice - as for rolling a 250 KG man by...

14. Nsg care of hypotensive pt

    gwenith replied to OncNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    If he was on Beta Blockers he may not have been. Beta Blockes sometimes "mask" the symptoms of shock by preventing

15. Attack on nurses shows how deep the health care crisis really is

    gwenith replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You will never find ANY single payer system anywhere that people are 100% happy with. Often the countries that have single payer systems look on public complaints, especially in the media, as a...