gwenith

gwenith BSN, RN

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  1. Ways to remove surgical staples effectively

    gwenith replied to micola75's topic in Burn

    Some of the short term pain relievers are also very good. I have seen Entonox used successfully in situations like this although not

  2. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    DIMIA:rolleyes - somehow the acronym just seems to

  3. Aussie nurses working in the U.S-know one?

    gwenith replied to fourwalls's topic in International Nursing

    I know of at least two nurses that I have worked with who have successfully passed the requisites and are currently working in the USA. A coupld of people on this board have also talked about going...

  4. So, I was offered a neuro ICU internship position....

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

    Sorry to rain on your parade - or in this case road trip! But there is NOTHING like a full on Neuro roadtrip. I always wanted to strangle that "Tangle Fairy" that lives in radiology - you know -the...

  5. links for nervous system

    gwenith replied to o2BRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html

  6. ICP - puzzled

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

    Hyperventilation only works to vasoconstrict for a short time. After a while the vessles dilate again - this is whay we no longer hyperventilate our patients - we usually "run" them at the low end of...

  7. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    Hi Grace I personally am worried - very worried because so much of the industrial action by nurses have centered on patient care and professional development. I personally would LOVE to hear from my...

  8. question re clinical skills???

    gwenith replied to bjs1962's topic in International Nursing

    ACCCN (Australian College of Critical Care Nuses) has a booklet outlining the competencies for working in ICU. http://www.acccn.com.au/ If you are looking for post registration competencies that...

  9. Choosing superannuation

    gwenith replied to happystar's topic in International Nursing

    Actually sometimes your bank will give free advice - however they might also want to sell you thier

  10. Universal Healthcare Questions

    gwenith replied to NeuroNP's topic in International Nursing

    I don't think what we have here can truly be called a univeral health care system. Not everything is free. Hospitals are free and there are waiting lists for ELECTIVE surgery and procedures. Take...

  11. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    Welcome to to the forum!! Thanks for dropping

  12. Pulmonary Toilet

    gwenith replied to powerpooch's topic in Burn

    fancy name for suctioning. Can be used to include bagging and suctioning - well at least around

  13. New Psych Diagnosis

    gwenith posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    An architech was admitted to the psych unit complaining of being obessed with intricate buildings. They diagnosed him as having a complex complex complex. After a while it became obvious that his...

  14. Resignation Retention

    gwenith replied to retention's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Oh! And if you are using a patient/nurse dependency system such as Trendcare or PAIS to work out nurse patient ratios - make sure that you are staffed to that system. I knew a place where they used...

  15. Resignation Retention

    gwenith replied to retention's topic in Michigan Nursing

    The Australian perspective - our pay does not really vary facility to facility so that is not a factor but the things that have made most difference here are 1) Workplace health and safety - no lift...

  16. "Your servers today will be..." Opinions please!

    gwenith replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would flat out refuse to hand out a card like that. PS It would be a little hard to pass out the forms when they are sitting in a rubbish bin don't you think? If every nurse just dumped the forms...

  17. Dealing with a bully at work...help

    gwenith replied to sdauph's topic in General Nursing

    Cursenurse is right but first make a list - document what he has said in the past because a confrontation like this can escalate the problem or lead to him making fun of you trying to stand up for...

  18. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    PS Tina - hope your daughter gets better and those spasms

  19. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    Yep! Sounds like an Orthopod - little bit 'o surgery can fix ANYTHING . Now you know why there are all those jokes about Orhtopaedic surgeons:p (?What is the difference between an orthopaedic surgeon...

  20. Apnea test and norepi

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

    Thanks Siri for the great information. Just checking Hilary but when you say she was a 3T are you refering to the Glasgow Coma Scale of 3? Just that sometimes the language and terms used are very...

  21. Smoking while on O2-bad idea

    gwenith replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Still think the patient smoking story that tops it all was the one about the nursing home patient (LTC patient) who used to hop into whichever bed was empty and light up. Unfortunately hopped into...

  22. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    I don't have as much problem with Physio's as I do with Occupational Therapists. I worked on major public hospital in Brisbane (which shall remain nameless) where the OTs took it upon themselves to...

  23. Change in ICU ratios?

    gwenith replied to lee1's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Here in Aus it is 1:1 but that does not neccessarily mean better. It does though underscore that not all things are equal. These so called 3:1 facilities (and I would ask the name of said places and...

  24. EN final exam

    gwenith replied to milenko's topic in International Nursing

    Lots of

  25. Evidence Based Practice

    gwenith replied to acuteobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know it is flying the Aussie flag but I still think one of the best sites for EBD for nursing is the Joanna Briggs Institute