gwenith

gwenith BSN, RN

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  1. Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

    gwenith posted a topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Having been guilty myself of hijacking threads saying hello and just chatting to my fellow Aussies I thought it might be worthwhile for us to have a thread that is just dedicated to general Aussie...

  2. Terms we will not admit to using

    gwenith posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    You all have heard of them and of course we never actually use any of these terms but somehow they are there and everyone knows them....... There the "unofficial" abbreviation list like FLK Funny...

  3. Neurosurgical Resources

    gwenith posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Hi I have just taken on the moderation for this forum - I have spent a number of years (more than I like to admit to ) working and teaching in general Intensive Care units as well as working for some...

  4. Glasgow Coma Scale

    gwenith posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    The Glasgow Coma Scale has been used successfully for a number of years now BUT it has it's limitations. I find it especially limited with the non-verbal or ventilated patient. It is frustrating...

  5. Burns Dressings Resources

    gwenith posted a topic in Burn

    I am making this a separate thread and will be including many product websites simply for easy reference. In including these site we are in no way endorsing the product they have been posted here so...

  6. Burns Resources

    gwenith posted a topic in Burn

    Hi! I have just taken on moderation of this forum. I have worked burns ICU but do not consider myself an "expert". We recently changed the title of this forum from "Burn ICU" to "Burn Nursing" so we...

  7. UK Nursing and European Resources

    gwenith posted a topic in United Kingdom

    I started this thread to list websites that can be used as resources for those working in or looking to work in the United Kingdom. I have added the potential to list European sites that may be...

  8. Member Recommended Reading for Neurosurgical/Neurological Nursing

    gwenith posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    i have taken the inspiration for this from the neonatal icu forum. i thought that we might like to exchange booklists and recommended articles. please add to this thread - this is about sharing...

  9. Respiratory Assessment Case Study with Lung Sounds!!

    gwenith posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have found what has to be the BEST case study for respiratory assessment!! It even has lung sounds (really really juicy ones too:p) Trouble is - no answers So I figure we can all have a go. You...

  10. Steven Johnson Syndrome

    gwenith posted a topic in Burn

    I was just wondering what everyones experience was with this syndrome. Although I no longer work in burns in the time I was there we had 7 caasses in one year!!! It seemed to me that we could NOT...

  11. ICU websites

    gwenith posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I thought I would start a thread on different ICU websites and everyone can add to it as they like. First site has to be Mark Hammerschmidt's excellent site http://www.icufaqs.org/ An Aussie link (of...

  12. Non-Pharmaceutical interventions for Pain

    gwenith posted a topic in Holistic

    We are about to hold a day seminar for ICU/High Dependency nurses and amoung it I would LOVE to include some non-pharmaceutical interventions for pain. Simple quick stuff that an acute care nurse...

  13. Nurses go for trial

    gwenith posted a topic in International Nursing

    I know this is old news but I don't think it has been posted about here and it needs discussing. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20845201-23289,00.html...

  14. It's Official We are definitely short staffed

    gwenith posted a topic in International Nursing

    Not enough staff and NO agency nurses. Came in to do an extra shift on my day off and ended doing a double!! I am more than happy to share the workload if people want to come and work here in...

  15. Not brain-dead, but ripe for transplant

    gwenith posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19125633.400-not-braindead-but-ripe-for-transplant.html This I feel may be a disturbing trend and I would like to see more ethics investigation prior to going...

  16. 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...

  17. 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!!)...

  18. 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...

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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...

  22. 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...

  23. 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...

  24. 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

  25. 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