kiwideb

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1. Post-op pain managment

   kiwideb replied to crissrn27's topic in Pain Management

   find evidence based articles on post up ortho patients, print them out, highlight the "important" bits and post them to his practice blunt and too the point?? is it not poss to go thru his register or...

2. Aussie Nurse Moving to London

   kiwideb replied to macca81's topic in International Nursing

   hi macca, i'm from nz and arrived in june, it was sheer luck that when i applied to the nmc i got in a day early and avoided doing the ONP. i know a couple of other girls who have done it, and it's a...

3. Nclex London - over at last!! :-)

   kiwideb replied to Elleann's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   how long did you study for and how much did it cost to sit the

4. Codeine and coming to America

   kiwideb replied to madwife2002's topic in International Nursing

   is it true that you would need to be without for a full 8 weeks? that it would show up if you'd had it within that time? just curious

5. What are in your opinion the realities of nursing

   kiwideb replied to sweetpealoubylou's topic in International Nursing

   lol, fabulous myth/truth answer, was waiting for some myths to be put out there only to be dispelled, especially like the last one

6. Nursing in the Big Smoke, London!

   kiwideb replied to NurseyNurse19's topic in International Nursing

   i'd find temp accom first, have a look around a few places.... see what area you like. the biggest thing is finding a job that you want then getting somewhere close to that to live really! i moved...

7. Question about Stryker Drains

   kiwideb replied to Red251078's topic in Orthopedic

   our surgeons use stryker drains tho it appears our hospital's protocal is slightly different to all of yours! we start the clock at the time the drain was inserted and this time is handed over when...

8. Post total hip/knee pain management

   kiwideb replied to sharann's topic in Orthopedic

   also often use PCA's one to two days post op in combination with oral analgesia then move onto oral analgesia with IM morphine/pethidine charted for breakthru pain. never come back from PACU with...

9. no abduction pillow w/ THR

   kiwideb replied to mommynmaddie's topic in Orthopedic

   what is an abduction pillow? we just use an ordinary pillow to lay between the patients legs while in bed and while swivelling around i.e. to get out of bed.... was wondering if this is what you mean...

10. Change of shift report

    kiwideb replied to SweetnurseS's topic in Medical-Surgical

    i work in a 32 bed surgical ward. we tape our report. all nurses on next shift have a patient list with name, age, dr, how many days post op, operation, diet, then blank space to fill in whatever we...