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Just want to get a feel for everyones view on nurse/ patient ratios... Do you have them? Are they working for you? What are your ratios? Just wondering guys... about here and abroad... Victoria has them.... and wasn't that a bloody long fight! But wh...

It does sound like interstitial cystitis. A cystoscopy and biopsy may be needed for diagnosis. Urodynamic studies may also help rule out poor bladder compliance or hyperactive bladder. It is a hard one. She must see a urologist as soon as possible as...

In a similar vein... as a urology nurse i was preparing a presentation for nursing staff about catheters when the topic of "sex with catheters" came up. The consultant urologist that i asked was horrified and said that he had never been asked such a...

Are there any Australian Nurse out there who would be interested in getting our own section of threads Is that even possible? Let me know.....

Can people please tell me of their experiences with dmso for intrerstitial cystitis? I have never come across it until now... Thank you

http://www.australianidol.yahoo.com I think cheerfuldoer that this is the website.... It has begun to get exciting....

I have also found that the 'Nursing 2003' series is very good. I am an avid A.N.J. supporter but it is mostly professional issues as opposed to pratical.

I have always found the http://www.medscape.com website great - it has all specialities

They are working really quite well. We are currently gearing up for the next public sectore E.B.A. and there are a few hiccups that do need sorting out. The ratios have helped keep nurses nursing but maybe its is naive of the government to think tha...

Sometimes if you have a web washer thingy on then it does have some trouble displaying... if that happens to me the screen will roll and then say not available.

As a urology nurse I came across the use of hyperberic treatment for a patient with bladder tumours who had a problem with bleeding... can someone please explain the basis for this please? I ain't no hyperbaric specialist but I do find it fascinating...

The thing that really struck me as sad and inspiring - very poignant really - was the fact that they went back home in seperate coffins. Imaging living all your life together and then only in death are you apart.. amazing stories and amazing women

I use this basic rule of thumb.... Whoever (or is it whomever??) is performing the procedure should gain consent, either verbal or written depending upon the type or procudere. But every state and country are different so check it out in your own nec...

Good post... Where do youo think that this will leave us with electronic note writing that I can assume will come in everywhere eventually. Computers can be hacked into and things altered. Are we leave ourselves at risk of being sued do you think?

I am so with you guys... I am working as a clinical nurse consultant type role in Australia. One morning a week the team get together for a meeting. Well as the only nurse representative on this team it is me who has to get the tea and coffee - and ...

I support North Melbourne, who are now only called the Kangaroos, who are soon going to be based in another state all togehter and whom have a home ground in the nations capital Canberra! Go figure!

Well in Victoria, Australia, we have nurse patients ratios and they are all very technical but they work great. Each hospital is allocated a catergory A, B, or C dependant on a number of factors... bed numbers, acuity, emergency room within hospital,...

Oh my God! I cannot believe this.... i don't believe that we have lost repect in the community. every year one of those "who do you trust the most" surveys comes out and nurses are always in the top few professions that people trust. of course the ...

Re: spacenurse comments post #6 Belinda Morieson is my absolute hero! I beleive that the nurse patients ratios, although will need to be continually reviewed, are certainly a fanastic concept. I beleive this has lead a number of staff back into the ...

Hey Everyone.... Yes I have delivered at the hospital I work at and am devestated that I will not get a chance to do it again as they are closing that unit. My doctor I worked with when she was starting out, as was the anaesthetist. I got a double ro...

I completely agree with gwenith... We don't practice it as a rule, but you are always aware of the drainage amount as it is draining so as to not allow the bladder to go into shock. The pain of retention versus the pain of bladder spams is certainly ...

Sorry I answered the first one..... See ya there!

Oh now that is a question with many different sub questions isn't it? Firstly SPC's certainly do have a purpose in a certain case. Is the patient SPCed because of BPH? Because here we don't usually do that. SPC's are reserved for usually for long t...

my question is this... how do you put them on without them sticking to your glove or do you all use the one glove technique???

I know I am a bit slow at replying but here it is anyway... I am a University trained nurse. Whilst training I worked in a personal care environment so that the most basic of nursing skills i.e personal care would come easier to me when I did hit the...