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  1. What are Aussie hospital patients like?

    jax replied to bukko's topic in International Nursing

    I work in a large public hospital in an orthopaedic unit, so we have the elderly #NOFs and the young trauma patients. A bit of everything. Some of the patients follow instructions, use their brains...

  2. think a 7 yr old is ready to use an inhaler?

    jax replied to lifeLONGstudent's topic in Pediatric

    Use a spacer with the inhaler - its a lot more efficient for inhaled meds with

  3. Lack of Confidence/Self esteem. I cried at Clinicals tonight

    jax replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a new nurse I was the same. It is rather confronting to approach complete strangers and ask them very personal questions and touch their body, especially if all your skills are new and...

  4. Splinting a casted arm, a nursing intervention?

    jax replied to humiliated's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an ortho unit, we use them as we see fit. Our surgeons would pitch a fit if one of the hand/arm patients was ambulating without a high arm

  5. Med-Surg Topic of the Week .... Nurse to Patient Ratios

    jax replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    1:4 on days, 1:5 on evenings and 1:10 on nightshift. No nursing aids. Secretary for the day and half of the evening shift. One RN team leader for each shift who has no patient load. We are a 48 bed...

  6. Massage...how often do you indulge?

    jax replied to Nemhain's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I can relate to Stephs too shy comment. I am currently learning massage, and as much as I love to massage other people, I have had a lot of difficulty exposing my body for other students to practice...

  7. Availability of food/drinks

    jax replied to memphispanda's topic in General Nursing

    We supply nothing for the family - there's a canteen downstairs, and vending machines scattered around. If they are sitting with a dying pt. , I'll make them a tea or coffee, but that is literally...

  8. Danish student seeks contact with nurses in Queensland

    jax replied to dortestilling's topic in International Nursing

    Hi, I am a Queenslander, and a mother to 2 lively boys! I have been working in a large Queensland public hospital for the past 14 years. Would be happy to have a 'chat', PM me and I'll pass on my...

  9. Night nurses: Do you have a sign?

    jax replied to PJMommy's topic in General Nursing

    I used to put up a sign that said, "Baby sleeping, don't even think about knocking." My 'baby' was actually 8, and at school, but I wasn't comfortable with a sign that identified me as a shift...

  10. old skills that we do not use anymore

    jax replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    I used to be a mean hand at scrubbing bed pans, changing water for the flowers, damp dusting surfaces prior to starting my shift, methoing the surfaces in the treatment, and pan rooms and not to...

  11. cooling down after CPR

    jax replied to Dirk's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have just learned something new. thankyou

  12. Can you be allergic to alcohol??

    jax replied to weetziebat's topic in General Nursing

    The only type of alchol I can tolerate is vodka. All others, especially red wine, result in an instant running nose, running itchy eyes, wheezing and in one memorable instant, facial and neck...

  13. Learning thread (ER medicine)

    jax replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    I don't know, but would love to know the

  14. massage therapists in acute care

    jax posted a topic in International Nursing

    Does any-one work in a hospital that employs a massage therapist? OR has anyone seen an independently employed massage therapist come into their hospital to see patients? thanks.

  15. massage therapists in acute care

    jax replied to jax's topic in International Nursing

    thanks for your replies.

  16. working school hours only?

    jax replied to scoobydoo's topic in International Nursing

    These positions are next to impossible to find in acute care in my neck of the woods. I work two evenings a week, and will be doing 2, 4 hour meal reliefs (9-1300) next year when the little one...

  17. nursing diagnosis

    jax posted a topic in International Nursing

    Just curious as to what happened to nursing diagnosis? They were the bane of my student nurses life. It always seemed like an exercise in word play more than any thing else. One day the hospitals...

  18. Fractured HIP patient - Need question answered

    jax replied to lcbaird's topic in Orthopedic

    Hello Icbaird, Our #nofs come to us via A&E on a trolley and are then pat-slid into bed. We provide pressure care, wash them in bed etc,, and this, obviously involves moving them. We use 5lb of...

  19. nursing diagnosis

    jax replied to jax's topic in International Nursing

    thanks gwenith - it was one of those questions that has been floating around the back of my mind for quite some

  20. NG canisters:Do you empty at change of shift?

    jax replied to Stormy62's topic in General Nursing

    Our naso-gastric tubes are usually on 4th hourly aspirates as well as free drainage, so we're fiddling with them anyway, I change the bag at the end of the shift after doing an aspirate. If there is a...

  21. Postpartum rooms in your hospital, are they all private?

    jax replied to Natalieboo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was in a 4 bed room when I had my second son ( 2 years ago, in the Southern Hemisphere), it was sooooo noisy , it wasn't the mums and bubs so much, as the constant arrivals and discharges. As soon...

  22. feelings about double rooms

    jax replied to starryx2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I liked the wards, you could eyeball everyone at a glance, and if confused Mr Smith in the corner was climbing out of bed, you had 6 people on the buzzer to let you know. I feel uncomfortable being...

  23. Foreign MDs becoming US CRNAs

    jax replied to calgal's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I believe that Rep was discussing the cultural differences between your two countries - I didn't see anything offensive in her/his post.

  24. We're Being Beaten!!!!

    jax replied to gwenith's topic in International Nursing

    Here's my contribution to the cause.

  25. how are student nurses treated on placements?

    jax replied to emmy's topic in International Nursing

    In reply to your question Rav, YES.! It'll take me sometime to formulate a reply, but I graduated from a hospital in 1990, and things are very different.