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  1. Thoughts on Flu Shots

    jax replied to colleen10's topic in General Nursing

    I have it every year - and so far no flu. The thought of being sick for 1-2 weeks unable to work is too scary. It's definately one risk I don't want to take. I always get some sort of winter virus...

  2. Question about Jackson Pratt Drains & retention sutures

    jax replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    P RN thanks for the sites. They're great.

  3. Question about Jackson Pratt Drains & retention sutures

    jax replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    We remove our drains with suction still intact. I work Ortho and it's the surgeons preference. Anyone else do this? Not comfortable for the pt. but over very quickly. Our surgeons also like the...

  4. edgerton beds

    jax replied to jax's topic in Orthopedic

    Hi Marra We use edgerton beds for patients with spinal fractures, and our spinal injuries unit uses them for patients with spinal cord and bony injuries. The patients lies flat in the bed and the bed...

  5. edgerton beds

    jax posted a topic in Orthopedic

    We take pt's with bony spinal injuries with limited or no neurology on our unit and depending on how unstable the # is they are nursed on edgerton beds ( with or without tongs depending on # site.)...

  6. How soon post op do you turn your total hip replacement pattients?

    jax replied to brinasmommy27's topic in Orthopedic

    I haven't seen THR done via laproscope - sounds great. Curious as to what is the average length of stay? Are hemi-arthroplastys open or done via laproscope? Thanks for any replies.

  7. Functional / Team Nursing

    jax replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    EMTPTORN, I'm not the best person to answer your queries, try posting on the australian discussion board - I'm sure you'll get helpful advice.

  8. Functional / Team Nursing

    jax replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    my toddler just threw a sandal at the computer, and I got cut off - sorry. what I was going to say is that we call how we work team nursing, but it may be different to your definition of the same....

  9. Functional / Team Nursing

    jax replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    sorry I wasn't clearer. Where I work we are all RN's. On an am shift (8hrs) 2 RNs one generally experienced, one not work together to care for 10 or 11 patients - total patient care. Same goes for...

  10. Functional / Team Nursing

    jax replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    I work team nursing at the moment. There are approx. 14 RN's in one group of nurses and we work the same bed allocations for one month. Two RN's are allocated to our area on am/pm shifts, one on...