koleaga

I made the transition about one year ago,absolutely the best thing ever. The transition is not as hard as an adult nurse anticpates it,you can get your 80kg 14yrs and then all meds etc are adult doses.It's a bit daunting when you get the little ones but if you pick a good hospital with a good orientation program you will have no worries Go for it! You will probably never go back to adults,children are so much more satisfying.

where do you work?

Hi Is this is the USA and may i ask where as iwould love to come there is it is a 1:1 ratio most of the time. Thanks

Hi I'm an Ozzie nurse working in Louisiana.Here ican can only touch the Fi02 on a vent. Can someone tell me in which states are they a little more proactive with nurses and vents???? Thanks

Hi I'm an Australian adult ICU nurse who is now in in a PICU in the New Orleans. There is no way ozzie nurses can double up.Firstly,here you don't touch the vents.I can only touch the Fio2.I don't even give nebulizer treatments(i can but tha'ts resp therapists job).When patients are admitted from OT/Er and they require a ventilator the resp tehrapist sets everything up and attaches patient.We are allowed to suction but we don't tie ETT tapes,do trachy care. Secondly,when you need you drips you scan an order down to phramacy and they draw it all up for you and send it up. Everything is computerized and there'sfar much more virtual paperwork. There obviously are pro and cons to both systems but you are expected to do alot more Oz. Hope that sheds some light,the two systems are completely different