AussieKylie

Hi I have been informed by Mt Royal College, that they had a cancellation next week and can fit me in for the SEC IEN assessment. I am like WWWWW HHHHHAAATTTTTT and thought I will give it a shot. However, I am not prepared. I question thou, is anyon...

Nursing, well it would have to be the most hardest jobs I have ever done. I have done Patient Care Work in hospital and yep that was hard too but I could manage that role. NOw being an RN and being placed in a very advanced ward Cardiac, I am not s...

Hi I was just thinking about the possible areas of Nursing specialties and the idea of Nursing in Hemodialysis unit once I am finished my degree could be a possibility. I am not 100% on the idea as I feel very unsure with my nursing direction. So t...

I have a question about Gentamicin? As in the Drug Handbook it states "The concentration of gentamicin in the solution should not exceed 1mg/mL". I would like to understand if the prescribed dose is 320mg how do I work out how much fluid it needs ...

Yep its a once off dose for 320mg IV

Hello everyone, Happy New Year to all I have an enquiry about shifts, shift changes and workloads for the 24/7 period. As my situation involves a busy acute ward and I have been doing alot of day shifts and sometimes get the busy workloads ie trac...

Hello everyone I am needing help with writing a narrative report in relation to patients that are returning to ward post operatively from ICU. I havent been nursing for 2 years and have return and have found myself writing a big speel about a post...

What I would change about nursing is the following: * Patient care is put first * Providing patient care is holistic * Nurses treat other nurses fairly and are friendly * Nurses provide to new nurses support and positive attitude * Nurses working tog...

Hi there I was wondering if anyone can help me out. Its been two years since I havent nursed. I have been living in Canada and I am wanting to return back to Brisbane by the new year 2010. I have sent my applications to hospitals in hope for empl...

LOL, thanks for the chuckle Joannep Yep I sure do speak English and I have a pulse lol :chuckle I have sent my applications to Brisbane hospitals and awaiting a reply anytime soon I hope:confused:

Hi there I know this sounds ridiculous question but I would like to ask for advice as I could be doing a Pediatric Clinical next month. I have never worked with kids before and this is part of the IEN upgrading course. I was wondering if anyone cou...

Hi John I am starting my Pediatric course this month and I need to get a few more details but I think it will be for a month and half. I am going with Mount Royal College. Right now they are trying to sort out the clinical practical dates in whic...

Thanks JanfRN

Hi there I was hoping some Pediatric nurses can help me out. I am doing a course to assist in upgrading my education for Canadian Nursing. I have never done pediatrics in Australia and I am doing the course and one of the questions of my theory m...

Thank you JanFrn The only two I came up with is 1. Socioeconomic status and 2. Cultural ie language barriers Thank you for your help

Hi JanfRN I have already done my SEC that is why they want me to take the course in Pediatrics and Obstetrics but being that I had an overwhelming year last year I wasnt in the frame of mind to do any courses, only until now that I feel ready to. I h...

Well I have decided I will doing the course in Child Health next month for Mount Royal College. I think I am in a better frame of mind and keen to conquer this hurdle in Pediatrics:up: Good luck to anyone else doing their studying too and other c...

Hi there I am a nurse from Australia and I am required to upgrade in Canada. One of the courses that I could be doing is Pediatric Nursing. I am very very very nervous and unsure to work with children. I will have to do a clinical practical no...

Thank you JanfRN, yeh I have been going through some of the posts and it looks like I have to go through more

Thank you so much November 551, I appreciate your help, thanks for the great info Now you have put my mind at ease

Hi there I am not an orthapedic nurse but I am curious about Orthapedics and complications that arise. I could possibly be working in the future of nursing where I will see postop patients that have had injured limbs and just like to learn more. So...

Hi there I am just wondering about Canadian Nursing, if doing an IV push is applicable for IVABs and Normal Saline FLushes? When is it not okay to not do a IV push? Thanks for your help Kylie

Thank you so much for your input and help :)

Thanks Fiona So therefore when doing IV push for Normal Saline flushes can be done through IV Bung? Well its just that I wasnt so sure what can be pushed through the IV bung because in Australia there are some IV ABs that can be pushed? So wasnt sur...

I dont like dealing with rude people period. Before I ever thought of nursing, I did customer service call center work or hospitality and I couldnt stand the rudeness of people over trivial things. It puts a downer on your day and I know it should ...