ICU_nurse

Just finished reading it, absolutely loved it. I'd heard of it years ago and stuck it on my "to read list" but never got round to it. Recently spotted it on my friend's bookcase and decided to sneak off with her copy :-DStayed up 'til 4am reading thi...

Vents = 1:1 CRRT = 1:1 BiPap = 1:1 HDU = 1:2 I don't know how it is safe to have anything more than 1:1 ratios for critically ill patients. To those that work under conditions like that I take my hat off to you!

Good luck for your interview Beth! The questions I'm about to post may or may not be useful- I'm not familiar with how things are done in the US, but these are pretty stock-standard questions used in interviews here in Aus. There are a few categories...

Smart casual is always the way to go with interviews. Nice top, plain coloured slacks and covered in shoes (heels or flats, whatever you're more comfy in). From there, if you like you can add a vest, blazer, cardigan, jacket, or whatever else you lik...

In regards to the original question of would I call a MET/RR on a patient who is NFR/NFI? Yes. Just because a patient has been documented as not for resus/intuabtion/icu/inotropes/whatever esle, doesn't mean thay are not for continued medical manage...

This is known as the "doctrine of double effect". A very interesting concept in law and ethics; doing something good that may in turn cause something bad, is ok to do if the bad outcome/side effect was not intended (the most common example in medico-...

Just forwarding on information as is current on the website. No need to be disrespectful. Glad my help was appreciated

Then I'd check on the requirements for your visa first then :-)

"just get someone else to do it". Not a great attitude to take into the nursing profession... It's sometimes not that easy to "just get someone else to do it for you". Your colleagues will be just as busy as you are. It's often hard enough to find so...

I find your question really interesting. I like how you already realise that certain areas of nursing are going to be "poor choices" as you put them. Good on you for taking it seriously and trying to plan early. What sticks with me though is if a tra...

Hello lsid. Hope this can give you some direction! 1. Start the registration process (and start it early!). Give yourself a good 9-12 months (being generous) to get your registration sorted. As Mcadamia said, the national registration board is only n...

Australia has recently changed from state nursing boards, to a single National Regsitration Board. There are 5 Criterion that you must meet to gain Australian Registration. AHPRA (our board) has a page dedicated to internationally trained nurses, you...

Hello there. I'm an RN working in ICU for the last 4 years. Hope I can answer afew of your questions 1. How similar is ICU nursing between the two countries? That I can't answer because I've never worked in the US! However I have heard they are quite...

I (personally) love Landau just because the cut looks smart and fits well (we wear navy scrubs, thank goodness cos I really hate patterned ones!). I have one top in the Urbane range which i don't like because it's too short and is cut weird (says its...

Nothing wrong in my opinion about buying uniforms (or clothes in general!) from an op-shop. They get washed before they get put on the shelf, you'll wash them when you get them home, so they're just as clean as someone washing their own when they get...

My interview for this ICU position im currently in took place after my 4th (out of 4!) night duty! So My memory has faded a little in regards to the questions. I do remember I had 9, 3 from each interviewer. 3 were clinically based (a pt's ECG trace...

Agreed, brilliant resource. I downloaded the odd chapter every now and then on night duty, to help me do some self directed study- I loved it, as I read it, everything just "clicked" and made moving on to a more detailed/scientific-based text a whole...

Our unit has no policy regarding the labelling of IV lines at the distal end (only infusion end, Must have the bright orange IV additive label on it). But it is common practice for nurses to do it. I like it, I feel somewhat "organised" when Its done...

I guess you would call our unit "open". Visitors must enter the waiting room where they ring through to the desk (ward clerk will answer in-hours, if not, whoever is nearer to the phone!) and it is checked with the nurse caring for that pt if visitor...

It's a safety issue, not a matter of them being "easy" (which sometimes they most certainly are!!) Ward policy states that our Ventilated patient's are never to be left unattended. We don't have assistants or anything (apart from the PSA, who we grab...

It's a safety issue, not a matter of them being "easy" (which sometimes they most certainly are!!) Ward policy states that our Ventilated patient's are never to be left unattended. We don't have assistants or anything (apart from the PSA, who we grab...

i think credit belongs to meandragonbrett for that website, not me! I havent been on it in ages, overdue for a visit i think! parko

trust me, you wil be doing ALOT of self directed learning! Thats one reason why i love nursing, you will never ever stop learning new stuff good luck Sponge! Parko ps: that website above is very good ^^

Congrats on making a decision! Considering you've put a fair amount of thought/planning into this, I'd say that whatever you decided would have been right for you. You will learn so much once you get there :-) Best of luck with your program!

I recently went to my hospital's library (self directed learning, what can i say, the mood happened to strike me!) and I got a bunch of stuff (was mainly after study material for acid-base balance/ABG's). including a great book called "Critical Care ...