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  1. Australian Graduate Entry Nursing Courses

    rachelgeorgina replied to zoeb's topic in International Nursing

    University of Technology, Sydney has a two year grad entry B. Nursing, which is run on par with the undergraduate course, only

  2. Most Impressed as a patient (future nurse)

    rachelgeorgina replied to sydneymum14's topic in International Nursing

    North Shore Private is a fantastic hospital, I think. At least, I did a two week clinical there on the cardiothoracic unit and it was brilliant. The staff had a fantastic attitude toward students, the...

  3. Taped Handovers

    rachelgeorgina replied to carolmaccas66's topic in International Nursing

    I did one clinical with taped handovers. It ran relatively smoothly. The staff for the incoming shift gathered in the tea room and listened to the tape together.. much as other verbal handovers I've...

  4. Graduate Nurse

    rachelgeorgina replied to rickmoss's topic in International Nursing

    I'm just completing my second year of my degree and with the applications for new grad positions a little over six months away it's starting to really hit home. We've all heard about the shortage of...

  5. BMT and Haematology Units

    rachelgeorgina replied to Klingzor's topic in International Nursing

    In Sydney I believe that St. Vincents is the big centre for BMT and other health services (outside South Eastern Sydney & Illawarra) typically refer patients for BMT there. However both children's...

  6. Difficulty Aspirating NG Tube

    rachelgeorgina posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am hoping someone can shed some light on this. I've not worked a lot with NG tubes before (I typically work with profoundly disabled kids who have G tubes) however I've come into a situation where...

  7. Difficulty Aspirating NG Tube

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks a lot for your comments and feedback. I'm going to keep all of these things in mind next time I encounter this

  8. Difficulty Aspirating NG Tube

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Brandon. What size syringe would you suggest? & can you explain how to pull back with a lot of force? Would that involve using a larger syringe or injecting air or something else that I...

  9. Caring for a COPD patient

    rachelgeorgina replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Pulmonary

    I know these families are awful to have to deal with... but did you ever wonder why they behave in the manner that they do? My grandma and her sister were both very sick in the hospital with end stage...

  10. Eating Disorders

    rachelgeorgina posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm really curious to hear if anyone has worked with eating disorders whilst in psych, particularly in an eating disorder specific setting. I'm really interested in this aspect of psychiatric care as...

  11. oxytocin and dehydration

    rachelgeorgina replied to hvnzangel99's topic in General Students

    The nurse wouldn't be deciding how much oxytocin to prescribe the patient. That's not within a nurse's scope of practice. A doctor writes a prescription/orders medication. As a nurse, you check that...

  12. The culture of nursing - Professional behaviour & conduct

    rachelgeorgina posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently a second year student and getting ready to go on my first clinical placement as a second year in two weeks time. I'm really, really looking forward to placement, especially now that we...

  13. The culture of nursing - Professional behaviour & conduct

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! This is exactly my problem. Sometimes I wonder whether I would be better off as one of the many students in my course who do not speak a good scope of English and act more like flies on the wall...

  14. administering blood products

    rachelgeorgina replied to ello7's topic in General Nursing

    Does your ward not have a blood fridge so you can get the blood you need but not contaminate

  15. Developmental disability nursing

    rachelgeorgina replied to Chrissy35's topic in International Nursing

    I work in a rehabilitation hospital in Sydney for profoundly disabled and developmentally delayed children from 0-19. We have children who essentially live in the facility for various reasons as well...

  16. The worst code you've seen?

    rachelgeorgina replied to jesshopper12's topic in General Nursing

    I was on a unit where this happened. Relatively stable patient had been taken by a porter to radiology. She arrested in the elevator on the way back to the unit with only the porter with her who had...

  17. A really good student nurse

    rachelgeorgina replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this

  18. NG tube interventions?

    rachelgeorgina replied to ceblanke326's topic in General Students

    Tube placement would be one of the first things you'd

  19. Nursing Care Plan for Trisomy 18

    rachelgeorgina replied to alalimarmo's topic in General Students

    I nursed an eight-year-old with this condition once. She was just

  20. Nursing intructor abuse- Where can I find help please

    rachelgeorgina replied to bleverett's topic in General Students

    Is there not someone/an authority above your clinical instructor that you can go

  21. How should a student nurse approach an uncooperative CNA for help?

    rachelgeorgina replied to bluehippo's topic in General Students

    I'm curious, why couldn't you do

  22. Ethical issues regarding medications!!!! Need help

    rachelgeorgina replied to FutureLPN2010's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What do you know about the legalities of medication administration in general? That will help you answer these questions. For example, do you need to actually observe the patient swallow the tablet or...

  23. NG tube help!

    rachelgeorgina replied to jcolli01's topic in General Students

    Tube feeding: practical guidelines and nursing protocols: this book has several patient guides/step by step instructions for inserting tubes, plus all sorts of other relevant info. It's totally...

  24. NG/OG tube placement

    rachelgeorgina replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's standard practice here to x-ray for confirmation of placement before commencing feeding. With an ND tube you need to x-ray for confirmation of placement in the stomach before pushing the tube...

  25. Do nurses have an advantage in becoming a doctor?

    rachelgeorgina replied to jesse_james's topic in General Nursing

    Here, getting into postgrad med counts on three things: GPA, GAMSAT (our version of the MCAT) & interview. In the interview, they look for people with life experience, amongst other things....