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  1. why do nurse manager cheat on last paycheck when staff quit?

    rachelgeorgina replied to Aviationurse's topic in General Nursing

    You are entitled to the money. End

  2. Help with care plan please!

    rachelgeorgina replied to NStiger88's topic in General Students

    Long term goal? Maintain care of the stoma site and trachy to prevent superficial wound infection & subsequent consequences (e.g. spread/sepsis) Short term goal? Replace lost natural function of...

  3. can someone help me with hypokalemia?

    rachelgeorgina replied to totoy1's topic in General Students

    Have you heard of Google? Hypokalemia: low concentration of potassium in the blood. (Go look up why potassium is important if you don't know that one, otherwise none of this will make sense.) - The...

  4. Over confident colleague

    rachelgeorgina replied to SNurselewlew's topic in General Nursing

    I once got told by my clinical instructor that I was "over-confident", which she counted against me. I wasn't going around with stories about CPR on the street, though. I was just a first year on...

  5. Treating the Muslim patient

    rachelgeorgina replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    As part of my nursing degree we took classes the the theory and practice of "cultural safety" and "culturally competent practice". I know it sounds wank-y and it certainly doesn't teach the needs and...

  6. Just a vent about nursing school

    rachelgeorgina replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Students

    Good on

  7. Do you practice your skills on dummies/mannequins

    rachelgeorgina replied to AusNurse2B's topic in General Students

    We started out on those fancy AU$14,000 dummies that have a remote control and a blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate and so forth. They can cough and crackle and wheeze and everything. I've found...

  8. Is this typical of an ADN program?

    rachelgeorgina replied to foreverLaur's topic in General Students

    We have to opt in for critical care during our elective period in our third (and final year). All our other placements are med/surg and/or med/surg specialties (e.g. cardiovascular ward, colorectal...

  9. Should I be concerned...

    rachelgeorgina replied to Bill_Daria_07's topic in General Students

    This was my first YEAR of nursing. & in Australia, it seems to be the norm, too. Calm down, keep cool,

  10. Just a vent about nursing school

    rachelgeorgina replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Students

    I get this. There is so much wank messed up with the important/interesting stuff. What gets me is how slowly the course work goes. The only skill we've covered (really) this semester is priming an IV...

  11. "Skills"

    rachelgeorgina replied to SrnD's topic in General Students

    Explain to your clinical instructor your dilemma. You need to practice these skills, haven't had the opportunity yet and you're VERY nervous about them. & same to the nurses of the floor. That...

  12. Anxiety Disorder - need help making case study

    rachelgeorgina replied to endin2010's topic in General Students

    I suggest you look up the list of symptoms of each disorder, then make up a person and situation and apply them. E.g. Nurse has interuptted 20 year old Marsha washing her hands four times today....

  13. I really need some advice...long......

    rachelgeorgina replied to beanpod's topic in General Students

    Fig77 I get the feeling you're a little bit blinded by idealism. This is a "real" situation. If it can happen on clinical, it may very well happen when one is s registered nurse, solely responsible...

  14. I really need some advice...long......

    rachelgeorgina replied to beanpod's topic in General Students

    I'm not really sure what you're getting at? The basic fact of the matter is that it was unrealistic of and inappropriate for a nurse/student responsible for her patients (whether or not anyone else...

  15. I really need some advice...long......

    rachelgeorgina replied to beanpod's topic in General Students

    As a student, we're supposed to be showing that we can really be nurses, to the level of our education so far, right? A "real" nurse isn't going to walk out on her patients/leave work because some...

  16. I really need some advice...long......

    rachelgeorgina replied to beanpod's topic in General Students

    ^ If the anxiety disorder is so severe that it interferes with one's work to the degree of patient abandonment (because really, that's what happened, whether or not the OP was a student or not), then...

  17. does nursing seem boring?

    rachelgeorgina replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    ^ It's the right phrase. I find the class work under-stimulating. I don't know whether it's because I'm a bit hyperactive and eager to learn but all the American students on these boards talk about...

  18. I really need some advice...long......

    rachelgeorgina replied to beanpod's topic in General Students

    Just because there was another student and a a licensed nurse responsible, also, for your patient allocation, doesn't mean you can up and leave them at any time. They are your responsibility, no...

  19. Anxiety Disorder - need help making case study

    rachelgeorgina replied to endin2010's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure what you mean by 'case study'. Do you mean invent a patientt and situation so that you can plan interventions and care? Like this...? Patient X (Marie Smith) is a sixteen year old high...

  20. Advice with offer of 'blended learning'...

    rachelgeorgina replied to nimchimpskii's topic in General Students

    We do this now. (I'm in Australia.) I've found that it's generally the wanky-er subjects that are run online, that don't have a lot to them or a lot of work OR they're the subjects that run against...

  21. Does your healthcare facility hire employees with HIV or hepatitis

    rachelgeorgina replied to Fig77's topic in General Nursing

    It would be illegal to not hire someone based on this diagnosis. It's discrimination,

  22. Question about Play

    rachelgeorgina replied to nescobedo.RN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I haven't worked with vented patients (I'm still a student) but I work as an NA with profoundly disabled children (I'm talking very limited ROM, no speech, significant developmental delay, wheelchair...

  23. Muscular Dystrophy

    rachelgeorgina replied to lina.561's topic in General Nursing

    I work in paediatric pallitative care and unfortunately we see a lot of children, largely boys, with muscular dystrophy, suffer and die very early on in life due to their condition. I dont know how...

  24. Family members and Visitors telling me HOW to do my job!!!

    rachelgeorgina replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree that this sort of stuff can be really annoying. But what about the patients with chronic conditions that have seen their wound dressed every day and been educated about it, who know how it's...

  25. dealing with the chatty katy's

    rachelgeorgina replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Oh how I wish I knew... I'm a nursing student and this is the bane of my existence on clinical. You'll go with a nurse to observe with an interesting procedure, the patient starts chatting, nurse...