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  1. Professional Behaviour & Conduct - help!

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you to everyone that has replied/provided me with feedback. After a significant amount of reflection and introspective I think the crux of the issue is perhaps maintaining some sense of self...

  2. High blood pressure

    rachelgeorgina replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    If she's overweight, perhaps some weight loss would do worlds of good for her

  3. Professional Behaviour & Conduct - help!

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to this thread. Every response (yes, every) has been insightful, enlightening and most significantly, helpful. I appreciate your input...

  4. Professionalism / Documentation in Nursing - What would you have liked to know?

    rachelgeorgina replied to Christen, ANP's topic in General Nursing

    - To students? You are not anyone's friend. You are their coworker or their nurse, never their friend. That doesn't mean don't be friendly, but it means that there are big big boundaries that are...

  5. Australian STUDENTS

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    ^^^ I wish this was offered where I'm studying! Unfortunately it's only one or the other! What is your program

  6. Another nurse got fired because of me.

    rachelgeorgina replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Forgive me, but technically, I see no difference. The consequence of giving the medication and not signing for it and signing for it but not giving it are equally

  7. How many different jobs have u had since u became a nurse?

    rachelgeorgina replied to SurvivorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a student (second year) and have (currently) three different part time/causal jobs as a nursing assistant. Two are in paediatric disability and terminal illness and the third is nursing

  8. Tap water

    rachelgeorgina replied to WhiteLily's topic in General Nursing

    I work with disabled kids who are, largely, gastrostomy fed. We prime, flush and often feed with regular tap water, or, sometimes, filtered water from the dispenser. It's going into their belly,...

  9. Dodo Birds We all Know and Work With

    rachelgeorgina replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    The CNA that's been working at the same nursing home for eleven years who refuses to wear gloves, even when changing soiled nappies and then attempting to touch other STAFF and PATIENTS. He claimed,...

  10. Failure to thrive

    rachelgeorgina replied to ringaroundtheposey's topic in Pediatric

    I work with a lot of kids that are tube fed as a result of failure to thrive. I guess it's worth remembering that enteral feeding is not permanent. If bub isn't getting enough nutrients then bub...

  11. Routine Tylenol #3 and PRN administration

    rachelgeorgina replied to nurse_clown's topic in General Nursing

    ^ Good on you for being

  12. Can A School Deny Me Because of Hep B?

    rachelgeorgina replied to RO0912's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know, they can't. They - and you - just have to take the appropraite precautions to prevent

  13. Routine Tylenol #3 and PRN administration

    rachelgeorgina replied to nurse_clown's topic in General Nursing

    Im only a student and we haven't covered pain yet (that's later this semester!) but... Pain, from my understanding, is subjective to the patient. If the pt says that their pain is 10/10, who is to...

  14. Feeding Tube Problems

    rachelgeorgina replied to moomoo111's topic in General Nursing

    ^^ I was going to mention the specialized declogging products! I work with children who have long term gastrostomy feeding tubes and I was going to suggest the following, though I'm almost 100% that...

  15. Nurse having personal relationship with patient

    rachelgeorgina replied to wheelofadeal's topic in General Nursing

    From my understanding, nurse/patient relationships that step outside the clinical settings and boundaries, are unacceptable. A question: I've been in a new job for about a month as a NA (whilst a...

  16. Good general health?

    rachelgeorgina replied to tigerlily1234's topic in General Students

    The school you're attending should have a disability service that might be able to help you out should your condition interfere with your schooling etc. Obviously they can't just make it easy as one...

  17. What's the most and least stressful field of nursing?

    rachelgeorgina replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

    Elective/sub-acute mental health.... Imagine working on a voluntary eating disorders unit (where, for the most part, patients have some inkling of wanting to be there.) All you do is supervise.. and...

  18. Nurses on strike-is it even possible?

    rachelgeorgina replied to braddah's topic in General Nursing

    Ive been a pt in hospital when nurses have gone on strike before. We have minimal staffing on the unit and rest of the staff (on and off duty) donned their uniforms and went to the strike. We...

  19. Illegal Immigration & Health Care Reform: Prespective

    rachelgeorgina replied to female12233's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Re: article #1 - sounds like the US should make primary care avaliable to aliens to avoid emergency department clogs and, god forbid, actual americans waiting in

  20. Missed my clinical day

    rachelgeorgina replied to kikwon89's topic in General Students

    My alarm clock has two alarms, so I set them 5-10 minutes apart, plus another 5 minutes on my mobile phone. &, because I'm spoilt, mum often wakes me, too. I have trouble with wakefulness due to...

  21. Australian STUDENTS

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I'm taking patho 2 this semester, too - and it is hard, based on patho 1 last semester. In patho we covered CNS, Cardiac and Respiratory and in patho 2 we'll be covered GIT, ortho, renal and repro,...

  22. PICU/paeds nursing aus

    rachelgeorgina replied to mickhing's topic in International Nursing

    I'm aspiring to work in paeds. At the moment I'm a student and working as an AIN in a paedatric hospice and a long term care hospital for profoundly disabled children. Interestingly there are quite a...

  23. immature nursing students

    rachelgeorgina replied to bananabubbletea's topic in General Students

    Most of us (here in Australia) start uni (i.e. nursing school) between the ages of 18-20... does that make them all

  24. Drug Testing Question, new student

    rachelgeorgina replied to kingwoodhopeful's topic in General Students

    Wow. We dont do this as a routine in Australia, though I'm sure they'd test if there was a reason,

  25. Care Plan-Stuck. Peds Mitochondrial Disorder

    rachelgeorgina replied to miss.ky's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I work with a lot of kids with varying types of mitochondrial disorders that generally manifest in the way you've described: non-verbal, non-mobile, fancy and exceptionally complicated wheelchair...