K+MgSO4 BSN

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    Wound Vac!

    K+MgSO4 replied to NurseCalamity's topic in General Nursing

    2 options, speak to your educators or ask your manager to get the rep in to give an in
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    What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    K+MgSO4 replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is very specific.
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    What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    K+MgSO4 replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a patient recognize my accent (north west of Ireland) and ask me if I was Catholic or Protestant. Went on to tell me he donated to the IRA and started a whole spiel about the Troubles in NI....
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    My patient had a fall.

    K+MgSO4 replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    GCS drop of 1 point is not going to panic me if he has had panadine forte recently. Im young and healthy and that stuff knocks me about. CMO probably should of got their backside in earlier, if you...
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    My patient had a fall.

    K+MgSO4 replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Going to assume your in oz from your terminology and the public holiday :) where the heck was you ANUM or in charge? They need to be supporting you in this situation, I say this as a former ANUM,...
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    This week, I learned..... (6/6/15)

    K+MgSO4 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Trust me, the amount they are paying for his top notch aged care facility, private nurse (me) while he is in an acute private hospital its not about a check. It's about a combination of religion and...
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    This week, I learned..... (6/6/15)

    K+MgSO4 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That some families are not interested in palliative care and want their 95 yo father for full resuscitation even as he gasps for air they are arguing with the medical
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    American nurse looking abroad

    K+MgSO4 replied to mel101478's topic in International Nursing

    Uh no, Ireland has the same requirements regarding employment, irish citizen, EU citizen, rest of the
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    This week, I have learned... (5/30/15)

    K+MgSO4 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That luck not systems has me setting up a meeting and not starting a root cause analysis. That 1 mistake copied the whole way through has my intranet page look like it came from 1998. That I have...
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    American looking to study in Europe to become NP

    K+MgSO4 replied to Eurohippus's topic in General Students

    Lower fees are usually for residents or citizens of the country. International fees apply to
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    4 corners

    K+MgSO4 posted a topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Hi guys, the ABC 4 corners doco about bullying in surgeons is on now. I'll have to watch it later on line as my reception is shocking. Any comments on
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    4 corners

    K+MgSO4 replied to K+MgSO4's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I couldn't watch it as my reception was so intermittent, I did see the Australian Story before it which was interesting. I have experienced neurosurgeons when I was in a senior role and it was very...
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    Would you file a complaint?

    K+MgSO4 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    this is how nothing will change~ it is tolerance of this bull that allows culture like this fester and increases the risk of an adverse
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    Is working as an LPN in Ireland possible?

    K+MgSO4 replied to peachgirl2015's topic in General World

    The irish nursing board ABA (an bord altranis) are really big on clinical hours as there is no such thing as 12 week orientations or grad years. 2 days to learn the layout of the ward and off you
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    Code Blue Systems

    K+MgSO4 replied to WillowNMe's topic in General Nursing

    We have discussed going silent ie no overhead pages as we averagw 40 MET 3 code blue a week and about 50 grey (unarmed threat, security response) a week. However until the black holes in the paging...
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    whats for lunch

    K+MgSO4 replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    Meat based protein such as a tin of tuna or ham, lettuce, tomato. I have a pack of the microwave steam veggies bags in the freezer at work to have with meaty leftovers. My fitness pal has some good...
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    Code Blue Systems

    K+MgSO4 replied to WillowNMe's topic in General Nursing

    Our exec had been discussing stopping the overhead pages that happen suring the day, and just going with pagers. However there are black holes in the internal lan paging system due to construction and...
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    Is working as an LPN in Ireland possible?

    K+MgSO4 replied to peachgirl2015's topic in General World

    I was the first year of the degree under graduate as the only option for education in RoI in 2006. I remember people applying to the diploma courses in NI or UK who could not get into the degree...
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    Is working as an LPN in Ireland possible?

    K+MgSO4 replied to peachgirl2015's topic in General World

    The diploma was a 3 year course that resulted in registration as a RGN. There has been no EN or SRN courses since the 1980s in either the UK or republic of Ireland. So short answer is no, not a...
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    Recliner Entrapment!

    K+MgSO4 replied to AZ Ogre's topic in General Nursing

    O my goodness, so many issues. First question does your manager know about it. Report this as both a clinical and oh&s risk. Get it visible, get people annoyed about it, dump the damaged...
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    Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    K+MgSO4 replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    That I can mixTPN but to get rice krispies I need a dierican referral. That 6 months out from org wide accreditation the 2 depts who have done nothing about the recommendations made 2 years ago have...
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    Bedside Reporting: HIPPA Violation?

    K+MgSO4 replied to rnccf2007's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Things like HIV status should be on your handover sheet, medical staff round and have no issue discussing pt status in a shared room. Sensitive issues should be dealt with in a sensitive manner but...
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    I can't do this anymore . . .

    K+MgSO4 replied to CamillusRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    It is, Jennifer wordswoth only worked in the community for a while before going to work in the new area of palliative care before leaving nursing to teach music. Therefore the writers no longer have...
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    Feeling Guilty

    K+MgSO4 replied to Kaybee0525's topic in General Nursing

    Why not? If you get offered the job to start in Sept tell them in August that you have a new job, if it was the other way around the hospital would get rid of you if they needed the financial...
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    Standing Out with My Resume - HELP!

    K+MgSO4 replied to "Just" a nurse's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Follow the normalized format for your region. I have read CV of international applicants that appear to all follow a similar format. I was assisting one of the staff I inherited with her CV for a new...