K+MgSO4 BSN

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    Ooops, I told off a doctor

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

    yeah................no. Tell off a doc involves me talking to the head of gastroenterology to stop talking about the patient outside her room. about another's hospital's theory that she has...
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    Patient with the bowel problem...

    K+MgSO4 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work on a fairly new ward. we have only been open for 18 months. When we open about 1 month I get a call from the oncology ward 4 floors below us. A patient had wandered off the ward and was down...
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    Best place for paediatrics graduate position in Oz?

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

    RCH Melbourne is a brand new facility with meercats and a huge aquarium and a cinema etc. Really set up for families. Got a friend who works there. I work at RMH down the street. The suburb of...
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    Large Alcohol Wipes

    K+MgSO4 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Tele leads and beds should NOT be wiped with alcohol. It dries the plastic and rubber out and makes it crack causing bigger infection control issues. Your ward should have some non alcoholic wipes to...
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    Case Studies regarding tubing and luer Misconnections

    K+MgSO4 replied to nurse671's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I worked in hepatobillary I had a patient with pancreatitis that was so bad that they had to operate to remove the damaged part of her pancreas. Apparently it was like wet gravel inside so it...
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    TV Shows

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

    LOL three rivers has just made it to Australia and myself and my 2 flat mates an RN and a firefighter watched an episode of the show and were killing ourselves laughing. A) the DOCTOR doing CPR with...
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    American Nurse Seeking to Work in Australia

    K+MgSO4 replied to etoile88's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I was in Sydney 4 years ago so things have probably changed. There was plenty of work then but from what has been written on these boards things have slowed down. You can sign with as many agencies...
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    American Nurse Seeking to Work in Australia

    K+MgSO4 replied to etoile88's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Will type you a proper reply when I get my laptop working. Can't manage long replies on my
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    American Nurse Seeking to Work in Australia

    K+MgSO4 replied to etoile88's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Ok first off you need to learn to flip your date writing. You arrive in the third of Sept? That is written as 3/9. Here as in the UK it is written day/month/year. Good idea going with agency that is...
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    Golytely

    K+MgSO4 replied to CAnurse2012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    http://www.nulytely.com/Collateral/Documents/GoNuLytely/Golytely_Pres_Info.pdf has all of the
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    Do You judge and treat patients differently depending on who they are ?

    K+MgSO4 replied to star.crush's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Of course we judge people and treat them differently. Today I got handed over about a lady who was yelling and screaming with "abdo pain". Yet refusing anti emetics and analgesia. Italian lady who...
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    Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    O my! I have just finished work and I feel that I have been run over by a tram! I cannot seem to shake this cold I have had for a few weeks - just a runny nose and sneezing. well after 7 days in a...
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    Funny & Cute Things Our Demented Patients Say

    K+MgSO4 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    totally agree Just agreed with a pt today that she was in Hawaii! She is in Melbourne. told another one that her mum was shopping would be home soon! Pt is 80! mum is long
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    Trouble shooting wound vacs

    K+MgSO4 replied to taramb7263's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Where is the wound? iIf the wound was dressed prone and she is moving and there is a now a big crease on the dressing it may be causing the loss of suction. If the location of the air leak can be...
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    St. Joseph Medical Center, Hiring nurses for UK.. Is This True?????

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

    They are getting better Cabrini really is a non profit Catholic hospital. However they appear to of cut all the info from their web page. Please contact Cabrini and let them know they are being...
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    Charge Nurse

    K+MgSO4 replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    I am charge on the AM or evening shift. I don't take patients. But I take 6 patients overnight. In the last 7 days we have flipped 51 pts on a 25 bed ward. I assist with discharges and admissions....
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    Help! Manager won't let me off night shift

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

    AS a manager I have have had people come to me with requests that they do not want to share with their colleagues until everything is signed and delivered. these could be the same people that tell...
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    Cool Facts

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

    I dont know about the acid in the stomach being strong enough to dissolve razor blades. As the charge nurse of emergency general surgery I had a bet on with the consultant about a guy that ingested...
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    Not in new grad - what options now?

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

    Yes orientation in Oz is a lot different. Specialist unit often require experience as you hit the ground running. Even our Graduate Nurse program is one week of classes and 2 -3 supernumary on the...
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    Not in new grad - what options now?

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

    GBfan12 in NSW the new grad program is run by the NSW health rather than each hospital individually. What about some of the base hospitals that are not seen as desirable as the city hospitals. It...
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    are you for real??

    K+MgSO4 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I got a call from the bed manager asking me to take an Ortho patient post op as there was no ortho beds left. I agreed as we are part of the trauma service. So the pt went from ED to theatre. The...
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    little pleasures

    K+MgSO4 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I just dropped a NG on a patient who was vomiting all shift. 500 MLS straight up. I love that instantaneous reward. (and the peace from the dramatic wailing with every vomit was nice as well)....
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    How do you check a pulse? Nope I'm not a student

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

    It's like tying your shoelaces. It doesn't matter how you do it as long as you can feel the
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    BP arm VS calf while running pressors

    K+MgSO4 replied to anarchy187's topic in MICU, SICU

    just curious as to why she was using the calf? if there was no contra-indication to using the arm why go
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    Welcome to the Forum - General Aussie Chat

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

    From