K+MgSO4 BSN

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    I wish sombody would have told me......

    K+MgSO4 replied to Xcited 2B-N-RN's topic in General Nursing

    **** happens in all colours and forms. As a 17y/o going out on the wards I was not aware of how black malena was, how red fresh PR bleeding was how green pseudomonus could be and how much some little...
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    Anuric post surgery, now what?

    K+MgSO4 replied to frodo-dog's topic in General Nursing

    30 ml an hour is NOT he golden rule! The Golden rule is .5mls per KG per hour How many of your patients are 60kgs?? So her SBP was 75-80mmHg. Was she cool peripherally? ( i would suggest drowsy if...
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    Fluid restriction question

    K+MgSO4 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I get a fluid restriction order the doc will at the same time usually drop the IVT right back as well to a minimal rate or cease it completely. Also Daily weights are now becoming more common...
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    Oversupply of RNs

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

    Well my hospital went to the UK and Ireland last month to recruit and so did the nursing agency that I used to work for in Sydney. There are still jobs available in Australia especially in rural and...
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    Is IELTS a must for nursing registration in UK?

    K+MgSO4 replied to max72's topic in International Nursing

    yes that is right. All new registrants with the Australian Nursing Board have to sit the IELTS despite where they were educated. I snuck in 2 months before it became law in NSW but the new national...
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    A poor student needs help with some registration exam questions

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

    Since when was there a written test for rego in Oz or
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    How to perform a Papanicolaou Test ?

    K+MgSO4 replied to natalia13's topic in International Nursing

    Can you get some training with a womens' health nurse at a womens hospital? My pap was done by a womens' health
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    Any UQ Master or Nursing Studies students here?

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

    Uni of Melbourne seems to be taking loads of overseas students onto this course. They are seeming not given an English test before and it it impossible to mentor someone on a ward who cannot...
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    Any Canadian nurses having trouble adjusting to aussie 8 hr shifts

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

    hi there I used to do 12 hours in Ireland and it took me a lot to adjust. I would lie in when I was on a late and then be unable to sleep that night before my early. I'm in Melbourne also and I...
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    clc 2000 to clamp or to not clamp?

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

    This is the CLAVE Product? The CLC 2000 should not be clamped. My hospital recently changed to these so we had inservices on them. The rep states that they are a positive pressure device that is...
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    Just curious- What do you use on the floor?

    K+MgSO4 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Big teaching hospital in Melbourne. Paper everywhere except for ED which has just had a huge renovation and gone paperless. But they have to print everything off as the rest of the hospital is not...
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    What kind of nurse are you?

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

    A surgical ward nurse. Hepato-billary and colorectal centre for the state of Victoria. We get the sick, complex patients that country and smaller hospitals would not touch with a barge pole. Huge...
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    New Midwife from USA moving to Melbourne

    K+MgSO4 replied to Leela81's topic in International Nursing

    HI there I initially cam to Australia on a Working Holiday Maker Visa backpacked and then did agency work in NSW. However in VIC it is a bit different you get paid by the agency but the agencies...
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    New Midwife from USA moving to Melbourne

    K+MgSO4 replied to Leela81's topic in International Nursing

    Hi I will post in a day or two when I am not so cranky
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    ....and they had Dynamaps in every room!! (a nurse has gotta dream!)

    K+MgSO4 replied to Walden-Puddle, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Enough IV poles with working wheels would be nice. We have a manual BP cuff at every bed and tons of thermometers but working wheeled IV poles are like gold dust where I work! Pretty bad for a...
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    Interesting obstructions!

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

    A hair brush inserted bristle end first by her loving boyfriend. Had to have a GA but no perforation thank goodness! Also heard about an a guy that presented with a coffee jar full of drawing pins...
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    You put what??!!!! were???!!

    K+MgSO4 replied to snoopy29's topic in Nursing Humor

    I ate a bar of soap one night when I was about 3 in the bath on my own. Stayed down for a while, felt sick a little while later and went downstairs to tell Mum and Dad that I didn't feel well. Dad...
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    PEG Tube to suction..

    K+MgSO4 replied to RN2114's topic in General Nursing

    How did they get a diagnosis from a Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder X ray and not a AXR? Also never seen a peg to suction. Gravity yes with orders for in the bed or hanging lower on the cot sides. With...
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    Iv study day

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

    What hospital are you in? That is ******** that you are not getting study leave for
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    Your Favorite Job?

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

    High dependency surgical ward - hepato billary, colorectal and trauma. They are sick but not ventilated. I get them in a mess :) from ICU - just extubated and family very anxious and pt usually not...
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    Iv study day

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

    I had to do that in Ireland after I graduated as part of the hospital policy. It is just an inservice on risks of IV medications IV access devices drug interactions and reactions. It is an easy day...
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    Qualifications for nursing in Ireland (coming from the US)

    K+MgSO4 replied to omp18's topic in International Nursing

    Most hospitals want people with at least a years experience. There are Grad programs which are a year long and consolidate what you have learned with support from Educators and study days while...
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    POST OP NAUSEA -which drug do you like?

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

    Pethadine for N&V?? I just looked up demerol on the net as it is a brand name that I am not familiar with. Pethadine is an opiate analgesia that I may use for post op shakes but not for N&V....
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    Use of morphine for tachypnea

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

    Also some research being done at the moment to the effect of morphine on APO. It seems to reduce the odema ??? not sure how. Will be interesting to see the
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    Diluting all IV push medication??

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

    Paracoxib(dynstat) is a fast IV push and ceftriaxone can be given in 10 ml water push. Here in Australia we don't get our IVABs pre mixed so it is up to the nurse to read the Australian Drugs...