K+MgSO4 BSN

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    Funny doctor orders

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

    I had a grad come to me the other day and ask me do you think there is something wrong with this drug chart? Clexanne 40mg TDS s/c and Flagal 500mg IV OD! Gack! I knew the trauma resident who had...
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    AHPRA Nursing Application & Registration process

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

    there is a thread on the Aussie form about this very
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    Posy Day

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

    Haha! one of the reasons he is unwilling to come and visit me............summer at home is winter here which means busy farming time. Visa versa and he knows he wouldn't be able to hack the heat!...
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    Major Vent

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

    In my area of Melbourne there is a LARGE Greek and Italian population and it is amazing how many of them refuse to speak the English they have because they are embarassed. They wait until their...
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    Posy Day

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

    I cheated out of part of winter. I went home to Ireland for a month and actually got pretty good weather for an Irish summer:) The year I left it rained so much there were towns actually flooded and...
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    Posy Day

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

    cool it was so nice last year seeing all these oldies getting a little posies! Could possibly be the volunteers who are amazing at RMH! Was telling the grads about it yesterday. kinda want to be...
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    Canadian RN to UK -- how's the situation?

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

    Not much of a chance of getting a job in Ireland. Friends from home are being let go after 4 years with a hospital. Wards closing. New grads going to England to look for jobs. Back to the dark old...
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    If Nursing doesn't work out,is Medical Lab Technologist ok for a "Prissy" girl ??

    K+MgSO4 replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Nursing Career

    Perhaps you should see a career counseller instead of getting opinions over the net. Sit down with them do the tests they give you honestly not skewing them in order to get the answer you want....
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    Workwear and hygiene

    K+MgSO4 replied to Mona77's topic in General Nursing

    If you think about it visitors come into the wards that we work on with all the lovely germs we have and then go to another ward, then to the shops, then to their home as well. How can that be...
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    Any tips for giving injections?

    K+MgSO4 replied to Ginger80's topic in General Nursing

    Also remember to tell the pt if you have given an anti coagulant ( eg heparin or enoxoparin) not to rub the site as they will get a HUGE
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    Any tips for giving injections?

    K+MgSO4 replied to Ginger80's topic in General Nursing

    Have you heard the bleat of a sickly 4 day old lamb as you shove a tube down its nose or mouth................makes me feel sooo bad! Pt are a lot easier usually to explain why you are doing it to...
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    At what point did your edu ruin it for you?

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

    When watching a soap that has people working in a pub kills me as well. NEVER after working a friday or saturday night did I not come home stinking of beer and possibly covered in it as well from a...
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    Absence of Teamwork

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

    A good team is essential! In our ward we are often hectic as we are a colorectal speciality/ trauma ward where in other hospitals the pt would be in HDU. We are busy and have no nursing assistants...
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    Any tips for giving injections?

    K+MgSO4 replied to Ginger80's topic in General Nursing

    As above and have a good hold of the skin either a pinch for a SC or Z tracking for an IM. That is what I do and most pt say "that didn't hurt" or "wow that was better than what nurse x done" Also...
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    PICC Line Insertions / IV Team

    K+MgSO4 replied to courtz0383's topic in International Nursing

    pretty much the same as talaxandra said. Out PICC team is nurse run based in the recovery
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    Where to KEEP crash carts

    K+MgSO4 replied to rn5350's topic in General Nursing

    We share ours with our neighbouring ward so right in the middle of the coridoor. Drugs in a pack on each ward at the nurses station but defib we share. Just have to unplug and
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    US RN needs advice on working in QLD!!!

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

    I didn't have to because I was out bush and had to do them :) It was that or the pt didn't get IV's! For cannulation at my hospital it is a 2 hr "course" and 5 supervised insertions. Drawing bloods...
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    US RN needs advice on working in QLD!!!

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

    No worries
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    US RN needs advice on working in QLD!!!

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

    Plenty of RNs take bloods and insert IV lines outside of the ER myself included. However most don't insert foleys into men without extra training. Here in Oz as well you can initate some...
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    Polycythemia in hysterectomy surgical patient

    K+MgSO4 replied to Sarah010101's topic in General Nursing

    yeah its 8.4. The lab and your textbook are using 2 reference range systems. Check the system that your lab
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    Advice on registration for US RN moving to Australia

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

    yes what ceridwyn said. Physios are involved in pt care for respiratory reasons but also assess mobility and dome some education on post op deep breathing and coughing but it is the nurse who does...
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    Epidural Monitoring - Frequency of Assessment/Dermatone Levels

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

    After the first 12 hr we do 2 hr resp and pain score with a count on the volume infused from the
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    Epidural Monitoring - Frequency of Assessment/Dermatone Levels

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

    For the first 12 hrs we monitor rr SaO2 and pain score and bromage hourly. We do routine post op observations, then 4 hrly, dermatome and site check each shift. If we bolus the pt we do 5 min obs...
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    looking back, are there courses that you thought were not necessary?

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

    I personally am not saying that we should go back to skills only in "school",( I think there may be a cultural divide on the way that that word is used).......but like some one posted about English...
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    looking back, are there courses that you thought were not necessary?

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

    LOL!!! Yes I certainly