K+MgSO4 BSN

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    Thinking of moving to Australia-

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

    I have worked in Ireland and Australia. Ratios are a lot better here. In VIC in the acute public sector 1:4 not sure about psych. my wages were lower initally than in Ireland but with the wage cuts...
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    nbv approval letter

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

    the nbv no longer exists. you need to contact the Australian health practioners regulation agency or AHPRA - AHPRA Home . this is the new national body. email them and ask what you have to
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    Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    K+MgSO4 replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    a colleague at work who cares for her elderly mother admitted to me the other day that she keeps her mothers controlled drugs (oxycodone and oxycontin) in a separate box to the rest of her mothers...
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    Outback nursing suitable for inexperienced nurse?

    K+MgSO4 replied to carly123's topic in International Nursing

    i agree with what has been said above. I did an agency placement in rural NSW for 3 months and it was great but you really are flying solo the whole time. After 4 years of working in acute wards and...
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    Things you wish you knew when you were young?

    K+MgSO4 replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    everyone falls downs and gets kicked in the teeth at some point. It doesn't matter how or who kicked you but how you get yourself back up and push on
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    Highest INR....

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

    off on a slight tangent but biochem rang the nurse in charge mobile AKA the "batphone" because it is for emergencies to tell me of a pt with a K+ of 32. My answer was "he's still alive!!!" Wasn't...
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    scenario legal&professional issue

    K+MgSO4 replied to student_nurse1986's topic in International Nursing

    not the nurses responsibility to get consent it is the
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    which nursing program? UQ/Griffith/Umel/Monash

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

    I very much doubt that you will be the oldest in your class! In my intake in Ireland we had a woman who turned 50 during our 4 year undergrad program see was fulfilling a life long dream. Pharm prob...
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    which nursing program? UQ/Griffith/Umel/Monash

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

    it doesn't really matter what course you have done to become a nurse as once you are registered it is irrelevent in Aust and the UK and Ireland as it is your registration clinical experience and...
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    Starting salaries for new nurses

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

    sorry! Was just reading most of it off the websites! Not that familiar with the Alfred as RMH! They have recently developed a new nephrology surgery unit and currently have no resident or...
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    Starting salaries for new nurses

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

    it is not the hospital counting your experience but the nursing registration board who give your "grade" as a nurse which obviously increases every year provided you work enough hours. Shift...
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    saline flushes over infusion pump versus manual flush in peds

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

    Keeping a continuous infusion running and not disconnecting it every-time an QID IVAB is run will reduce the risk of infection but in Peads you are working with kids who wriggle and move and forget a...
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    Pressure Ulcer Dressings

    K+MgSO4 replied to NurseHotFlash's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Oh NOOOOOO! Wet to dry dressings went out with the ark!!!! The wet saline will dry out and when you go to remove it even if you re-wet it you will remove the delicate new cells that the body is...
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    The best nursing advice you've ever received

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

    Your pts care can be seen in their tongues,heels and bums. If the first is furry with thrush and the other 2 broken it doesn't matter that there fluid balance is spot on and that they have had...
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    Australian scales

    K+MgSO4 replied to caramel79's topic in International Nursing

    your best option would be looking at the state nursing board for the state(s) that you are looking for jobs in as these would give you guidelines on what the Grades are as they are totally different...
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    Alternatives to Pajam...I Mean, Scrubs

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

    In the hospital I work in (in Australia) it is up to the NUM of each ward what is acceptable attire for her staff. While critical care has gone to IRONED navy scrubs with the hospital logo and the...
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    Would you travel overseas for a medical procedure?!

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

    They speak Turkish in Turkey not
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    What brand shoes and where from?

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

    I have a hideous looking (for a 25y/o) pair of Brookes walking shoes. amazing support and cushioning however. I went to the Athletes Foot to get fitted properly. Cost me a bit $ 160 but cheaper...
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    EMTs

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

    paramedics in Australia are way more technical and advanced than EMTs in the UK or Ireland (that is where I am guessing you are from :) ) Paramedics have 3 or 4 year uni degrees or diplomas and can...
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    Trying to get a job in adelaide

    K+MgSO4 replied to han21's topic in International Nursing

    Just look on their website for the international recruiter. I applied to a major public teaching hospital so i'm not
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    Trying to get a job in adelaide

    K+MgSO4 replied to han21's topic in International Nursing

    you could apply to some of the private hospitals new grad programs rather than the public hospitals. They are more likely to take on an overseas trained nurse. the hospital I work at in Melbourne...
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    got to give feedback about preceptor: AM CONFUSED ?

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

    you are an adult and if you do not stand your own ground now when you are on orientation how are you going to be an effective advocate for your patients if you have not been taught proper hospital...
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    Plz tell me aged care is not that bad!

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

    the role of the Div 1 in aged care is often one of drug administration and doing injury assessments and wound care, this was my experience in Sydney doing agency, but when I went out to the country I...
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    Transition from new grad to RN: What did you wish you knew?

    K+MgSO4 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    how hard or easy a family can make your job. The neurotic family who won't leave and ask waaaaaaay to many questions and never let you get to do anything with your other patients, yet will not help...
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    Consultant went nuts.

    K+MgSO4 replied to paris2's topic in International Nursing

    They are only given a set number of hours to operate in. If their list runs over by 2 or 3 cases they get extremly agitated and stressed because then they have to deal with pt and their families...