mellowish

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1. Do the first year blues go away?

   mellowish replied to mellowish's topic in New Nurse

   The nursing blues do go away!!

2. Chest Drainage Assistance please?

   mellowish posted a topic in Student Assist

   Hi, I wanted to ask about chest drain's, as it's never been one of my strong points. I understand the rationale for chest drain insertion & the basic's of the chest drain (To get rid of air/fluid & for the lung to re expand) but could someone...

3. Nervous System?

   mellowish posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi! Could someone pls explain how the Nervous System is divided pls? I know it's separated into the Central Nervous System (BRain & Spinal Chord) & then the Peripheral Nervous System, but then how are the Autonomic Nervous System, the Parasym...

4. NG Care - Spigotting/Free Drainage?

   mellowish replied to mellowish's topic in General Nursing

   I think clamped is the same as spigotted. Spigotted, is when we put a bung on to the end of the NG (it's called a spigot). & Free drainage, is when the NG is placed onto a bag so we can see what contents are draining out like , stomach content et...

5. NG Care - Spigotting/Free Drainage?

   mellowish posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi! I don't have much experience of looking after patient's with NG/NJ tubes, but sometimes they're either on free drainage or spigotted. Free drainage, is from what I've gathered usually if the patient has been complaining of a lot of nausea & v...

6. Meds a New Grad should know?

   mellowish replied to carebearsRN's topic in Medications

   I would learn the common meds that always seem to be used on most ward environment's e.g. the analgesia's, antibiotics etc & As carebear said, the drugs relevant to your area of care whether it be cardiac, respiratory etc :). Best of Luck!!

7. What you wished you knew when you started NS...

   mellowish replied to httamli's topic in New Nurse

   Hey, I agree, I wished I'd gotten some experience of the hospital environment before to see what it was like & to get a flavour of the place. I did do a week's work experience (Work experience in the hospital was very hard to get) but it was on e...

8. NG Care - Spigotting/Free Drainage?

   mellowish posted a topic in Gastroenterology

   Hi! I don't have much experience of looking after patient's with NG/NJ tubes, but sometimes they're either on free drainage or spigotted. Free drainage, is from what I've gathered usually if the patient has been complaining of a lot of nausea & v...

9. I'm so confused... Intra cellular, extra cellular, crystalloid's, colloids?!

   mellowish posted a topic in General Students

   Hi, I've been going back to my basic biology, but I'm getting confused/finding it hard to understand intra cellular, extra cellular... The usage of crystalloid/colloids? Osmosis/Diffusion... Ion's... Basically a big topic in itself. Can anyone pleas...

10. Help with chest auscultation please?

    mellowish posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hi! I've recently completed a study session on chest auscultation & the lecturer told us to try it out in practice & 6o also use the look, listen, feel approach when assessing the chest. I've been trying to find links to do with chest auscul...

11. Do the first year blues go away?

    mellowish posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi, I've been qualified since Sept. & Working in a critical care environment for the past 2 months but I've been finding the transition from student to a staff nurse, very difficult & At times overwhelming. I feel like I've forgotten what I'v...