Kyli

Kyli

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  1. Nursing is taking over my life!!!!

    Hi There, I too used to stress out about silly little things I did wrong when I was a student and also as a new grad. Eventually, these feelings get a lot easier to deal with....unfortunately, it...
  2. Is This True? (extra coccyx bone, tail?)

    My Mum has an extra bone in her coccyx - shown by x-ray. You can't tell just by looking at her ie:she doesn't have a
  3. We need a Nursing TV show

    Goats'r'us mentioned this earlier in the thread and summed the show up nicely! "ALL SAINTS" has been a successful show here in Australia for a few years now. It's the most realistic show I've ever...
  4. Reconstitution of India Ink

    We use SPOT down under
  5. I work in Australia. We use anaesthetists in our unit - whom administer propofol, midazolam and fentanyl. Our outpatients are kept for at least an hour and a half and then discharged home. They have...
  6. PEG/PEJ placement

    that's what I was taught
  7. Propofol

    Another pat on the back to kmchugh. Well said. I mentioned earlier that under no circumstances do we nurses in our Endo Unit, give propofol. We have anaesthetists administer it, and have all...
  8. Propofol

    We absolutely DO NOT give propofol. Nor do the Gastroenterologists. Only the anaesthetists are supposed to according to our
  9. Calling all GI nurses !!

    I've been doing endo for 6 yrs now. We use anaesthesia routinely (using anaesthetists, so always 2 Drs in the room now days) - started doing so about 2-3 yrs ago, although some Drs still use...
  10. We often give abdo pressure too. Not always though. Usually just when there is looping etc and also depends on the Dr and each individual patient. The more experienced you are at endo nursing, the...
  11. Anyone using Steris for processing?

    I forgot to say that we use 3 machines
  12. Anyone using Steris for processing?

    Hello, I'm new here too! My unit also uses Steris and does 20-30 procedures a day, and yes, our machines are always playing up!! :angryfire We use Olympus scopes too, and can confirm that Olympus...