AusRN

AusRN has 1 years experience.

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1. What's the task you like doing most on the job?

   AusRN replied to PreStudent101's topic in General Nursing

   Getting an IV in that no one else could manage. ABG bloods, I've done that plenty of times, but I still love doing it and interpreting results. And ECG's... love interpreting ECG's. However I hate...

2. Code Blue

   AusRN replied to newnurseia's topic in First Year After Licensure

   You won't have to run a code as a first and if you're not advanced life support trained. I'm advanced life support but quite junior, before that I was just scribing, which is a great way to learn how...

3. First Code

   AusRN replied to AusRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Wow... the ones where blood going everywhere sound horrible. My first code was a elderly lady post op who had massive pulmonary odema, and went straight into asystole. Had great staff on but for the...

4. The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

   AusRN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

   "Run!" "Thank god you're here." "This person here is waiting to code and we don't have a NFR" "Another

5. First Code

   AusRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hello! I know this has probably been done before, but I was just wondering if people would like to share their first code stories? Or their most interesting codes? We've had a lot of resus and codes...

6. Highest Troponin Levels You've Seen?

   AusRN replied to Dogstar's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   I think we measure in nanograms- our old system used to be anything over 0.02 as positive. The highest one I saw the other day was 8800, but I think our measuring system in Australia is...

7. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

   AusRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

   A nurse I worked with left an 28 year old with respiratory distress and sp02 of 82% and did not notify MO. Pt ended up coding and

8. Behaviors you've learned to lose when at work.

   AusRN replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

   Calling everything a "thingy". Swearing when hurting myself. Being too

9. Do you take daily supplements?

   AusRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in Health, Stress Management

   multivitamin, vitamin c, fish oil and glucosamine for my joints as they hate long shifts. fish oil tastes

10. Need to interview a nurse who has graduated in the past 5 years.

    AusRN replied to OSUshane's topic in General Nursing

    Would but I'm in Australia and don't know how well that would

11. Comments about personal appearance

    AusRN replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    I get the "wow you're so tall.. do you play netball?" all the time, it makes me laugh I never get the i'm too skinny bit except from my workmates who see me eat so much food.... I never find it...

12. What do you do to destress?

    AusRN replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Fill up the bath with bubbles, grab a glass of wine, chocolate, music, and chill for a couple of hours. Can't do that atm due to having a piercing in my belly, but when I get some waterproof dressings...

13. You know it's going to be a crazy night at work, when

    AusRN replied to JennRN65's topic in General Nursing

    It's a full moon. Several people booked off and because the ward is so full and heavy no one wants to come in... I've had 10 patients before, was scary. Report done. Previous shift state "run!!"...

14. Did you leave soon after your "One Year"?

    AusRN replied to RNDreamer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have just finished my grad year and don't plan on moving yet, but I'm torn between finding a hospital that has ICU (I'm in country Australia, everything ICU goes to the capital) and staying where I...

15. What does your username mean?

    AusRN replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm from Australia, and I'm a RN