Seawitch

Hi, I'd like some help with an essay question if I could? I really need a steer in the right direction. I haven't started it yet, because I'm not sure where to start!! I just need to discuss any recent advances in the management of atrial arrhythm...

I know it's a similar set up in other hospitals

OMG I can't believe the company puts the client before the nurse!!!! *** is with that??????

My husband is from a culture that typically do not wear shoes inside the house, because it's seen as dirty (I'm not sure of other reasons). Can you perhaps buy another pair of brand new shoes that are onl;y to be worn inside their house? I can't t...

Anyway, for those that are interested, at my job we try and get people for an angioplasty within 30 minutes of the MI diagnosis - apparently that's something we've only been doing for about 5 years. Before that it was thrombolytic therapy. I did ema...

Thanks so much for your help!

Thankyou!! I know it's probably not the most difficult question, but I just want something different. I'm loving the spit- test. How awesome is that?

Any coffee shop next to an ED would make a killing - especially a 24/7 one!

Hi, both my husband and I are Registered Nurses in Australia. I work in Emergency and I am currently working on my Masters, My husband works in Intensive Care - and will hold a Graduate certificate in ICU nursing before we immigrate to NZ. I realise ...

LOL Our facility is always the place the news goes to when they do their yearly "ED is overcrowded" articles. So short of purposefully killing someone or being absolutely rude, there isn't alot I can do to make our facility look bad. It does genera...

Hey there, If you haven't had any experience you'll probably need to apply for a Graduate Nurse Programme. It takes about a year (10 months) to complete and is basically a transition year. I think it's really beneficial because you get that support...

Maybe he has the latest Readers Digest 1st Aide Manual and fancied himself as a bit of a legend?? Did you ever find out if the woman was okay?

Can I get a link to the comments made on the Doctors, if I could. Thanks

That's what I was thinking. Like some of the others have said, I would definately not move her unless she was unsafe and then do my ABC's.

Do they have to do basic first aide as part of their job? I don't think it has anything to do with pulling rank - I assume that you were in charge anyway, so she should have bloody listened to you. I've had my fair share of crap from carers in nursi...

What???? Shave your beard???? Geez, I've worked with heaps of blokes with beards, really really long ones too. Some of you US nurses that come over to Oz, must get the shock of your life when you see some of the Oz nurses. I mean, we have standar...

I was the same. You just have to practice, practice, practice and you'll get there!

It might not have anything to do with your intelligence, but probably because they think it's more prestigious to be a MD than a lowly nurse??? If your become a doc, you will have to devote the next decade of your life to study - at the very minimum.

I really have no idea, but I know it's really easy for me as an OZ nurse to get registration in NZ, because we have a trans-tasman arrangement. SO I would think that it would be easier to register via NZ.

I would think having bandages constantly on your wrists would be an infection control issue. I don't know about you, but I usually wash up to my forearms or elbows. As if you're going to wear a bandaid for the next 50 years anyway?? They seriously...

Have you guys ever come across this website?: http://www.impactednurse.com/ It's not just for male nurses - but it is by a male nurse - he is hilarious! I hope it's okay to mention this website on here!

Yes, I've had a family member in hospital. I didn't need to be told the same thing 5000 times by 3 different people - before I was a nurse.

I think the no talking would suit people with PTSD. I know of a few Vietnam War vets who can book in for a couple of weeks a year - just to do nothing and have some low stimuli time. If I had to tell a person with mania to be quite I'd end up manic...

I think what you've gone through is terrible. Over a tattoo. Seriously Dark Ages. I hope you can try another school.

I've found most people to be understanding when I explain to them that I'm busy, the department's busy or whatever. They can usually see that I am actually working. Maybe it's a cultural thing? If people give us a hard time, we call whoever is in c...