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  1. Made a child with cancer cry.

    imaginations replied to Girlafraid13's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I work in paeds onc. We tell all our parents, including parents going to transplant/BMT that their parenting style should not be altered by their child's diagnosis or treatment and that they should...

  2. Sydney Childrens

    imaginations replied to RNsydneygirl's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I have also worked at Sydney Kids (in areas you expressed interest in). Would be happy to answer questions via

  3. Nursing Agency accepting new grad

    imaginations replied to yuwiee's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Have you thought about volunteering as an RN with St. Johns Ambulance? This will give you the opportunity to learn and practice skills in first response and emergency care as an RN and network with...

  4. Australian student nurse wanting to apply for a New Zealand graduate program

    imaginations replied to shezzaaa's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    There are a lot of Kiwi nurses who do grad programs in Australia (there were two in mine and at least one in the year before me). However I have a feeling it is more complex in the reverse. Good

  5. New graduate program

    imaginations replied to thenightnurse456's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    You should be able to find this information on each hospital's website. The process in Victoria might have changed since I was a grad and it isn't impossible that you have to go through the Matching...

  6. Nursing Agency

    imaginations replied to efg88's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I recently contacted Nursing Network Agency to enquire about a position advertised on the MyCareer website and was not impressed by their recruitment staff at all. The woman I spoke with was rude, not...

  7. New Graduate Program Interviews Sydney

    imaginations replied to Sam20's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    My interview was several years ago now and is blurred in my memory with a very similar interview I did in third year for an AIN position in the same facility. There were six questions (I believe this...

  8. New graduate program

    imaginations replied to thenightnurse456's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    You need to do your research. Find out the names of hospitals, get on their websites and research their graduate programs. You need to be proactive in the competitive employment environment that is...

  9. New Graduate Program Interviews Sydney

    imaginations replied to Sam20's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Your university should be able to provide you with practice questions (there is a common scheme and format of the questions asked across NSW Health) and a general guide to answering them. Practice...

  10. new grad blues

    imaginations replied to kasey9269's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    First off, it sounds like your orientation was lacking. As a new grad I had two weeks supernumerary on my first rotation and six weeks on my second rotation (though this was in a critical care area,...

  11. Sydney public hospitals

    imaginations replied to leekiss's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    You need to consider what you want from a graduate program and do your research. Is a big hospital with a lot of complex cases, rare diseases or trauma important for you? Find out what hospitals tend...

  12. Graduate programs

    imaginations replied to das729's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    This situation is particularly bad in Queensland given the current political environment and the major public service cuts. If you haven't seen what is happening between the Newman government and the...

  13. My first ever patient passed away..

    imaginations posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm a new grad nurse in my seventh month. I spent six months on the ward before moving to the ICU where I have been for a month now. On my very first day on the ward as a registered nurse I met a...

  14. Staying in critical care after new grad

    imaginations replied to newbie12's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I would stay in ICU, hands down. Especially if the acuity and/or census if often low and there is competition to actually get a sick patient. 6 months is nowhere near enough to have have ICU down to a...

  15. PICU to NICU - Suggestions & Thoughts?

    imaginations posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi All, I completed my new graduate year as an RN at a tertiary children's hospital (five months on a speciality ward and seven months in the ICU - where we cared for newborns through to teens). At...

  16. Australian Nurses in Canada - Is Labor & Delivery studies required for registration?

    imaginations posted a topic in Canada

    Hi All, I know that to become registered in the United States nurses are required to have completed a certain number of hours in midwifery/labor and delivery. I was wondering if this requirement is...

  17. Changing from ICU nurse to a doctor?

    imaginations replied to DelaneysMum's topic in MICU, SICU

    No, it's not. I know plenty of RNs who've gone to medical school. Point is, they didn't expect - or get - credit or recognition of prior learning for being an RN. Everyone comes in from scratch. The...

  18. The LEAST critically ill kid you've cared for in PICU :)

    imaginations replied to meanmaryjean's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    This is the day-to-day woe of most nurses in my PICU more often than not. We are often described as more of an HDU than an ICU, simply because we typically have more stable patients that unstable or...

  19. Changing from ICU nurse to a doctor?

    imaginations replied to DelaneysMum's topic in MICU, SICU

    There is no credit for prior learning in medicine in Australia. You must complete the entire course or you will not be eligible for registration with APHRA as an intern at the completion of your...

  20. Low blood pressure great neurological status?

    imaginations replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I encountered a similar, though not the same situation, last night. A bigger patient (14 year old, 60kg) 20+ days post BMT in renal + respiratory failure. Previous issues with hypertension (preceding...

  21. Changing from ICU nurse to a doctor?

    imaginations replied to DelaneysMum's topic in MICU, SICU

    In Australia you do not get to skip a year of medical school because you are an RN. You need to take the GAMSAT, have an adequate undergraduate GPA, make the cut off for interview, get through the...

  22. Pediatric Neuro-ICU Project

    imaginations replied to Layna22's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I don't work in paeds neuro ICU but I worked in paeds neuro/neuro surg for a while and my current PICU gets a lot of neuro kids. How long will patient's be staying in your unit? I guess one thing that...

  23. What is wrong with these kids? (Mystery Diagnosis)

    imaginations replied to Double-Helix's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    My local area is having an enterovirus 71 public health crisis at the moment. The symptoms sounds very

  24. Tips on Drawing from Arterial Line

    imaginations replied to mslema's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We run our art lines on Alaris GH syringe drivers. We take a discard from the transducer port. We bleed the line back to the transducer until we get 1-2mls frank blood in the syringe (2-3ml of hep...

  25. therapeutic hypothermia exclusions

    imaginations replied to shuccrn's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm very curious (as a new ICU nurse) as to why this is an exclusion