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  1. Awake, alert, oriented & non ventilated...on ECMO??

    imaginations replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm yet to experience paediatric ECMO, though paediatric intensive care is what I'm really interested in! I'm currently a third (and final!) year BN student and I've just completed my second last...

  2. Awake, alert, oriented & non ventilated...on ECMO??

    imaginations replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    janfrn thank you very much for your input and guidance. I really appreciate it. I have found ECMO very interesting - and even more interesting the different protocols for it between the two large...

  3. New Grad Applications 2012

    imaginations posted a topic in International Nursing

    Is anyone else in their third and final year of their BN this year and getting ready for new grad applications? In NSW the New Graduate Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife Transition Recruitment...

  4. Awake, alert, oriented & non ventilated...on ECMO??

    imaginations replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Here in Australia most hospitals have ECMO protocols that involve the patient being sedated & paralysed. Only some of the major heart/lung transplant centres have gotten as far as patients being...

  5. ECMO

    imaginations replied to 3230's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I just wanted to thank all the posters in this thread. I know it's old but it has been so enlightening to read, particularly after working in a major cardiac and transplant centre that uses a lot of...

  6. ICU nursing Australia vs The US

    imaginations replied to 184859's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I'd be interested in hearing the answers to this. I'm a third year student nurse in Australia and I've just done five weeks of clinical between two different major hospitals (some of the biggest/most...

  7. ICU/CVICU practicum

    imaginations replied to wannabeRN11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The most common cases in the CT ICU where I am are CAGs, AVRs, MVRs and heart and lung transplants. It seems that on the days when there are no txs we get between two and three post op CAGs/valve...

  8. Fentany epidural; dose your units use them?

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

    I'm a student in CT-ICU (second day today) and saw an epidural used in a fresh double lung today. I understand why they use them in these cases (did a bit of question asking and research) though...

  9. ICU/CVICU practicum

    imaginations replied to wannabeRN11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    8 beds in cardiothoracic, maybe 15 on the other side which is general/neuro. The two cases we took today from theatre were a heart and a double lung... transplants. & everyone was so blase about...

  10. ICU/CVICU practicum

    imaginations replied to wannabeRN11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I've just finished my first day in one of the most renowned cardiothoracic ICUs in the country. It's my third final placement of my degree. & it was amazing. No advice (as yet) but word on the...

  11. LVADS in the community

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

    Totally OTT but saw my first LVAD patient today!!! (I just started clinical in a major cardiothoracic

  12. 1-1 ratio for nurses

    imaginations replied to Roozeyk's topic in General Nursing

    In my state in Australia our union has just negotiated 1:4 ratios (standard for a day shift in general wards, there are some exceptions for different areas/shifts). ICU (i.e. vented patients) are...

  13. Working with a nurse who nursed you

    imaginations posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is a bit of an odd question... In fact, it was a very odd experience! I work on the float pool at a large hospital. I generally float through med/surg wards. Yesterday I was due to start in the...

  14. Role of the L&D Nurse vs. Midwife

    imaginations posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi All, I was wondering if someone could tell me what the role of the RN in labor and delivery involves? I'm curious as I wonder how the RN and RM (registered midwife) work in labor and delivery and...

  15. Do your own homework please...

    imaginations replied to DolceVita's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The source of the answer is very significant. Particularly when pertinent to information you will use to guide your clinical practice. Personally, I don't want to be using other people's answers in my...

  16. Reflective Assignments

    imaginations posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Has anyone had to do a 'structured reflective' assignment? We've been asked to follow a structured reflective model of our choice (though we've been given some suggestions of models to follow e.g....

  17. Reflective Assignments

    imaginations replied to imaginations's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's a 1500 paper in essay format worth 50% of the subject's grade. How do you critically reflect in essay format, following the prompt questions they've given us (things like 'describe the...

  18. nurse/patient ratio

    imaginations replied to efRN's topic in International Nursing

    In my new job in a major hospital on a 15 bed med/surg speciality ward the norm seems to be 3 RNs & 2 undergrad-AINs. 1 RN is team leader and might take a small patient load. The RNs and...

  19. Do you have your clinicals in the hospital?

    imaginations replied to SummitRN's topic in General Students

    I'm in Australia & all of my clinicals have been in hospitals, right from the beginning. For general med-surg placements we get allocated to different wards in different hospitals each placement....