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    IV push medications - nursing students

    canned_bread replied to Lev's topic in Patient Medications

    I am in Australia. Students are allowed to give it once they have passed IV exams at university, which is usually in our last year (of 3 years). As with ALL MEDICATIONS (I mean ALL), students have to...
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    Medication Error

    canned_bread replied to BSNRNINRI's topic in Patient Medications

    I have been in a very similar situation (with the same picture/name system!) whilst working at a nursing home, and I did the patient's that looked unique and knew their name, and then asked for...
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    The cases that break your heart

    canned_bread replied to KelRN215's topic in Pediatric

    4 year old received a trampoline for his birthday, and fell off it same day, hitting head on metal side (pre-mandatory-walled-trampolines). Went to local doctor straight away, and doctor did neuro...
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    antibiotics for a cold?

    canned_bread replied to brownbook's topic in Patient Medications

    Over-use and incorrect use of antibiotics is my PET PEEVE. IT DRIVES ME NUTS. I have friends who stop taking antibiotics after they start to "feel better", and boy they better beware if they tell me...
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    blood transfusion

    canned_bread replied to nextdoorguy's topic in General Nursing

    By leukodepleted, do you mean irradiated? I am in Australia, so it might be a terminology difference, but I haven't heard of leukodepleted and have worked both in paeds and oncology where the "special...
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    I cannot believe a nurse did this......

    canned_bread replied to shellybsn's topic in General Nursing

    It's unprofessional, even if it was just vitamin C or something, what if the little boy was allergic to the preservative? It sounds like she just wasn't thinking. That kind of behaviour I would...
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    Anybody start getting second round new grad offer?

    canned_bread replied to tyc1115's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    It really gets me angry...we need so many nurses yet the government is trying to get rid of the experienced nurses and not hiring the new nurses...
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    Australia- Can anyone give me some advice for first grad RN job hunting

    canned_bread replied to tyc1115's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Some nurses at work told me that if you have not been offered a position the main priority is to "get in there" and get experience, no matter where it is or how much you dislike it. After a year or...
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    If you weren't a nurse, what would you have become?

    canned_bread replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Social worker. If I was whimsical... a
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    Anybody start getting second round new grad offer?

    canned_bread replied to tyc1115's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I spoke to the nurse who runs the new grad placements at my work, and she said it's very rare that people actually get second round offers! So basically I am going to send out my resume now (I'm...
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    When others ask what you do...

    canned_bread replied to KelRN215's topic in Pediatric

    Very interesting topic. My mum picked me up after work last week, and there was a parent I was speaking to out the front who's child has relapsed ALL. The child had had chemo that day and was holding...
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    What to wear on a unit where nurses wear street clothes and not scrubs?

    canned_bread replied to tareija's topic in Psychiatric

    At the psych ward I used to work at the nurses who had been there longer wore jeans and other less formal clothes. The doctors wore more formal business attire. The new grads tended to wear more...
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    Words and phrases that I didn't know before I became a psych nurse

    canned_bread replied to Kay28's topic in Psychiatric

    We learnt that terminology in nursing college, however I think a lot of it goes away when people work in med/surg etc. I remember learning about "Word salad" and thought it was a funny word. Then I...
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    NPO and meds

    canned_bread replied to djsrn's topic in Patient Medications

    We use nursing judgement. Ie. If it is anti-epileptics or beta blockers then it is crucial to give. If it is diabetic medication, it depends on their blood sugars and whether it's oral, short, long...
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    Covering up Medication Patches

    canned_bread replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in Patient Medications

    I either use opsite (clear so date/time placed is showing) or micropore if patch due for a change soon and it's only a little bit coming off. I find patches that are placed on the back seem to stay...
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    VIP treatment. Ethical dilemma for paper?

    canned_bread replied to metfan's topic in General Nursing

    If your paper requires resources, I don't think your topic is really good. When I had an "open-topic" paper like yours, I would think of what would have the most resources, articles, studies etc on...
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    Didn't get into new grad program - what next?

    canned_bread replied to canned_bread's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Yeah, I guess my other option is further study, but a lot of the further study options require one to be nursing at the same time to implement what you learn I guess. I am looking at aged care and...
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    Energy drinks and teens coming to ER with chest pain

    canned_bread replied to mt3's topic in Emergency

    quite frankly I think people need to take responsibility for their own health. Everyone in America seems to be suing each other for the most stupid things, like companies have responsibility for...
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    Energy drinks and teens coming to ER with chest pain

    canned_bread replied to mt3's topic in Emergency

    How about red bull and jager meister? Was that mentioned? That tastes so good. I have it rarely, but I have a friend that drinks that every weekend... so just
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    Energy drinks and teens coming to ER with chest pain

    canned_bread replied to mt3's topic in Emergency

    YES! The amount of adolescents coming in with this is incredible. We have also had teens come in with tonic clonic seizures from this, and also one case of a temporary hallucination (lasted approx 2...
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    How likely is to get chicken pox in a pediatric unit?

    canned_bread replied to Zaika2686's topic in Pediatric

    I work in a kids hospital and all the infectious patients (such as with chicken pox) are in our infectious ward. So if you have an infectious ward, I would avoid that. I would also avoid emergency as...
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    Have u ever heard of this?

    canned_bread replied to 7feetunder's topic in Emergency

    It refers to various forms of IV access. A short line has the end into the arm, a long line goes into the chest. We are not allowed to use those terms in documentation due to the confusion it has...
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    "Why does a nurse have to go to college?"

    canned_bread replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    Because nursing isn't just about practical skills, it's about knowing anatomy, WHY things work, molecular structure... Perhaps he thinks nurses change bed pans, spoon feed patients and hang a bag...
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    To the nurses: Is telling you the pain level of the patient bothersome?

    canned_bread replied to chariot's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught the second way (drop of blood out and what not), however after much experience I have found it does NOT make any difference. My partner is a diabetic and I tested on him each time to see...
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    Large Alcohol Wipes

    canned_bread replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    we have alcohol wipes in a canister, they are the size of a facial tissue. It is used for wiping down appliances, and specifically says on it "cannot be used for skin prep". we use it for wiping down...