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    Best place for paediatrics graduate position in Oz?

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

    Westmead Children's Hospital (located in Sydney's Western suburbs) has a great reputation and is a great hospital. There are a few hospitals called "Royal Children's Hospital" so am not sure which...
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    Psychiatric nursing... do you really lose all your nursing skills?

    canned_bread replied to lilmoongoddess's topic in Psychiatric

    When I was studying nursing I worked in psych care. I found the nurses around me had no idea on the stuff I was learning as they had lost their medical practical skills (and replaced with the psych...
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    MDI with spacer/mask versus Nebulizer

    canned_bread replied to BigHeartRNtoBe's topic in Pediatric

    I was informed at a recent in-service that a spacer is okay as long as the child can understand "breathe in", and can seal their lips around the spacer. After a spray of the albuterol they have a good...
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    Nursing Documentaries??

    canned_bread replied to mr_clutch's topic in General Nursing

    Not quite about nursing, however it's about children with cancer in another country (can't remember what country...sorry). It was called "before flying back to the earth". was a good little watch :) I...
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    Do all nurses want to work in a hospital?

    canned_bread replied to luvmykids0810's topic in General Nursing

    My auntie who is also a nurse (we have 4 in my family!) started in aged care as a 17 year old and has stayed in aged care her whole life! Now she is 60. She wanted to work in aged care from the start....
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    Vented tubing for lipids?

    canned_bread replied to KaeliF's topic in General Nursing

    Why are we venting the lipids? Is there a special quality that lipids require it? As above, you need the vent for a glass bottle as it won't drip, but is there another reason? I just googled and...
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    Nursing and Suspicion of Drug Use

    canned_bread replied to PerrySN's topic in Nursing Career

    Where you ARE in your personal time is your business. What you DO, is not. If you had ingested the substance, that could lead to a loss of license. If you were around the substance, then it could not....
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    Self injury scars on arms and patient questions.

    canned_bread replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have the same problem, and questions from the general public have prepared me for it all. I just say "I was sad as a teenager and took it out on myself". If they probe further I say "it was the in...
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    Not in new grad - what options now?

    canned_bread posted a topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I was wondering if anyone would have any advice as to avenues of entering nursing when the new graduate program won't accept due to me graduating to early. I do not feel competent enough to go...
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    Not in new grad - what options now?

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

    I can't believe it - they have now offered me an interview because I was so persistent and they said that shows "initiative". I cried on the phone when the lady told me that I was so happy! Am...
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    Not in new grad - what options now?

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

    I took all my classes. I am registered with APHRA. I am now officially a registered nurse. They just haev their uptakes for special times, and you haev to have graduated in those specific times. It's...
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    Not in new grad - what options now?

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

    Thank you for your reply. I might apply to various private hospital that were not part of the NSW Health new grad
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    Where to study?

    canned_bread replied to kel05's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I do not recommend ACU based on my experience and my fellow student
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    Friday the 13th - Any madness?

    canned_bread posted a topic in General Nursing

    So yesterday, Friday the 13th was MADNESS for me. Our Accident and Emergency Department was packed, our outpatient clinics had standing room only from 11am, PICU was full and children kept requiring...
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    Why two anticonvulsant are using at same time

    canned_bread replied to munch666nath's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Oh, and Citicoline is NOT an anti-convulsant. They are two seperate drugs. Phenytoin is an anticonvulsant. Citicoline is an nootropic. It has neuroprotective
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    Why two anticonvulsant are using at same time

    canned_bread replied to munch666nath's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Sometimes two anti-convulsants are used when one is not sufficient for adequate control. It is called an "adjunct". By definition, an adjunct is: [TABLE=class: ts] [TD][TABLE=class: ts] [/TABLE] With...
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    Brainstorming in neuro pt

    canned_bread replied to nurseguinness's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I have never witnessed this, but have heard of it. Does the patient loose consciousness, like a tonic clonic seizure, or can they be aware during the
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    Positive PPD (?)

    canned_bread replied to missamy5683's topic in General Students

    We are not allowed to give any medical advice - and I am sure this is what that constitutes. Don't freak out prematurely, just wait until you get the
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    Doctor's office vs. hospital

    canned_bread replied to tsgarman's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I think you will gain more experience by working in a hospital at this stage in your career. It is easier to go from hospital to doctors surgery than to go from doctors surgery to hospital. Your...
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    What becomes of them?

    canned_bread replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You raised some very good points. The impact on the family is incredible. I do wonder, myself, if I have it "in me" to be such a great mum as I see the parents around me that are like an army for...
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    1st Needlestick

    canned_bread replied to Sejl90's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry this happened to you, it is completely normal to be freaked out. It's scary with all the what-if's. Chances are, statistically wise I mean, you will be fine. I would suggest that as soon as...
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    Anyone Remember The United States Public Health Service Hospitals?

    canned_bread replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So are you saying these hospitals allowed people with no health insurance to get medical care? If so, that's fantastic. It's exactly what America requires. I do wonder (I am from Australia), what...
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    HATE Peds Nursing??

    canned_bread replied to ArtisticAthlete's topic in Pediatric

    All jobs have positives and negatives. I have crap days, I have fantastic days. I whine a lot, because there is a lot to whine about. I go back because there is a lot to smile about. Adults whine and...
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    The ER Doctor's Point Of View

    canned_bread replied to Erdoc75's topic in Emergency

    Umm... I have never seen ONE doctor get a patient a pillow or blanket, if the patient requests that they either ask or nurse, or if they ask a doctor then the doctor asks a nurse to get it! The only...
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    TPN

    canned_bread replied to NICUR's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Firstly, I looked on a bag of TPN after this post, and it states on the bag provided by the manufacturer (which then the pharmacy has added to it extra nutrients the child required) that the TPN is to...