Sezza83 BSN, RN

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    OR to OB. Is it possible?

    Sezza83 replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I went from the OR to mother-baby unit, never having worked on the wards. It was defiantly hard. I hadn't started an IV since I was at uni (I'm in Australia). I picked up the skills quickly but it was...
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    Learning about Sutures

    Sezza83 replied to lnp0205's topic in Operating Room

    Great work!!!! Going to give this to the new nurses who start in our theatre all the way down here in Australia! You summed up what took me months to
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    Visa screens?? Australian nurse wanting to work in USA

    Sezza83 replied to ehic2604's topic in Immigration Advice

    Silverdragon is right, best to double check. I heard that to about ca. Hopefully other states will except it
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    Visa screens?? Australian nurse wanting to work in USA

    Sezza83 replied to ehic2604's topic in Immigration Advice

    Hi shanib. Deakin uni in melbourne offer individual units in paeds & obs that you can do by distance education. You'd have to do the clinicals in Australia though. But I think it would still be...
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    Timing of newborn bath

    Sezza83 replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, where I work in Australia we don't bath babies till they're 24 hrs plus. That way temps are stable, lots of skin to skin and babies get a few good breastfeeds. Apparently vernix plays an...
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    Clarification about Job Requirements

    Sezza83 replied to annrie's topic in International Nursing

    I worked in a nursing home while I was studying my div 1. Had no experience except for 3 weeks placement I had done in 1st semester. I think most of the age care places are so desperate for pcas....
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    Education requirements for an Australia nurse to become registered in America

    Sezza83 replied to Sezza83's topic in Nurse Registration

    Thanks! So how do you get around the ssn issue? If you joined an international agency would this solve the problem? Also once you've registered in one state do you have to go through the whole process...
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    Education requirements for an Australia nurse to become registered in America

    Sezza83 posted a topic in Nurse Registration

    I've also put this question in the International thread but got know replies so I thought I'd repost it here. Hi, I am an Australian educated registered nurse with a post graduate diplomas in...
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    Ausi RN to US RN

    Sezza83 replied to okidoki's topic in Nurse Registration

    Hi, I'm in Australia too and also looking to move to the US. If you trained in Australia as far as I can tell you need to have you uni degree assessed by CGFNS and have them send everything to the...
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    Skills you don't miss from floor nursing to OR

    Sezza83 replied to Dove87's topic in Operating Room

    I don't miss showering patients. I'd alway end up just as wet as them! Then spend the rest of the shift with soggy socks. I still work in obstetrics as well as the OR but mothers tend to shower them...
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    Sterile nacl or h2o???

    Sezza83 replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in Operating Room

    You're not crazy. We've also used sterile water to irrigate for cancer cases with the same reason about cancer cells. I think it might be an old school thing because the surgeons that request it seem...
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    Looking for some guidance!

    Sezza83 replied to JacSeqsurg's topic in Operating Room

    Hi,* I'm in Australia and instead of during a graduate year I went straight in to working in theatre because I also fell in love with the OR and for the last 5 years never regretted my decision. Until...