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  1. Nebulised lignocaine for NG insertion

    nixonk86 replied to nixonk86's topic in Emergency

    No I meant lignocaine... and wrote 'or equivalent' because I don't know what the Northern Hemisphere uses. I'm from Australia where we have paracetamol and adrenaline not acetaminophen and...

  2. Standing Order in ER

    nixonk86 replied to Defineyourself's topic in Emergency

    Oxycodone we can give in the waiting room, nitrous is usually for dislocations so we stick them in the resus bay and give them nitrous until the doctor reduces the dislocation. Morphine is only for...

  3. Standing Order in ER

    nixonk86 replied to Defineyourself's topic in Emergency

    We can order (after specific training and in certain circumstances) extremity XRs, paracetamol (acetaminophen), paracetamol and codeine combos, oxycodone, ibuprofen, morphine (for hip fractures only),...

  4. Tips/tricks regarding peds and triage

    nixonk86 replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Emergency

    A few tips- They crash quick but with a little treatment they bounce back quick. Take note of parental concern... they know what their child is usually like Always check their BSL if they're...

  5. UK shortage of nurses! Is it true?

    nixonk86 replied to Lexwex's topic in United Kingdom

    An agency that I've been speaking to said that if you are ICU trained you can work almost anywhere you want and if you just want emergency there will be jobs but maybe not as large a selection. They...

  6. ICU nursing Australia vs The US

    nixonk86 replied to 184859's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I have worked in a large trauma referral ICU and a small district ICU and I'm mainly in agreement with what people have written so far; The doctor-nurse relationship is usually great as the doctors...

  7. Sharing faith at work

    nixonk86 replied to Nienna Celebrindal's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    As an atheist I would be insulted if someone caring for me wanted to discuss religion or pray for me. When my dad was sick occasionally people (not health care professionals) would say they would...

  8. NMC Test Online

    nixonk86 replied to alfredpower's topic in Nurse Registration

    Silverdragon I don't think that gen88 was saying that UK nurses aren't good, I think gen88 was referring to the shortage or RNs in the UK. Nobody wants incompetent nurses but the issue we have is...

  9. NMC Test Online

    nixonk86 replied to alfredpower's topic in Nurse Registration

    Does anyone know if it's the same questions each time or whether there is a pool of questions and you randomly get 120? If it's a pool then maybe it's possible to not get the ambiguous questions but...

  10. NEW NMC guidelines- Test of Competence

    nixonk86 replied to raissatongol's topic in Nurse Registration

    Check out the NMC test online

  11. NMC Test Online

    nixonk86 replied to alfredpower's topic in Nurse Registration

    Gen88 Will you post their response for us all to

  12. NMC Test Online

    nixonk86 replied to alfredpower's topic in Nurse Registration

    Hey everyone, like gen88 I sat the NMC online exam and failed. It was the most frustrating couple of hours ever! I'm pretty sure my overall grade would have been >80% but 2-3 of the essential...